07-29-2015, 11:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-29-2015, 11:48 PM by BuildingScout.)
(07-29-2015, 11:24 PM)BrianT Wrote: If Mexico can't produce a satisfactory product, maybe it's time to cut them out of the manufacturing chain.
The original report said that the problems stemmed from improper engineering, not assembly. Here are the components that are manufactured successfully at the Mexican Bombardier plant:
Mexico City metro cars Sistema de Transporte Eléctrico (STE) Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) (México City) Monterrey city metro - Metrorrey Minneapolis Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) GM-AMD, Locomotives Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) (Montreal) Vancouver, Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) Kuala Lumpur, Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metro cars New Jersey Transit (NJT), BOMBARDIER Bi-Level (New Jersey) Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Toronto Rocket Société de Transport de Montréal (STM), Montreal Metro, Progress Rail Locomotives, commuter rail for New Jersey Transit (USA), trams and light rail for Toronto, Canada (Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx), metro cars for Toronto, Chicago, New York City Transit (NYCT) and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California, among others.
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Originally, the glacial rate of production was blamed on a strike at the Thunder Bay plant and the tricky design of the TTC's unique, two-stage-wheelchair ramp. It was subsequently revealed, however, that there were significant issues with parts suppliers, including a plant in Mexico, and manufacturing difficulties in Ontario. TTC CEO Andy Byford has said that the cars were initially so poorly fitted that they were being riveted together and would have fallen apart on Toronto's streets.