July-August 2008

The engineering mock-up for the TTC’s new subway train made its debut in Toronto at the People in Motion Show in June.

The Toronto Rocket is quickly taking shape at Bombardier’s assembly plant in Thunder Bay. The future trains will be a “six-car-fixed” configuration with open gangways that will enable riders to walk freely from one end of the train to the other. Bombardier is building 39 fully accessible train sets (or 234 cars), the first of which is scheduled for delivery in late 2009.

Onlookers got a glimpse of new features such as passenger alarm intercoms, multi-purpose areas, electronic information displays and closed circuit cameras.