GCRTA to add more railcars to order

Greater Cleveland’s new rapid transit trains are starting to look like trains at the
Siemens Mobility factory in Sacramento, CA. These are two halves of a rail car
that will be connected to each other at a hinge to create a single “articulated”
car. Cleveland will get 60 of these starting next year (GCRTA).
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In two weeks, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) will likely authorize completion of its 60-car order of new trains to replace the oldest rail transit fleet in the nation. The Cuyahoga County-based transit agency is hurriedly trying to round up the last funding and complete the order before costs rise further.

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