Passenger Trains > Bombardier awarded $36.8M contract to overhaul MARC III cars

Bombardier awarded $36.8 million contract to overhaul MARC III cars
Railway Age
by Carolina Worrell

> In an effort to improve safety, increase reliability and provide
> passengers with a more comfortable ride, the Maryland Department of
> Transportation’s Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has awarded a
> $36.8 million contract to Bombardier Transportation to overhaul 63
> MARC III bi-level commuter rail cars, MTA announced Feb. 4, 2016.
>
> “MTA's MARC train plays a vital role in connecting people from all
> parts of Maryland to jobs in our nation's capital every weekday, and
> our popular weekend Penn Line service between Baltimore and
> Washington continues to grow," said MTA Administrator and CEO Paul
> Comfort. "MTA is committed to providing safe, efficient and reliable
> transit with world-class customer service. Overhauling our MARC III
> cars is a cost-effective way to improve the safety and reliability of
> our fleet so we can deliver on those goals to the thousands of
> commuters, businesses and tourists that depend on MARC Train service
> every day."

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/08/16 23:59 by GenePoon.

GenePoon Wrote:
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> Bombardier awarded $36.8 million contract to
> overhaul MARC III cars
> Railway Age
> by Carolina Worrell
>
> > In an effort to improve safety, increase
> reliability and provide
> > passengers with a more comfortable ride, the
> Maryland Department of
> > Transportation’s Maryland Transit
> Administration (MTA) has awarded a
> > $36.8 million contract to Bombardier
> Transportation to overhaul 63
> > MARC III bi-level commuter rail cars, MTA
> announced Feb. 4, 2016.
> >
> > “MTA's MARC train plays a vital role in
> connecting people from all
> > parts of Maryland to jobs in our nation's
> capital every weekday, and
> > our popular weekend Penn Line service between
> Baltimore and
> > Washington continues to grow," said MTA
> Administrator and CEO Paul
> > Comfort. "MTA is committed to providing safe,
> efficient and reliable
> > transit with world-class customer service.
> Overhauling our MARC III
> > cars is a cost-effective way to improve the
> safety and reliability of
> > our fleet so we can deliver on those goals to
> the thousands of
> > commuters, businesses and tourists that depend
> on MARC Train service
> > every day."
>
> Full article:
>
> http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/comm
> uter-regional/bombardier-awarded-dol368-million-co
> ntract-to-overhaul-marc-iii-cars.html?channel=55&u
> tm_source=WhatCounts%2c+Publicaster+Edition&utm_me
> dium=email&utm_campaign=RGN+2.8.16&utm_content=Ful
> l+Article


I approve taking this action. ;-)

What could Bombardier be doing to 63 cars that cost $584,126.98 per car?  How much is that per seat?  I'm surprised Gov. Hogan let this slide by.

​Where will the work be done? 
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/16 04:35 by PennPlat.

NJT used to spend $800K for their mid-life overhauls. Such is life when you do not properly maintain your equipment continually.
In the case of the Comet-3's, they decided to retire them at age of 20 and get an opton order for more MLV cars.

Just for reference, overhauls of the California Cars by Alstom, which underbid Amtrak Beech Grove, were around $200,000 each.

....Bombardier awards a contract to Bombardier. 

Sounds like a headline from The Onion

Whoa - these are MARC's new multilevel cars that are similiar to NJT's. So back to what someone else posted - what are they doing for $36.8M. If I am not mistaken these cars are the newest of the new! NJT may even have an open option open for the delivery of more multilevel cars - for which MARC may be interested in.

No they aren't, no inner high level door for one thing. I also doubt they would clear NYPS.
These are MARC bi-levels that have been around for some years, and another 13 that once belonged to VRE.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/16 06:20 by joemvcnj.