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5/8/2025
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) yesterday unveiled in Santa Ana, California, the first of eight vehicles for the county’s new OC Streetcar system.
Manufactured by Siemens Mobility in Sacramento, the OC Streetcar vehicles are Siemens S700 models. They will operate on electricity from overhead catenary lines, with an added emergency backup battery drive.
The streetcar track is completed along the entire 4-mile route, and testing of the OC Streetcar vehicles along the Pacific Electric right of way is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks. The vehicles will be moved to city streets for more testing later in 2025, and public operations are slated to begin in spring 2026, OCTA officials said in a press release.
The OC Streetcar route will run between the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and Harbour Boulevard in Garden Grove, serving some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Orange County, OCTA officials said.
The route also connects to the Metrolink commuter-rail network. Up to six vehicles will operate daily, with stops occurring every 10 to 15 minutes at 10 stations in each direction.