TORONTO, July 20 (Reuters) - Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of transportation in and around Toronto, said on Wednesday that it had filed a notice of default against Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO for delayed delivery of a fleet of light-rail vehicles.
The notice was served on July 12 and gave a short deadline for Bombardier to provide an updated schedule for delivery of the vehicles, none of which have yet been delivered.
"Metrolinx has exercised an option in our contract," a spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. "Serving notice is the right thing to do from a business perspective."
Bombardier did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Montreal-based plane and train maker in 2010 won a roughly C$770 million ($591 million) contract to deliver 182 vehicles between 2013 and 2020.
The light-rail vehicles are to be used in a new transit project crossing Toronto due to open in 2021.
Toronto's municipal transit authority has also complained of delayed delivery from Bombardier after receiving only a handful of streetcars it ordered in 2009.
News of the Metrolinx notice of default was first reported by the Toronto Star newspaper.
($1 = 1.3038 Canadian dollars)