Speaking of schedules and delays and such, this doesn't bode well for us, even if the cars are different. Ir seems Bombardier is preoccupied with meeting Toronto's demands as well as mulling over a possible sale or merger of their rail division with Siemens.
Toronto transit mulls banning Bombardier as latest streetcar deadline missed
Toronto transit mulls banning Bombardier as latest streetcar deadline missed
Quote:Bombardier has admitted that it will not hit its latest target for delivering streetcars to Toronto, the news coming as the increasingly unhappy TTC board prepares to weigh options for barring the company from bidding on contracts...
Fewer than 10 streetcars have been delivered since the new ones began to enter service a year ago. This falls well short of every production schedule Bombardier has proposed.
The Bombardier statement Wednesday said that the company had “taken a strategic step back” to overhaul their quality control. They are now promising four vehicles per month, beginning in September.
“We think, finally, we have a credible schedule,” said Andy Byford, CEO of the TTC. “The issue now is, the acid test is, will we start to see quality vehicles roll off that production line? Because we’re going to hold them to that.”