On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:25:45 +1100, Chris Gordon wrote:

>Two companies have been short-listed to design and build Melbourne's

>fleet of 50 new low floor trams as part of the Brumby Labor

>Government's $38 billion Victorian Transport Plan.


>Public Transport Ministress Lynne Kosky said Alstom and Bombardier

>were short-listed and the companies would be invited to tender before the

>end of the year.


Design and build?

So that means NOT an "off-the-shelf" Citadis or Flexity? Or can
design just mean a signature on a plan altering one little
dimension? The does "build" mean "assemble"?

And is Siemens out of the race with their Combino as punishment
for their Siemens electric trains that have caused grief with
their braking problems?

My "spin" detector is set to "maximum" at the moment.