Transport for Greater Manchester have revealed that the final 20 M5000s currently on order from Bombardier are going to have an extra eight seats each following passenger feedback. One of main complaints from passengers following the introduction of the M5000s was that they had a lot less seats than the T68s they are now going to replace and TfGM are hoping that these eight extra seats will help to please some passengers, although they will still have significantly less seats than the vehicles they are replacing.<\/p>\n
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M5000s 3075<\/strong>–3094<\/strong> were ordered earlier this year to complete the replacement\u00a0 programme of the T68s and T68As which are considered to be much more unreliable with a disruptive failure in service four times more likely to occur on one of these. It is intended that they will be delivered between 2014 and 2015 by which time the T68s will be a distant memory for Manchester Metrolink.<\/p>\n The new M5000s will now have 60 seats rather than the 52 on the initial orders but this still compares badly to the T68s which have 84 seats and the T68As which have 82.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Transport for Greater Manchester have revealed that the final 20 M5000s currently on order from Bombardier are going to have an extra eight seats each following passenger feedback. One of main complaints from passengers following the introduction of the M5000s … Continue reading