On 27/11/2020 19:23, Geoff Olsen wrote:
> Just out of interest how much does an E cost delivered and ready for service?

>

That's about as easy to work out as it is to compare various electricity retailers' options!

If you took the $1.48B for the project and divided it by the 100 trams. they would be $14.8M each!

However, there are a lot of other costs to get a tram in service, including:

* Acquiring land for and building depots or depot extensions.
* Acquiring land for and building substations.
* Additional maintenance facilities.
* Service for a period of the tram's life included in the purchase price.

I recall finding some of this info to answer an earlier query on the initial order of 50 E class, but I can't find it on TDU now.

One thing I do recall was that the Preston Workshops upgrade was around $100M.

Mal Rowe - who does not doubt that the E's are more expensive than a production line Citadis, but trusts the locals to choose wisely