ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[KevinT]

The giveaway was when they said that emergency services was onboard treating the injured passengers. :-)

[Square]

Ya, I should have guessed when the media wasn't all over it, it was just a test, lol

[Canard]

Tom’s been live tweeting from Millhaven today!

He’s on his way home from vacation and was hosted by the team for a tour. Lots of LRV action.

[trainspotter139]

Tom’s been live tweeting from Millhaven today!

He’s on his way home from vacation and was hosted by the team for a tour. Lots of LRV action.

By the looks of it we might be seeing two at a time coming from Millhaven once they have equipment installed

[Bob_McBob]

According to The Record, all vehicles are now fully assembled, but 501 is still waiting for backordered parts. Bombardier is now starting to install the specialized equipment for Grandlinq.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/876...-to-eight/

[Canard]

Where is the monthly update PDF?

(And why is it always squirrelled away somewhere that I have to ask every time where to find it? This is supposed to be public)

[tvot]

Where is the monthly update PDF?

(And why is it always squirrelled away somewhere that I have to ask every time where to find it? This is supposed to be public)

And why no public statement about the welds yet for our trains? I know people who are sure this will add another delay.

[Square]

Where is the monthly update PDF?

(And why is it always squirrelled away somewhere that I have to ask every time where to find it? This is supposed to be public)

100% agree.  Also why or how does the media always get it first??

Edit : I wish ION would publish these like they use to with the Bi-weekly construction updates!

[ijmorlan]

Where is the monthly update PDF?

(And why is it always squirrelled away somewhere that I have to ask every time where to find it? This is supposed to be public)

And why no public statement about the welds yet for our trains? I know people who are sure this will add another delay.

Indeed. If it’s not a problem, why not just say so?

And if it is, hiding it won’t make it better. Being straightforward would be, in the long run, the better PR strategy.

[jamincan]

Surely Bombardier wouldn't continue to ship units to us if they had welding issues?

[clasher]

Depending on how they are gonna test the welds it's not always quick and easy, especially if they gotta lift the LRV and partially disassemble them to access the weld.

[tomh009]

Edit : I wish ION would publish these like they use to with the Bi-weekly construction updates!

Construction updates were done by Grandlinq. At this point the updates really need to come from the region.

[Bob_McBob]

Another classic from the Woolwich Observer's brilliant political cartoonist.

[danbrotherston]

I'm guessing nobody from this newspaper has so much as seen the LRT track then? Nor do they understand that it is possible to walk between two places on planet earth? /sarcasm obviously, but this is such a frustrating stance, both for the LRT and for accessibility.

[Canard]

LOL, WTF? Sure, there had been a never ending slew of rework to fix deficiencies (still happening as of yesterday) but where is it causing an issue blocking traffic? Whenever I see it, it’s always with the trucks parked in the Rapidway.