ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[urbd]

When do the ION-related documents come out today, and where will they be? I hate that they’re so hard to find.

I was just going to ask the same thing! Are we getting a launch date today?

[Bob_McBob]

I was just going to ask the same thing! Are we getting a launch date today?

Tom Galloway already said it would just be a vehicle status update, not the launch date announcement.

https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/statu...8053307393

[trainspotter139]

When do the ION-related documents come out today, and where will they be? I hate that they’re so hard to find.

Delayed until next week's general Council meeting.

[KevinL]

Does that indicate the news is particularly good or bad, or should we not read anything into it?

[trainspotter139]

Does that indicate the news is particularly good or bad, or should we not read anything into it?

Staff could have just gotten an influx of paperwork about it last minute and needed more time to compile the report.

[jeffster]

Does that indicate the news is particularly good or bad, or should we not read anything into it?

I don't think it's good news. If it was good news they'd have the info on hand as planned, not late.

My guess is that it'll be delayed again until "summer" (which is fall).

[danbrotherston]

Does that indicate the news is particularly good or bad, or should we not read anything into it?

I don't think it's good news. If it was good news they'd have the info on hand as planned, not late.

My guess is that it'll be delayed again until "summer" (which is fall).

This is basically my expectation at this point.

The continual delays have made a cynic out of me, if the region cannot even deliver a report on time...forget about trains.

[Bob_McBob]

September 2019 here we come.

[urbd]

I don't think it's good news. If it was good news they'd have the info on hand as planned, not late.

My guess is that it'll be delayed again until "summer" (which is fall).

This is basically my expectation at this point.

The continual delays have made a cynic out of me, if the region cannot even deliver a report on time...forget about trains.

Same here. At this point, what could be the reasoning for more delays? I know there are still a couple things being worked out, but driver training is well underway, we have all the vehicles, etc. What else could delay it yet again? Is it a political move?

[KevinL]

The main source of delay at this point would be the automated signaling system. We know it's not running yet (we've yet to see more than 4 trains at a time), and until it is we can't say an absolute date.

[timc]

I don't think it's good news. If it was good news they'd have the info on hand as planned, not late.

My guess is that it'll be delayed again until "summer" (which is fall).

But which year?

[Canard]

Kevin, please don’t state that as fact. That’s pure speculation.

Report now coming out next Thursday evening.

[tomh009]

Kevin, please don’t state that as fact. That’s pure speculation.

I assume you mean Kevin's statement about the signaling system?

What's the most trains that have been active at any one time so far?

And how many trains have yet to make an appearance? I think 501 for sure but there may be others ...

[Canard]

4 is the most.

All I’m saying is while 4 is the upper limit of what they’ll test until ATP is activated.... perhaps you should wait until the vehicle update is out for deciding that that is the sole reason we’ve only ever seen four..........

[trainspotter139]

Kevin, please don’t state that as fact. That’s pure speculation.

I assume you mean Kevin's statement about the signaling system?

What's the most trains that have been active at any one time so far?

And how many trains have yet to make an appearance? I think 501 for sure but there may be others ...

To say that the signalling system isn't operational is pure speculation. The main reason they haven't been using it thus far is because not all the drivers are trained on how to use it properly. They can't make full use of the system without all the drivers trained on it.