LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Siemens to Form Alliance to Build Light-Rail Cars
One of the nation’s largest manufacturers of light rail vehicles announced Monday that it will form a partnership with two other companies in its bid to build cars for a Los Angeles County transit line.
Siemens Dueway Corp. of Sacramento will team up with TRW Aerospace of Redondo Beach and AAI Corp. of Baltimore in competing for a contract to manufacture 87 cars for the Metro Green Line.
“We will establish a major rail manufacturing operation in Los Angeles, which will be capable of delivering products for light rail systems throughout the United States,” Gunter Ernst, president of Siemens, said in a statement.
The competition for Green Line cars became controversial last year when the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission was criticized for awarding a contract to a foreign firm, Japanese-owned Sumitomo Corp.
The commission has crafted the contract competition to encourage rail car companies to join regional aerospace and electronic firms by awarding extra points to firms that team up.
The contract is to be awarded in several months.
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