Sorry to say, this line will not open until 2018 from what I saw today from end to end, with 700 photos of it showing up some time this week since they are back of the 1,450 I have to tag and fix now. Unless a major push is done to complete all the work in the next 14 months, no time to train drivers with a fall opening as plan.
Testing of the prototype car will be late winter this year or early 2017.
The 4 blocks in Waterloo was to be completed March 24 and no real work has yet to start because of the 1800's sewer line. Surveyors on site today for this area.
Can't believe that 2 block downtown in Kitchener is still not finish that I saw in Dec, with a May 24 date now.
No mast in the maintenance yard as well west-south of it to where the mast have brackets and wire.
The T&J station is next to no one in a short walking distance and will need a shuttle bus to service the area, otherwise no one/or a few will use that stop.
The Hydro ROW is almost ready to have sleepers and rails place along it and hope there are a number of crossing along it to allow people from the north side to the south side to shop, otherwise a low of cut fences and people illegal crossing the track.
The King Bridge is 5 feet higher than the existing rail corridor with the east switches to GO layover remove. GO trains have to use the west end to get in/out at this time. Will be about 3% grade out that yard until it relocated next year. Still require the corridor to be raise to about 2% plus grade.