Transportation minister asks city to consider sole-procurement of TTC’s Line 2 trains amid tariff war

Chow explains how Toronto is tackling congestion, gridlock

Toronto is getting a new "traffic czar" to oversee congestion around the city. Mayor Olivia Chow spoke with CBC’s Metro Morning about what measures the city is taking to tackle congestion and gridlock.

Province pushes Toronto to award subway contract to Alstom

THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is looking to get Alston a sole-source procurement contract for 55 new subways trains for the TTC rail line two in Toronto.

Transportation minister asks city to consider sole-procurement of TTC’s Line 2 trains amid tariff war

Ontario’s transportation minister has penned a letter to the City of Toronto, asking if it would consider a sole-procurement deal of the TTC’s new subway trains to support local workers by building made-in-province trains.

Ford government asks Toronto to have new subway cars built in Thunder Bay amid Trump tariffs

In a letter to Mayor Olivia Chow, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria asks that the new Line 2 cars be built by Alstom.

Minister Sarkaria Advocates Thunder-Bay Built Subway Cars

The TTC is in the early days of a Request for Proposals for the supply of new subway cars. See: TTC Requests Proposals for New Line 2 Trains and Signalling The RFP was issued in December 2024 and was intended to go through several stages including: Pass/Fail screening: January Confidential cybersecurity meetings: March to April Commercial confidential meetings: April to early July Proposal submission deadline: July 22, 2025 We have just reache…

Unifor supports Premier Ford's push to build subway cars at Alstom Thunder Bay plant

/CNW/ - Unifor supports Ontario Premier Doug Ford's call for Toronto to have its Line 2 subway cars manufactured at the Alstom plant in Thunder Bay. This move...