Metrolinx cuts Bombardier light-rail contract by more than half

Metrolinx, the Toronto-area regional transit agency, has reduced the number of light-rail cars it will buy from Bombardier by more than half, it said on Thursday.
Originally, the $770-million deal called for Metrolinx to buy 182 vehicles for its Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line. Now, Metrolinx said it has reduced the order to 76 vehicles.
The new contract also includes “significantly higher levels of financial penalties if (Bombardier) fails to meet the Eglinton production s