See, thats what I thought, but there are no fewer than 5 Commuter Rail Coach Procurement projects listed in this draft CIP.That's just payments on the 83-car order already underway for delivery starting later this year. One-and-done contract...there's no further options to exercise because Rotem is penned in by lack of Buy America compliance.
The next-next order was supposed to be an RFP for 181 bi-levels to displace all remaining single-levels. They've postponed that...probably because they need to sort out what they'll be ordering for EMU's before they can get a firm grasp on quantities and probable makes.
Here's my understanding of the listed projects:
P0363: Original Order of 75 Hyundai Rotem BiLevels, built in PA ca 2013-2014. Don't know why its still here, but we know it and can exclude it.
P0893: 2019 Sole Source Supplemental Order from Hyundai Rotem of 80 cars, to be built in S. Korea and delivered 2022-2024, including 16 cars ordered through the SCR budget,. Later amended to 83 cars.
P1152: This is the one I was reading as an additional sole source procurement, similar to the 2019 order. The P11xx project number is consistent with other new projects proposed this year, rather than something carried forward from a prior year, and I can't match this up to any known car order in size or scope.
P0652: As you mention, the long awaited order / RFP they issued for 180-200 BiLevel Coaches, but the quantity projected has now been reduced to 100 coaches - which leads me to think that a certain quantity of need is captured above in P1152.
Remember...they want to get one other branch besides the D certified for running 2-car trains of super-stretched Type 10's so all of GLX can take advantage, meaning they need 225(?) ft. platforms. The E is the next-closest branch to achieving compliance with that, which is why this funding item precedes any B or C work. They're going to want to take the straightest path possible for achieving that, which means stop spacing will get all due priority and those too-close low-ridership intermediates are probably toast.
The B Branch is also getting a similarly titled project, to be funded with even more money overall but certainly its coverage area doesn't fully capture all the stations that would need extending to 225. As far as the E Branch is concerned... they did just do a crap-ton of full depth reconstruction on the street running segment. I doubt the tracks are moving an inch, but I would bet on Columbus Ave Style center running side platforms.
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