This time they say they mean it.

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.

The TTC expects the next new streetcar to arrive in Toronto on March 29 with four more to follow in April. The commitment is to have 54 streetcars in town by the end of the year.

Toronto hasn’t had a delivery since before the 16th vehicle hit the streets Feb. 19. That’s because a delay in its Mexican plant, where there were earlier welding issues, caught up on the Canadian end.

TTC board chair Josh Colle and CEO Andy Byford have been publicly skeptical about Bombardier’s repeated failures to deliver.

Originally 73 of the streetcars were supposed to be in the city by the end of 2015.

Instead, a series of defects and production issues mean there are 16, including one that is used for training and another spare.

As recently as the end of October, the company had committed to delivering 16 vehicles by year’s end. But the 16th car didn’t go into service until February.

Bombardier did not return a request for comment Monday.

It has, in the past, apologized for the production delays, ranging from peeling laminate, poorly fitting underframes and crimping of electrical connectors.

It has said it has made changes and will be able to catch up on the delays this year.

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The TTC has already filed a claim for the 5 per cent or $51 million for liquidated damages specified in its contract with Bombardier, said Ross.

Fifteen cars are needed to furnish the entire Spadina line, the first that was converted to the new vehicles, said Ross. Harbourfront is also using new streetcars. But a report going to next week’s TTC board meeting will include a suggested change to the streetcar deployment plan, which had Bathurst as the next route to be refurbished.

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