Ontario Line RSSOM PPP in Toronto

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The project involves the Rolling Stock, Systems and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the Ontario Line in Toronto, Canada. The RSSOM Contract includes:A design-build-finance-operate-maintain contract for the entire Ontario Line, for a 30-year term;Rolling Stock: design, supply, operate and maintain the vehicles (trains);Systems: design, build, operate and maintain all track, communications (e.g. network, Wi-Fi, CCTV, passenger information) and train control systems for the Ontario Line;Design, build, operate and maintain the Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility (where the vehicles are stored); the Operations Control Centre (where staff control train operations and are connected to TTC and GO Transit systems); and the Backup Operations Control Centre;Working collaboratively with the TTC in accordance with future operations and maintenance agreements;Integrating fare equipment with the PRESTO system.The Ontario Line involves the development of a 15.5 km free-standing rapid transit line, connecting Ontario Place/Exhibition through downtown Toronto to the Ontario Science Centre. The line will better connect people to where they want to go, and reduce travel times across Toronto. Over half of the route is planned to run underground through new tunnels, with the remainder running along elevated and at-grade rail corridor sections of track. Fifteen stations are proposed, with numerous connections to the broader transit network, including GO Transit rail services, the Toronto Transit Commission's subway Lines 1 and 2, the future Line 5 (Eglinton Crosstown LRT), as well as numerous bus and streetcar routes.The Ontario Line is being delivered as three separate public-private partnership (PPP) procurement contracts:Rolling Stock, Systems, Operations and Maintenance Contract (“RSSOM Contract”, or the “Project”);Southern Civil, Stations and Tunnel Contract (“South Civil Contract”);Northern Civil, Stations and Tunnel Contract(“North Civil Contract”).