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One of the claims that Metrolinx made, is that the car that just arrived in Waterloo isn't a prototype; Waterloo's prototype is shared with Metrolinx - and it's in Kingston.
I wonder if they are getting help from the TTC for that for the first couple of cars?
The car arrived about 6 months or so late to start with and then spent over a year getting rebuilt. Before testing could starts, training crews had to be train, as well the people who would be maintaining them. There were supposed to be other issues that delay the start of testing. Even 4401 & 4402 were late being delivery as well.
The main reason behind this is that for them to move they have to operate in Train Control Override mode. They won't run them on the line without being integrated with the chosen train control and signalling systems. For example, ION uses in-cab signalling and automatic train control / automatic train stop on offroad sections that needs to be enabled/disabled as they enter/exit the higher speed sections the base train control system that comes preinstalled on all of the Flexity Freedoms off the shelf doesn't necessarly know how to handle the various proprietary systems out there, so modules need to be installed and connected with the onboard computer. Bombardier doesn't necessarily need to create an entire software suite, they need to create a couple drivers to translate the input from the modules to data that the onboard computer can understand and/or display.
