I believe this is basically the same thing as the elevated Eglinton West extension study where they designed massive stations to make the cost so crazy expensive it justified tunneling instead. Which is what they wanted in the first place. I am tempted to believe that the costs of these...

This frustrates me on multiple angles because I actually think the stations that they did spend the money on are super useful and a good idea. I'm more pissed that 1. The city is paying for them, and 2. They were planned to cost so much for a simple outdoor station, and 3. They were deferred...

The reason is because of FRA crashworthiness requirements. You have to overbuild the DMU's so much that it becomes just as heavy as a train with a prime mover and with engines tucked under the train that are hard to access, maintain and are often underpowered for the weight and structural...

Not only do both Line 5 and 6 use the same voltage (750v) but the Citadis trains in Ottawa run on 1500v, and they are compatible with different voltages. Its also partly why they are slow on Line 6, undervolted compared to O-Train. Btw if anyone is curious, two Citadis vehicles paired into one...

I mean you don't need widebodies. The 321LR can easily make European destinations from Hamilton, and is well within the MTOW of the runway at Hamilton. Transat has 19 321LR's

Whats that bridge there in the background? I'm sure it has nothing to do with any of this........ ..... .....

Not only that but at the end of the day I bet if shit hit the fan Alstom will just point to the fact that the trains only exist because MX asked for them to make them that way.

Its more than they are garbage, which they are. They are the wrong vehicle for the job. They were a Frankenstein LRT on steroids for what should have been a Metro line in Ottawa. Rather than start over, MX convinced Alstom to make basically an "LRT worthy of a metro line" Frankentrain. Which...

Coupling is very common in LRT systems. When we want to extend the trains to fit the whole platform, we can use 2 Alstom Citiadis. They are longer than the current Flexities. We will basically have to, or procure another tram, as the Flexity Freedoms are no longer being made. It would make...

Dont speak too soon. The existing Crosstown vehicles are no longer being made. Once the Eglinton line wants to upgrade to longer trains, I wholly expect MX to chose Alstom Citadis as the new trains, since they are the vehicles of choice for the Hurontario Line as well, and they will want to keep...

Thats basically irrelevant. The immense cost of subterranean transit is due to the tunnelling, whether its a light metro, LRT or heavy rail system that rides in it barely affects the cost.

The Crosstown was basically a P5 process as I call it. There were too many cooks in the kitchen. Too much involvement from every branch of government and Crosslinx. Its my opinion that either a P3 should be a complete hand off of a project to a private firm, including maintenance and...

Grade separated? Sure. Tunneled? Absolutely not. Unfortunately the lands of the Richview Corridor were sold off to developers, which was an insane thing to do. This was always meant as a transportation corridor. My preferred solution for the Eglinton extension (if the lands werent sold off)...

The reports by Metrolinx to justify the tunnels were hilarious. Hugely overbuilt stations with tons of unnecessary complications and elevated entrances from all sides of the street. It was clear what their objective was in those reports.

They need to shut down the Leslie intersection to cars. Only let them turn west off of Leslie and come from the east to Leslie. Or build another ramp like the Celestica Lands have. Then there is zero interference until Don Valley station. They also need to build two onramp clovers at the Don...