Asterix
Active Member
I understand that there will be a $49 million cancellation fee as the number of LRT cars ordered is near what the city ordered for TC.
But why would there be a cancellation fee on the LRT cars ordered for Eglinton if they haven't been canceled?
What you have proposed is holding off on the construction slated to start in a month or two, redesign the line for Sky Train, cancel the LRT order in place of Sky Train cars, only use the existing SRT yard which isn't anywhere near big enough for the Eglinton line (nor does it have the room to expand) and won't be connected to the part of the line that will be constructed first. Without that connection to the yard, they can't open the line when the central part is completed so that would mean they won't need the Sky Train cars for another few years, meaning Bombardier won't get the revenue until much later than they were planning.
Who exactly is winning in this scenario?
I also don't understand the idea of SkyTrain being propritery.
Who said it was proprietary and why does it matter? Doesn't really matter one way or another since the whole idea of switching from the existing planned LRT implementation to your suggestion, whether proprietary or not, is just asking for significant delays and lots more money.