04-14-2018, 08:55 AM
(04-14-2018, 02:28 AM)GtwoK Wrote: All trains delivered need to be broken in the same amount, but IIRC that's a kilometer amount (600km?), not a time amount. I would think they could get 600km of testing in in less than 6 months, but I'm not doing any math.
It’s about 20 round trips of the line, or a few days’ of normal operation. Somebody said that they would be operating the system for 2 weeks on a normal schedule prior to opening it to passengers, so this would easily take care of the “burn-in” requirement. This is not a significant blocker on opening the system. This is why I say the system should open 2 weeks after car 12 gets here: to give car 12 time to be burned in, with everything else already fully tested and operational.