(06-05-2019, 01:40 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote:(06-05-2019, 01:36 PM)KevinT Wrote: Oddly enough we're running Bombardier trains with an Alstom signalling system, and Ottawa is running Alstom trains with a Thales signalling system. Would things have gone better if we'd sole sourced Bombardier equipment and they had sole sourced Alstom? The software integration of disparate systems must be a nightmare, I'd imagine that each vendor does a fair share of finger pointing at the other which goes through several rounds before any actual problem gets solved. :-(
Funny enough, their problems are with doors getting jammed and nothing to do with the signalling system
"More significantly, sometimes the signalling software puts out error codes that cause the trains to stop moving.", CBC News May 10, 2019: RTG says it's finished building Confederation LRT Line
...K