(07-05-2018, 10:23 AM)JoeKW Wrote: Was Metrolinx obligated to provide this equipment? Can they be held liable?
At the very least they were obligated to spec it, but didn't bother as they were trying to dump Bombardier altogether. (They lost that battle in court and still have to take half of the original vehicle order at a higher unit cost than before, our unit cost didn't change.) Bombardier can't call Metrolinx out as they're still a major customer for the remaining half of the vehicles plus loads of GO Bi-level cars, and I suspect the region won't dare call them out as they still want/need provincial money for phase 2. The province chipping in half the cost to the region for extending the system commissioning contracts was probably a backroom settlement / admission of guilt for the trouble they caused us. (That's pure conjecture on my part as I have no inside information. Sure wish that I did!)
...K