The refurbishments would be finished "for the most part in a matter of weeks" and there were extensive plans to provide training courses, although Lambley did not say when such programs would begin.
Refurbishment time and cost would be dramatically reduced".
He defended the overcrowding, saying the rolling stock was undergoing a refurbishment, where 24 first class seats would be replaced by 54 standard-class seats - significantly improving capacity.
Last October, Mr. Areias, who is about to run for the State Senate from the San Fernando Valley, ordered the horses evicted and said a board would be formed to oversee refurbishment of the park and the return of some horses.
The council said alternative routes would be promoted during the refurbishment, which will begin in July, and signs would be put in place to divert traffic via St Chad's Circus, Great Charles Street, Paradise Circus and Suffolk Street.
The turnaround for that rocket refurbishment took nearly a year, so under six months would be a drastic improvement, as it'll halve the timeline of the previous effort.
In 2008, Eurostar announced that it would be carrying out a mid-life refurbishment of its Class 373 trains to allow the fleet to remain in service beyond 2020.
Under the $964 million plan, about a third members of the staff of the United Nations Secretariat would be relocated in "swing space" during the renovation and refurbishment, which would be conducted in phases.
The council said a £1.5m refurbishment would create primary places for up to seven years and would be cheaper than a new building.
