Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2024)

[ryanwc]

MDoT reported at the Michigan ARP meeting that 9 of 17 Venture cafe cars are in service along with all 80 other cars.

What do the Venture cars cost anyway?

 

[GDRRiley]

What do the Venture cars cost anyway?

Initial contract was 2.7M each in Nov 2017 (371M for 137 cars) by Aug 2019 that was 2.8M (25.2M 9 cars). We haven't seen a recent order but I'd expect 3.5-4M each at this point given inflation.

 

[desertflyer]

I got to experience the new Snack Station on the San Joaquins Venture Cars last week. I had made a sandwich for the trip and forgot it at home in San Francisco. Needless to say I was absolutely starving by the time I made it to LA Union Station.