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R-211 car order - June 2022 progress update; lots of delays; R46 possible extended life? |
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Posted by gold_12th on Sat Jun 25 00:13:13 2022 R211A Pilot Train – delivered July 2021 (12 months late).Qualification testing underway at NYCT. The pilot train continues to undergo extensive testing. Upon successful completion, production car deliveries will begin in December 2022 (15 months late). R211T Open Gangway Test Trains – projected deliveries in October/December 2022 (17/19 months late). R211S Staten Island Railway Cars - test train projected delivery in February 2023 (14 months late); production cars projected start delivery in March 2024 (18 months late) with completion October 2024 (16 months late). R211A Base Order – projected for completion in January 2025 (17 months late). The R211 project management team actively engages with Kawasaki to mitigate ongoing schedule challenges: • Weekly production and manpower update reports from KMM. • Ongoing engagement with Kawasaki to review schedule and Kawasaki’s oversight of sub-suppliers. • Qualification of alternate sources to mitigate supply chain issues. • NYCT and consultant support on-site at KMM. • NYCT and consultant visits to supplier sites to resolve open issues to minimize production and testing delays. • Ongoing project support for Kawasaki qualification testing at NYCT. • R211A Pilot Train – continue qualification testing and implementation of field modifications at NYCT. • R211T Open Gangway Test Trains – initiate qualification testingand evaluation of open gangway following prototype deliveries in October 2022 and December 2022. • R211S Staten Island Railway Cars – initiate qualification testing at NYCT and SIR following test train delivery in February 2023. • Execution of Option 1 – projected for Q4 2022/Q1 2023, total of 640 cars. • Based on the late delivery of the R211 cars, MTA C&D is developing alternate plans for 8 Av CBTC cutover. Independent Engineer report: - The 10 pilot cars are now being tested and having Field Modification Instructions (FMI’s) incorporated. Kawasaki has dispatched engineers and production workers to support this work. - Completion of pilot car testing has now been extended due to technical issues from August 2021 to November 2022, a total delay of 15-months or a 3-month delay since last report. - Final delivery of all R211 vehicles has changed from July 2023 to January 2025, an 18-month delay. - The delivery schedule for the base order of 535 vehicles equates to an average delivery rate of 20 vehicles per month. - Assuming timely resolution of supply chain and labor issues and that Kawasaki will utilize two production lines with two work shifts each; it is the IEC’s opinion this rate of production will be challenging and may result in a further delay to the project of between 6 and 9 months. This would require the R46 fleet life be extended incurring additional maintenance and support cost. Concern - The IEC is concerned that the late delivery of the R211A fleet is a coordination issue which will impact the 8th Avenue CBTC project. -This project is dependent upon the delivery of the entire fleet of 440 R211A cars (415 in service + 25 spares). - Due to the unavailability of the R211A cars by the CBTC testing start date of February 2024, the 8th Avenue project team has developed a mitigation plan link for presentation & photos, starts on page 28, pdf file: https://new.mta.info/document/89781 |
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