[URBAN NOTE] "TTC to receive four streetcars a month starting in April"

[rfmcdonald]

The Toronto Star's Tess Kalinowski notes that Bombardier is stepping up its delivery of streetcars to the TTC.

The TTC says Bombardier is promising that Toronto’s new low-floor streetcars will start arriving at a rate of about four a month in April.

Earlier reports had suggested the expedited schedule would begin in March. But that included a “ramp-up period,” said TTC spokesman Brad Ross on Monday.

“We believe their schedule is achievable. We will hold them to it. That is the schedule they provided to us and that is the schedule that we have accepted,” he said.

The TTC is also holding firm on its expectation that all 204 streetcars included in the $1.25 billion order will be delivered by 2019.

“That is non-negotiable so they are going to have to catch up on the back end for sure,” said Ross.