CANADA: Edmonton will add eight Hyundai Rotem high-floor LRVs to its order, taking the procurement to 40 vehicles as the city prepares to replace Siemens U2 cars that have served for more than 45 years.

Edmonton LRV Order Expands to 40 Vehicles
Photo: engaged.edmonton.ca

Order grows from 32 to 40 vehicles

The city is using an option included in its February 2026 contract with Hyundai Rotem to buy eight additional vehicles. The original contract covered 32 high-floor LRVs, and the additional purchase raises the total to 40.

The vehicles are intended for Edmonton Transit Service and will support Metro Line Northwest Phase 1 and Capital Line South Phase 1. Design and manufacturing are scheduled to begin later in 2026, with deliveries expected during 2029 and 2030. The announcement confirms delivery timing, but not a passenger-service entry date.

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Edmonton is replacing a 37-car U2 fleet

Edmonton’s LRT construction update identifies 37 high-floor vehicles that have been in service for more than 45 years as the fleet targeted for replacement. Those are the Siemens U2 cars used on the Capital and Metro lines. The same city material says the procurement also needs to provide capacity for the two expansion projects.

That makes the 40-vehicle Hyundai Rotem order larger than the 37-car U2 fleet being replaced, but the city has not described the transition as a one-for-one swap or published a detailed retirement sequence for the U2s.

New LRVs add accessibility features

The city’s public engagement material for the new high-floor trains says each vehicle will include dedicated wheelchair spaces and priority seating, with 10% of seats designated as priority. The design also calls for movable armrests and more space beneath seats because seat pedestals are eliminated.

Door operation will add illuminated indications when doors are released and opened, plus an audio tone to help passengers locate them. On-board announcement volume is designed to adjust automatically to ambient noise, while passenger alarms are planned within five metres of riders and in every wheelchair area.

The procurement therefore links a clear fleet-renewal task — replacing Edmonton’s oldest U2 cars — with the extra capacity required for the Capital and Metro line expansions. Delivery remains expected in 2029–2030.

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