W. K. Lis
Superstar
Wonder if the Bombardier workers had a Christmas break of a week or two? They'll would have Christmas and New Year's off, likely Boxing Day as well. Or is it a case of "bah, humbug"?
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DSC
Superstar
Or it could have been a case of 'we need to get some more damned streetcars made VERY soon or we will not get any more contracts and all our days will be days off."
cplchanb
Senior Member
At the rate of production, you'd expect them to work all through the holidays minus christmas and new years. I would be quite disappointed if they didnt have most shifts running
Napoleon
Active Member
From the most recent TTC CEO's Report: http://ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commiss...1/Reports/CEO_Report_ January_2016_Update.pdf
I don't know when exactly the "stop" he refers to occurred.
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Duck
Guest
Brad Ross just confirmed its old news (but worded poorly on their part):
https://twitter.com/bradttc/status/689520586234601472
https://twitter.com/bradttc/status/689520586234601472
ottbike
Active Member
cplchanb
Senior Member
I really dont know if I can ever take a bbr promise seriously ever again.....especially since their original output was every 5 days.....did they hire another shift or are they moving to 24/7 production?
ottbike
Active Member
If and when bbr ramps up delivery to every four days, and is able to maintain that flow for, say three months, it would be great if they could issue some sort of a formal apology to City of Toronto residents for this epic delay.
Napoleon
Active Member
Correct me if I'm wrong, but we're around 22 days since the last streetcar was delivered...it was a bit foggy around the holiday but was delivered between Dec. 29th-Dec. 31st.
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Duck
Guest
Bombardier (Derby) delivers one full S-Stock train per week to TfL.
nfitz
Superstar
How was start-up though? Recall that the 2009 Stock start-up was so poor, that TFL was in a war with Bombardier, and there's even a documentary made about it.
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Duck
Guest
How was the TR delivery start-up? I never hear people complaining about TR deliveries (which come from the same factory) so I am assuming all is good there.
cplchanb
Senior Member
I remember commenting about them many years ago when the first test train was endlessly testing. took them a while to iron out the kinks
nfitz
Superstar
It was late, rough. Door problems, etc. But nothing like the streetcar delay. I'm not sure they ever fully ramped up, but they got close enough - and at this point, TTC is quite happy not to have to park the extra 6-car trains anywhere. Though I noticed they've modified the production schedule so that four of the six 4-car trains are delivered much sooner than the final 6-car trains.
dowlingm
Senior Member
Wiki reckons Derby Carriage and Wagon Works employs ~1600 people. I wonder how many BBD TB employs?