08-22-2017, 08:08 PM
I'll jump the gun here before someone posts the article, and give an explanation:
The Star is reporting that Bombardier shipped "incomplete" trains to the TTC just to make a delivery deadline before the end of the year.
While true, it's a misleading headline.
There was an upcoming scheduling conflict (induced by CP) around the Holidays - so, instead of getting caught in that and potentially missing a deadline, Bombardier and the TTC came up with the plan to ship the cars early, slightly incomplete - and send down folks to do final assembly in Toronto. All the trains went into service before the end of the year.
It was a creative solution to a problem created by CP - not Bombardier, or the TTC.
The Star is reporting that Bombardier shipped "incomplete" trains to the TTC just to make a delivery deadline before the end of the year.
While true, it's a misleading headline.
There was an upcoming scheduling conflict (induced by CP) around the Holidays - so, instead of getting caught in that and potentially missing a deadline, Bombardier and the TTC came up with the plan to ship the cars early, slightly incomplete - and send down folks to do final assembly in Toronto. All the trains went into service before the end of the year.
It was a creative solution to a problem created by CP - not Bombardier, or the TTC.