New York City’s transit authority has pulled nearly 300 newly delivered subway cars made by Bombardier due to safety concerns.
“We are now inspecting all of the R179 cars and, where necessary, making adjustments to ensure the safe and reliable performance of the doors for the entire fleet,” spokeswoman Maryanne Roberts said.
She said the Montreal-based company is bringing in additional technicians to work “around the clock.”New York City comptroller Scott Stringer slammed the MTA, which oversees transit in the state, for beleaguered deliveries that he called “unacceptable.” “The New York City subway riders who foot the bill for the MTA’s $600-million contract with Bombardier were promised new, state-of-the-art train cars to help modernize our ailing transit system. Now, all the cars that were delivered so far have been pulled from service due to critical defects,” Stringer said in a statement.
Last month, the comptroller released an audit laying out how the contract became three years behind schedule, costing taxpayers millions more dollars. Stringer noted Wednesday that the probe found “repeated failures to meet contract deadlines and requirements, poor project management and technical breakdowns, structural defects that delayed cars being put into service and several earlier structural problems that caused some of these trains to be pulled from service.”“Bombardier sold us lemons. Strap-hangers need the MTA to manage these contracts from the beginning — before the trains go off the rails,” he said.
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