GCRTA’s new railcars start production

Manufacturing of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s new railcars has
officially started. But production, testing and employee training for them will take be
a couple of years before the public can start riding the new trains, beginning with
service on the Red Line but soon to follow on the Blue and Green lines (Siemens).
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Manufacturing work has begun this month on the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (GCRTA) new railcars, said members of the authority’s management team overseeing the replacement of its aging railcar fleet. But until enough railcars are delivered, which won’t happen until 2027, the public will still be riding the oldest trains among any transit authority in the nation.

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