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Re: Just only $1.4 Billion to build Staten Island North Shore & West Shore Lines |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Jul 14 15:22:48 2008, in response to Re: Just only $1.4 Billion to build Staten Island North Shore & West Shore Lines, posted by 156n3rd on Mon Jul 14 15:11:34 2008. They spent wads of money for the 160's, couoldn't they justify buying a few more and increase the order? Maybe they could've gotten a discount.Because the plan was to deliver new SIR cars in 2012, presumably as either an option order to the R-160 cars or maybe as part of the R-179 order. See, they are one step ahead of you. Except that now that money is tight, it was just posted that the current plan is to rehab the R-44SI cars and purchase new cars in 2015. I imagine that in 2015, they will still be related to some previous or existing subway car order. Another thing, why couldn't some of the newer "old stock" from the mainland be transferred to the SIR and more new units be budgeted in? Because there's nothing newer than R-44's available on the mainland! Instead, it seems they have decided to rehab the R-44SI cars for the time being. |
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