Transdev Canada awarded contract to maintain the future Ontario Line subway
by CM Staff
Transdev will play an advisory role during the design and construction phases of the project to ensure that operations and maintenance requirements are addressed and fulfilled.
TRANSDEV CANADA WINS CONTRACT TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN NEW ONTARIO LINE (CNW Group/Transdev)
TORONTO — Transdev Canada, as part of the Connect 6ix consortium, has been selected by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx to operate and maintain the new Ontario Line, a stand-alone rapid transit line, for a 30-year term. The Ontario Line will be a 15.6-kilometre-long, stand-alone metro transit line that will connect the Ontario Science Centre to Exhibition/Ontario Place. Immediately, Transdev will play an advisory role during the design and construction phases of the project to ensure that operations and maintenance requirements are addressed and fulfilled.
This is the second significant project awarded to Transdev in the Greater Toronto Area, the first being the Hurontario Line, a 19-stop light rail system that runs north and south along Hurontario Street from Port Credit in Mississauga to the Brampton Gateway Terminal.
Like the Hurontario Line, this contract is being delivered through a public-private partnership model that puts much of the financial risk on the consortium while providing cost and schedule certainty, design and construction efficiencies and opportunities for innovation.
“Because of the worldwide scope of our operations, Transdev is very familiar with public-private partnerships for building transit,” says Arthur Nicolet, CEO Transdev Canada. “This approach involves the operator at the earliest stage of the design process and ensures the sustainability of the system over the long-term. Being awarded a 30-year commitment to operate the line, we are more than keenly interested in ensuring the final product delivers on all of the expectations for riders.”
Globally, Transdev operates 24 light rail projects in 10 countries and manages 16 different modes of transportation like buses, coaches, ferries or heavy rail lines.
