ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Bob_McBob]

Any idea of the details?

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/02...takes.html

There are also issues with the fleet of vehicles that Bombardier is building for Waterloo’s ION LRT line. The first vehicle of the $92.4-million, 14-car order was en route to Waterloo from Bombardier’s Thunder Bay, Ont. plant Friday, but Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig alleged that it is “not yet in a state of completion.”

Thomas Schmidt, commissioner of transportation for Waterloo region, confirmed that the vehicle is not fully operational. He said that the region had not yet formally accepted the vehicle and would have to conduct more tests before it would do so.

The Metrolinx pilot was also supposed to be the test vehicle for the Waterloo line, but because of delays to the pilot, in order to open the LRT on time Waterloo has been compelled to skip the prototype phase and test production vehicles instead.

Schmidt said the situation wasn’t ideal, but it’s not unusual to have to modify vehicles after they’re delivered.

“Our plan would have been to have a vehicle that can run, that would have been ideal,” Schmidt said. He added that Bombardier has fully committed to making any changes that are required.