11-06-2018, 05:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-06-2018, 05:32 PM by trainspotter139.)
(11-06-2018, 05:00 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(11-06-2018, 04:16 PM)urbd Wrote: Again, terrible terrible news. Yet another disappointment, plus it's such a low brow act to wait a couple weeks after elections to make the announcement when they knew perfectly well that there would be a delay. Agh. I'm actually pissed.
I've said it a few times now, but it's clear the launch date of December was a lie the last time they said it, and as a voter, I feel that I was mislead. Frankly, its unacceptable.
Except the launch date wasn't a lie. It's a classic case of "it shouldn't take too long to do" then opening up the cardboard boxes and realizing there's more parts to put together than you thought. Frankly most of the work Bombardier has to do now is debug the code they wrote to integrate the new hardware with the train operating software, which they are actively doing with 511 as I type this. Once Bombardier is confident that a hardware event isn't going to just disable the train, we will start seeing the rest of the equipped trains out.
EDIT: To further add to the delay, the equipment wasn't available for Bombardier to install until the middle of summer