U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's $2.3 billion plan to replace its high-speed Acela train cars is more than three years behind schedule and faces more likely price hikes and further delays, a government watchdog said on Tuesday.
to develop and manufacture 28 new high‐speed trainsets, initially was scheduled to begin customer service in May 2021 and has spent $1.6 billion on the program.
The report added the likeliest cause of more delays would be a lack of a validated trainset model, followed by certain trainset defects. The report said the current estimate is for service to begin after June 2024. Amtrak said it was working closely with Alstom as they complete testing and modeling, adding the 2024 start date is based data received from Alstom.
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