NEW YORK — New York City Transit will stop accepting delivery of new cars from Bombardier until the company fixes problems on existing cars, Reuters reports.
The news agency says that NYC Transit President Andy Byford told a Metropolitan Transportation Authority committee meeting that Bombardier is not making a case to win future orders, based on delays and other problems with the current 300-car, $600-million order. He said the agency would not accept any more deliveries “until they get their act together.”
Bombardier has delivered 160 cars in the order, which was originally to be completed in early 2017 but is now expected to be complete in September 2019. A company spokesman told Reuters it is working with New York City Transit to approve a solution to return sidelined cars to service, and that it expects that to happen shortly. The cars are out of service because of problems with air compressor software.
Reuters reported earlier this week that Swiss Federal Railways had similarly declined delivery of new equipment from Bombardier until existing equipment is fixed.
