Siemens Mobility and Calgary Transit: Collaborating for innovation in public transportation

Описание: As one of the largest transit agencies in North America, Calgary Transit has one of the highest ridership of any light rail systems in the country. Siemens Mobility has been collaborating with Calgary Transit for more than 30 years and helped Calgary’s position at the forefront of transit in North America.

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The heart of Calgary Transit’s system is light rail transit (LRT), including more than 80 Siemens’ U2 LRT trains that have helped keep the city moving since 1981. Over the years, Calgary’s LRT has become the busiest in North America and second busiest in the world, with an average of more than 300,000 passengers using the system each day.

While the U2 trains from Siemens had served the city very well, they had been in operation for more than three decades, and in late 2012, the time had come to think about the future. Calgary Transit conducted a detailed analysis to see if the U2 trains could be rebuilt and refurbished. Russell Davies, Transit Fleet Manager for the City of Calgary, says the study made it clear that the U2 fleet had reached the end of its lifecycle and it was time for new vehicles. Bids were invited.

Calgary Transit was looking for potential suppliers to provide trains that boasted leading-edge technology and were priced competitively, but it was also essential that strong after-sale service come as part of the package, and that the selected company have proven itself in the industry with a long history and strong track record.

Most importantly, the winning bid would have to come from a company that could be a trusted advisor, a true partner for Calgary Transit with a shared vision for the long haul. “This was a long-term contract, not ‘buy one’ and then walk away from it,” notes Davies. “We needed to have a comfortable relationship with the supplier, with their people, for a minimum of fifteen years and what could be potentially a 45-year kind of relationship.

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