04-14-2018, 01:01 PM
(04-14-2018, 12:12 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: Part of the reason that 6-8 months is required after the final vehicle is delivered is that the, "The vehicles also require the installation of specialized equipment that will allow them to operate at higher speeds, provide vehicle arrival time information, activate traffic signals when necessary, and better integrate with the transportation network. Installation of this equipment was also anticipated to occur in the eight months between delivery of the last vehicle and start of service. GrandLinq and Bombardier will be installing the equipment once construction of the base vehicles is complete. Testing of specialized equipment equipped trains is also required."
Which is interesting, because according to the project agreement it seems like that specialized equipment was supposed to be installed at the factory, "Project Co shall functionally test the integrated operation of all LRT Stop and wayside Train Control equipment prior to its shipment from the factory."
The burn-in test is required for the final acceptance certificate and is different from the simulated service testing; they are separate tests and are not intended to run simultaneously. One is a test of individual vehicles, the other is a test of the system.
As mentioned before the burn-in test is not as simple as accumulating 600km on the odometer. They have to be 600 problem free kilometers or else the odometer goes back to 0km and the test repeated until 600 is reached - problem free.
Pheippides, thanks for that info. But even if that "specialized equipment" isn't already installed in Kingston, it boggles the mind that such installation could take many months. The quote says it was supposed to "occur in the eight months", not that it would actually require eight months.
And, yes, the 600 km burn-in test may have to be repeated several times (we have a similar criterion for our company's software release) but if running the test only takes 2-3 days (15 round trips) it's hard to see how that one could take multiple months, either.