05-14-2015, 08:31 AM
The Region responds: Bombardier quality problems won’t derail LRT project
Quote:Regional officials say problems that derailed the quality of Bombardier's Toronto Transit Commission streetcars shouldn't be an issue for local light rail trains. Thomas Schmidt, commissioner of transportation and environmental services, said the region has inspectors ensuring the quality of the trains... Parts are manufactured in Mexico and production of the trains takes place in Thunder Bay. Region of Waterloo staff, consultants and representatives from Crown corporation Metrolinx have undertaken the inspections...Don't worry. Be happy.
Marc Andre Lefebvre, spokesperson with Bombardier, said those problems have been corrected. "Since there are some parts that are common to both the streetcars and (light rail vehicles) for Waterloo, the good news is everything that we've learned, all of the issues that have arisen with the streetcars, all of the learning will be taken and will be put to the new Waterloo LRV and so those issues will not repeat again," he said...
The first train is expected to be delivered here by fall of 2016 with the remainder delivered by the end of that year. Bhatti said a strike at the Bombardier Thunder Bay plant in 2014 could affect the timeline for trains to be delivered...