(04-14-2018, 06:58 PM)sevenman Wrote:(04-14-2018, 04:09 PM)JoeKW Wrote: So, is this really mostly Bombardiers fault? Didn't the region ask them to hold trains back until a few weeks ago?
Actually, pretty much all their fault.
I'm curious, how do you propose that they could have delivered completed trains to the region any earlier when Metrolinx refused to sign off on a spec once the Transit City projects for which the original order was placed were all cancelled or delayed?
Even after they had a spec they could build and deliver to in mid-2016, the Communications Based Train Control signalling system remained unspecified, hence the hole in the dashboard we all witnessed at the open houses. I can only assume that that gap has been closed now, but it would only have happened very recently.
Unfortunately Bombardier can't blame Metrolinx as they are still a major customer of theirs, and the region can't blame Metrolinx as they still want Phase 2 funding, so the only party that gets publicly named and shamed is Bombardier. Are they blameless? I'm sure not, but I do feel sorry for them for getting 100% of the blame in the public press / mindset while only being partially responsible for the overall delays.
...K