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[KevinKorell]

Start up date not yet announced, but infrastructure work largely complete.
From Seattle Streetcar website. Testing to begin in earnest.

Perhaps they see the severe date slippage taking place with another new streetcar line in the OTHER Washington on the opposite coast, and because of that they don't want to commit to a date until one can be pinned down.

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Quote from following article:

A typical visitor will not get on a bus, but would take rail, said Lisa Dixon, director of marketing at the Alliance for Pioneer Square.

City council takes step forward as regards the First Avenue Streetcar connector.

From the Seattle Times.

[EvergreenRailfan]

8-1 on the vote, not bad. I was expecting it to be close, 5-4, or 6-3. It's the logical next step, as the two lines should not be disconnected too much longer. I believe that Councilmember Licata, the one no vote, was a big monorail supporter.

Edited by EvergreenRailfan, 24 July 2014 - 04:29 AM.

[KevinKorell]

Railway Age, 9/17/14:

Seattle First Hill streetcar launch inches closer

Beset by delays throughout 2014, the launch of revenue service on Seattle's First Hill streetcar line is now tentatively set for this November.

More

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Disappointing delay to at least FQ15. I'm sure these delays and bad luck will be forgotten when start up actually occurs early next year. Seem to be compelling reasons the project had to go abroad for the streetcars rather then build domestically. From the Seattle Times.

[EvergreenRailfan]

Disappointing delay to at least FQ15. I'm sure these delays and bad luck will be forgotten when start up actually occurs early next year. Seem to be compelling reasons the project had to go abroad for the streetcars rather then build domestically. From the Seattle Times.

If I remember right,one reason that they went with Inekon, was the potential of final assembly with Pacifica Marine. I wonder if they had gone with United Streetcar, would they have been delivered by now? Also, the Siemens product mentioned was probably the S70. Siemens has a couple of other models that they sell in Europe that are shorter, and perhaps narrower.

Edited by EvergreenRailfan, 25 September 2014 - 05:17 AM.

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Update, such as it is (= nothing really new) from Seattle Department of Transportation.

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Very disappointing.  From the Capitol Hill Blog http://www.capitolhi...h-manufacturer/

It's as if the wedding couple does not show up.  Tracks in place.  Stations built.  Infrastructure done.  But no bride and groom!   

[KevinKorell]

What d'ya know --- Another delayed streetcar ???

 

From KING-TV, Channel 5 in Seattle, WA, 1/27/15, this video.

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The saga continues, but maybe light at the end of the tunnel?  Could the carrot and stick approach help?  From the Seattle Times.