SEPTA Expression of Interest Silverliner VI procurement

That sounds familiar to me too. IIRC there were questions about how the revision was handled. If my shaky memory is correct it was a bit squirrely, something to the effect that Kawasaki had the optimum bid based on a combination of cost and build quality, but Rotem came in with a lower final cost if the build standards were relaxed. Which they were ... and we saw what happened.

zebrasepta wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:44 pm Didn't something happen between SEPTA and Kawasaki for the Silverliner V bid which made the Bid go to Hyundai Rotem? So idk if Kawasaki would be interested in bidding for the VI's.

Yes; considerable political pressure was applied because Rotem agreed to assemble the cars in Philadelphia.

It was February 21, 1974 when the first two Silverliner IVs, Reading single units 9018 and 9019 made their debut for the press. These 14 Reading single units were first built in late 1973.

NH2060 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:06 pm Why they’re looking into “triplex” cars is a mystery. There’s a reason Metro-North and ConnDOT went back to A + B paired cars after their experience with the M-4 and M-6 cars.

Bombardier's design for NJT requires 3 cars, which is probably why it's included in this proposal.

Seems like SEPTA has removed the link to the EOI and the PDF.