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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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 (01-27-2019, 11:37 PM)tomh009 Wrote: So do some trains have the FIE on the right, then, and others in the centre? N...no, they all are the same. Original HMI on the left, HMI that was delivered in the centre has been moved to the right, and the equipment which was Free-Issued to Bombardier by the Region is installed in the centre. 
01-28-2019, 08:12 AM
(01-27-2019, 11:04 PM)Canard Wrote: ...that being said, from what I understand, the entire train essentially needed to be torn apart to fit it all in and get it wired up, so... Does anybody else find this weird? While our equipment is somewhat specific to our system, it seems to me that most of the functions for which it is responsible will be common to most systems. Suppose it needs to tie in to the door sensors, for example. If so, this would be true of most such systems. So why doesn’t the stock design include cables running from where the sensors or devices are to where the FIE goes? Installing specific FIE should just be a matter of plugging in within the console. This leaves aside that in the Ontario context, proper design would have identical FIE used by all LRT systems, or at least all LRT systems in the GTA. It should be possible to take a vehicle from our system, pop it on a flatcar, deliver it to the Eglinton line OMSF, spend 5 minutes making a database entry, and have it in service an hour later. Is there any indication that our FIE is standardized for Ontario?
It would have been standard, if Metrolinx had spec’d it in a timely manner.
They did not. This is the whole reason the project is so woefully delayed! They dragged their heels so much with it that finally the Region had no choice but to strike it out on their own. And they did so a year after the system was originally supposed to be in revenue service. But, the media and the public? “It’s all Bombardier’s fault.” /rant PS, Bombardier makes their own system called CITYFLO. Our trains could have been standard, as you say, but the choice was by others not to go this route. 
01-28-2019, 10:39 AM
01-28-2019, 10:59 AM
(01-28-2019, 08:26 AM)Canard Wrote: It would have been standard, if Metrolinx had spec’d it in a timely manner. Not only just this, but the Region knew about the equipment requirement almost 5 years ago and waited to act on that knowledge until the vehicles were all assembled (which in my opinion makes no sense considering what kind of work needed to be done). It would have been faster and easier if the Region asked Bombardier to install the equipment during assembly of the vehicles.
01-28-2019, 01:30 PM
Mike Farwell let slip today on his show on 570 News that news of the Launch Date will be coming soon
01-28-2019, 02:09 PM
I don't feel even remotely confident it will be up and running on or before June 20 at this point, but if we start hearing about burn-in testing and art installation I will feel a little more positive.
01-28-2019, 03:29 PM
(01-28-2019, 03:00 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: I don't feel even remotely confident it will be up and running on or before June 20 at this point, but if we start hearing about burn-in testing and art installation I will feel a little more positive. Art installation won't be until well into the spring. The rest is dependant on how much more testing they need to do and when they can start the 1 month of burn-in/service simulation.
01-28-2019, 03:37 PM
(01-28-2019, 03:00 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: I don't feel even remotely confident it will be up and running on or before June 20 at this point, but if we start hearing about burn-in testing and art installation I will feel a little more positive. Art installation is such a low priority for the project, they definitely won't (and shouldn't) hold back the launch date if one or two pieces are not installed. |
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