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There has to be red tape to remove to actually remove it. Right now CN and it's freight service is the only thing holding back the project.

Ultimately the whole trackbed from Union to Kitchener will need to be upgraded to a deeper ballast with UIC 60 continuous welded rail, mono-bloc concrete ties and movable point frogs for crossings and turnouts

You only need 4 tracks from about Acton to Toronto to have no issues with RER and HSR. RER takes the outer 2 tracks while HSR takes the inner 2 tracks.

The modules are too large to handle the minimum 11 metre turning radius requirement of TTC Streetcar tracks.

Is it just me or is our information getting increasingly outdated the more Bombardier appears to be actually ramping up deliveries?

I mean the schedules are still set and calibrated for the old streetcar fleet on most of the streetcar routes so adjusting the schedules is right now out of the question.

4467 is active in normal service I believe. 4466 is being returned to Thunder Bay for extensive repairs

The biggest thing holding the TTC back from being better than it is now is City Council

There is a sort of illusionary effect when you perceive a large object moving that makes it seem like it's slower.

12 are needed for peak (8 minute headway) service, 10 for 10 minute headways 7 for 15 minute headways with 2 spares.

The Region of Waterloo has authorized Bombardier to begin shipping the remaining vehicles from Kingston. The first of which is waiting for CN Rail to pick it up.

And once again you are wrong. If it was about vote-buying only one party would be supporting this plan. Even the Doug Ford PCs support this plan.

Nope. Only one option is feasible. Hydrogen fuel cell won't be able to produce enough power in the quantities needed for high speed trains, especially with the terrain.

Never. Too heavy for any high speed plan plus high speed requires 25kV AC electrification.

Keolis (the operator of ION) basically told the Region of Waterloo that they wouldn't get the results they wanted out of the project without Aggressive Signal Priority so the Region changed their tune on it. Metrolinx can strong-arm signal priority in the aboveground sections if need be.

It is solely the responsibility of the railway and its employees to ensure that the cargo it is carrying is secured properly. There is no legal way to waive that liability. Any damage done to infrastructure is then solely the railway's responsibility.

Bombardier will likely ship a new pole to TTC sometime really soon to replace the one on 4466 that was damaged in transit. CP will likely end up paying for it. CP would also be wise to install a couple of High-Wide detectors on the line in case this happens again.

Phase 1 (Clearance) Testing is largely complete after reaching Fairway Station Yesterday.

There's only room on the Waterloo Spur to store 1 vehicle at a time for unloading, so Bombardier could only send 2-3 a week max.

Testing has now progressed down to Mill Station.