(07-30-2015, 12:18 PM)taylortbb Wrote: There's actually an agreement between Metrolinx and the Region of Waterloo to do perform some of the initial acceptance testing for the entire order on the Waterloo spur. That's why the spur line tracks are so far ahead of the rest of the project, they need to be in service (electrified, etc) for late 2016 rather than 2017.
While I'd heard that rumour as well (perhaps from you), I asked the team and Bombardier directly about it, and they said that all testing would be done at Bombardier's facilities (low speed at Thunder Bay, high speed at Millhaven. No prototype testing in KW, unfortunately.
(Yes I realize there will be 6-9 months of testing our system once we take delivery of our first few trains.)