TTC boss Andy Byford wants to know why his brand new Rocket subway trains are consistently running late.

And he wants the problem fixed.

TTC spokesperson Mike DeToma confirmed that Byford has an emergency meeting on Friday with the brass of Montreal-based Bombardier, who made the 27 trains already received by the TTC. Many of the doors are reportedly malfunctioning, causing the routine delays.

“A high level CEO to CEO meeting is being arranged to allow the TTC to impress upon Bombardier the need for substantial improvement in the performance of the (Rockets) as current performance is unacceptable,” Byford wrote in a recent report.

The trains in service are running on the Yonge-University-Spadina line. In all, 70 Rocket “trainsets” with six cars each will be put into service by 2014, at a cost of between $500-600 million.

Byford will meet with Bombardier CEO Pierre Beaudoin to hopefully resolve the problem.

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