03-12-2019, 08:53 PM
Don't know how long they have been there but Allen and uptown Waterloo station now has the card readers installed.
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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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03-12-2019, 09:04 PM
03-13-2019, 11:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-13-2019, 11:16 AM by robdrimmie.)
My employer distributed a notification that Grandlinq is closing the intersection of Charles St and Gaukel for construction. The block between Gaukel and Water has been mostly closed for much of the past week by Charlie West construction. I wonder if something got broken.
Edit to add: I saw at least two different trains on the Ontario side of the intersection so it isn't anything major. 
03-13-2019, 01:47 PM
That intersection was known for flooding, maybe going to repair that if it's still a problem?
There is a Youtuber who publishes video profiles of train stations, system fly-overs, etc. and they have posted a few ION videos in recent weeks. Apparently I'm only allowed to embed one video per post, so you'll have to check the channel for the rest.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf4iKXL...RRQ/videos 
03-13-2019, 08:18 PM
03-14-2019, 04:29 PM
(03-13-2019, 08:18 PM)Canard Wrote: Stop piling on Bombardier - The Globe and Mail Sad for Bombardier because they're not attached to SNC-Lavalin like the other train company. SNC-Lavalin/Alstom has supreme protection, though it is alarming that more hasn't been said about how dysfunctional the Alstom train system is. But as I said, they have friends in the right places, Bombardier doesn't.
03-14-2019, 04:59 PM
03-15-2019, 05:18 PM
The Record has officially announced they intend to milk the FOI request denial for all it's worth. They will be appealing the denial and will be "writing further stories" about it. Also their reporter helpfully describes ION as "almost two years overdue".
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/922...d-foi-lrt/ 
03-15-2019, 05:46 PM
I'm sure that will go over well. I would imagine any potential litigation would be except from a FOI request.
03-15-2019, 05:46 PM
(03-15-2019, 05:18 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: The Record has officially announced they intend to milk the FOI request denial for all it's worth. They will be appealing the denial and will be "writing further stories" about it. Also their reporter helpfully describes ION as "almost two years overdue". Well, it is "almost 2 years overdue". That being said, I don't think they should be pushing on the request. I can see why neither the region, nor metrolinx would want to be open about this, given it is an active negotiation and implementation. ONLY the public looses if we make these details public. I wish people saw that.
03-15-2019, 07:15 PM
(03-15-2019, 05:18 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: The Record has officially announced they intend to milk the FOI request denial for all it's worth. They will be appealing the denial and will be "writing further stories" about it. Also their reporter helpfully describes ION as "almost two years overdue". Unsure what to think. That said, it was The Record that broke the RIM fiasco that the idiots in Waterloo got involved in. And at that time that the story broke, no one at city hall or on council realized they had been ripped off (reading wasn't mandatory at that time, I guess). As for the train being overdue, it will be close to 2 years once it gets going, assuming it starts in the actual spring (not what the region thinks spring is, which is anytime before October).
03-16-2019, 06:50 AM
(03-15-2019, 07:15 PM)jeffster Wrote:(03-15-2019, 05:18 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: The Record has officially announced they intend to milk the FOI request denial for all it's worth. They will be appealing the denial and will be "writing further stories" about it. Also their reporter helpfully describes ION as "almost two years overdue". The 2 year amount is not really true. July 2017 was the timeline for substantial completion of the construction. Fall 2017 was the timeline given for service start since the contract was signed.
03-16-2019, 08:21 AM
(03-16-2019, 06:50 AM)trainspotter139 Wrote: The 2 year amount is not really true. July 2017 was the timeline for substantial completion of the construction. Fall 2017 was the timeline given for service start since the contract was signed. So depending on when it actually starts and what “close” means, saying it’s close to 2 years may end up being perfectly fair. Say it opens in June. Then it’s only 3 months short of 2 years, assuming we take September 2017 as the original opening time. |
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you, Bombardier!
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