original cars are the long variant; the 2012–13 cars are the US ("Ultra Short") variant. 14 more S700 units were ordered in early 2019. Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota (Metro): 64 S70 units purchased. Delivery of initial order of 59 began in 2012, with the first unit entering service in February 2013. In October 2015, an option was exercised for five additional vehicles at a cost of $20 million, and these were received in fall 2017. In October 2016, an order was placed for 27 more S70s, to a modified design that has since been rebranded S700 by Siemens. Delivery began in May 2020. Norfolk, Virginia (Tide Light Rail): 9 S70 cars, ordered in 2007. First cars delivered October 2009. Entered service with the opening of the Norfolk system, in 2011. Phoenix, Arizona (Valley Metro Rail): 11 S700 vehicles ordered, in June 2017, with options for up to 67 more. Fourteen options exercised in October 2020. Began to enter service January 2022. Portland, Oregon (MAX Light Rail): 22 S70 and 18 S700 units purchased and now in operation. Order for initial 21 S70 cars announced on May 11, 2006; later expanded by one car. Entered service starting in August 2009. Order placed 2012 for another 18 cars; delivered in 2014–2015 and subsequently rebranded as S700 by Siemens. An order for 26 S700 units was placed in July 2019, with delivery scheduled to run from mid-2021 to fall 2022. Unlike Portland's previous S70 and S700 LRVs, these will be double-ended. Sacramento, California (Sacramento RT Light Rail): 20 S700 units ordered in 2020 for the Sacramento RT Light Rail system, with options for a total of 76 cars. Shortly after the initial 20-unit order, Sacramento was awarded by the California State Transportation Agency another $23.6 million dollars to purchase an additional 8 units, thus bringing the total number of S700 units on order for delivery beginning in 2022 to 28. Salt Lake City, Utah TRAX: 77 S70 US ("Ultra Short") units ordered; in service since August 7, 2011. S Line: S70 US units San Diego, California (San Diego Trolley): 11 S70 () units purchased in first order in October 2004, with delivery complete in July 2005. A second order, for 57 S70 US ("Ultra Short" ) cars, was placed in October 2009; the order was later increased to a total of 65 S70 US units in 2012. 45 additional cars, now of the rebranded