The City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, has signed a contract worth $220 million (Won 320 billion) with Hyundai Rotem for the supply of 32 light rail vehicles. Design and manufacture of the three-section vehicles for the city will start later this year, with delivery scheduled for 2029-30.
The new LRVs will replace the city’s fleet of Siemens U2 LRVs, which have been in service for 45 years and are used on the Capital and Metro lines. The new LRVs will also serve the approximately one mile (1.6 kilometer) Metro Line Northwest Phase 1 extension, which opened in 2024, and on the 2.8 mile (4.5 kilometer) Capital Line South Phase 1 extension, now under construction and scheduled to open in 2029.
Hyundai Rotem says it will customize the LRVs for operation in the local environment, where temperatures can dip as low as -40°C in the harsh Alberta winter with heavy snowfall common. The lightweight LRVs will also be equipped with a collision warning system.
Hyundai Rotem received the highest overall score in the tender process, overcoming rival bidders Siemens and CAF. The Korean supplier is also supplying 46 low-floor LRVs for the Valley Line West project in the city, the first of which was delivered in August last year. When deliveries of the latest order are complete, Hyundai Rotem will have supplied Edmonton’s entire LRV fleet.
