ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[KevinL]

Curved rail is in place (roughly) through the Frederick/Duke intersection.

[boatracer]

Ottawa and Courtland intersection was open at lunch time today.

[Canard]

Horray!

No word yet from Tom.

[timio]

I'm curious if Bombardier has a personal device ban on the factory floor. Would make sense.

[Canard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="nl" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> Number 1 <a href="https://twitter.com/Bombardier">@Bombardier</a> Flexity LRV on the shop floor in Thunder Bay. Beeuuttiiffuull!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://t.co/J1ENwtceaY">pic.twitter.com/J1ENwtceaY</a></p>&mdash; Tom Galloway (@tomjgalloway14) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/status/801590709665038336">November 24, 2016</a></blockquote>

[Canard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">#1 <a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Bombardier">@Bombardier</a> LRV being pawed by unidentified Planning &amp; Works Chair in final stages Thunder Bay <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://t.co/PN7lGxptUl">pic.twitter.com/PN7lGxptUl</a></p>&mdash; Tom Galloway (@tomjgalloway14) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/status/801592629255356418">November 24, 2016</a></blockquote>

[KevinL]

Ooooooooooooooh.

That said, how complete is this unit and the others in the pipeine? Are we on target?

[Canard]

Modules haven't been married yet... no bogies, no interior.

2-4 months?

[Canard]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was wondering what the note on the windscreen said. Cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisjamesdrew">@chrisjamesdrew</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Metrolinx">@Metrolinx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/femwriter">@femwriter</a> <a href="https://t.co/9W4OBU4gLj">pic.twitter.com/9W4OBU4gLj</a></p>&mdash; iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/801595345260134400">November 24, 2016</a></blockquote>

[darts]

It's interesting that there isn't even a mention of the part of ION that is already in service.

The Cambridge leg? It's hard to get excited by it, it's been in service since the express route started

[KevinL]

Here's a shot of the removed stairway. Looks like they've dug out the ground support, too.

[Canard]

Confirmed that our trains will arrive via the Waterloo Spur on flatbed rail car, just like Toronto's been taking delivery of their FLEXITY Outlook LRV's.

Different will be the procedure for getting them off the flatbed, though - suspect ours will use ramps like many other cities do (Toronto built an at-height "dock" so they can just roll them off quickly right into their tracks at the yard).

[Pheidippides]

Galloway was on CBC this morning and said Bombardier is still confident that they can meet the revised schedule of December 2016, but that the Metrolinx staff person on site said early next year is more likely.

[Canard]

1st light rail vehicle in final production stages, but may not arrive on time - CBC Kitchener

[Canard]

LRT could pose challenges for emergency vehicle access, snow clearing - The Record