Train Maker Alstom News Today

A meeting the city no doubt hoped would show its private partners have made a breakthrough on finding the cause of ongoing technical issues instead underscored the differences between the Rideau Transit Group and trainmaker Alstom.

Train-maker Alstom created a vehicle for the Confederation Line that did not yet exist and that was "pushing the limits" of what a light rail car can do, the Ottawa LRT public inquiry heard Thursday.