Alstom halts work on redesign hailed by city as 'final fix' to LRT woes
Nearly three years after a wheel fell off one of Ottawa's Citadis Spirit light rail cars, causing it to derail, city staff say French trainmaker Alstom has abandoned efforts to redesign the assembly that caused the failure — a project hailed by officials as a "final fix" to the problem-plagued LRT system.
Nearly three years after a wheel fell off one of Ottawa's Citadis Spirit light rail cars, causing it to derail, city staff say French trainmaker Alstom has abandoned efforts to redesign the assembly that caused the failure — a project hailed by officials as a "final fix" to the problem-plagued LRT system.
