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Today is a very big day for Calgary Transit and particularly for riders of
Calgary Transit as we take delivery of the first of sixty three new cars which
will enable us to continue to roll out four car service on the train.
There's lots of new features like a heated floors air conditioning, an infotainment system,
new color doors to let you know when the doors are opening and closing,
new seating configuration, new glass doors so the folks can sit at the front of the train
and watch the track and see much better out the front of the train.
[Mayor Nenshi] We now have two four car trains on the system and it is amazing
each of those trains adds an additional 200 people per trip - that means that we
are increasing the capacity on the existing red and blue lines by 33 per cent.
We have multiple cameras throughout the train, so better safety and security.
All of the doors accessible to wheelchairs now there's no more ramps to wait for,
so a whole bunch of new features to help Calgarians.
It's a much more comfortable ride, it's a much more reliable ride. So we're very very pleased to be
adding these new cars in service now.