Replacement parts for CRRC MA-built Orange Line MBTA cars pulled from service earlier this month were due to arrive at a maintenance facility Monday and the cars will be back carrying passengers by the new year, said Vince Conti, director of business administration at CRRC MA in Springfield.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority put one of its two new Orange Line trains back on track Tuesday, saying it had fixed a mechanical problem that arose shortly after the highly awaited vehicles entered passenger service last year.
Chinese subway trains tailored for use on a line in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, US are expected to be delivered in December, the sign of a bright future for “Made-in-China” trains in the picky US market.
A Chinese joint venture has won a $567 million contract to supply 284 rail cars for the city of Boston’s subway system.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said China’s CNR MA Corp was the lowest of six bidders for the contract.
ia was speaking at a CRRC MA’s supplier diversity and procurement fair on Thursday at its rail car manufacturing complex in East Springfield, Massachusetts.
The outreach event was hosted by CRRC MA for local minority- and women-owned businesses, which introduced the various companies in its supply chain to the many diverse businesses in the region. Some 35 vendors were invited and about 300 people attended the fair.
The gathering would be the last social event in the $95 million, 204,000 square-foot factory before production begins.
