Perhaps they ought to take a page from NYC's book and design the T1 replacements for 40-50 years of operation.

Good thing we waffled on the T1 life extension for so long instead of securing the fleet while we still had the chance 🙄 Also not all the T1s are turning 30. The youngest ones are only 23.

Any news on whether the refurbished cabs will be required for service now?

There will be no line 2 shutdown, there will be no need for the line 2 shutdown, and I surely would appreciate it if we could have a discussion about the natural necessity of replacing life expired rolling stock without overdramatic hyperbole about having to shut the line down.

If only these were e-scooters!

Yes, it's almost as though different types of transit with different stop spacings call for different reactions.

It's like the stop spacing argument all over again. The irony is not lost on me that certain people have no issue consigning users of local stations to far longer trips so they can save less than 5 minutes on their trip. To get to Kipling alone from Dundas West is projected to take at least as...

There's a world of difference between building a brand new rail connection where none has previously existed, and eliminating stops from a pre-existing service to save all of 2 minutes. The fact that you can't see that distinction tells me you're not engaging with this debate in good faith. But...

And the rest of the people who need to get to the airport? Do you think people living at Bloor and Weston don't need to get to the airport quickly, be it for travel or for work? Should they wait 30 minutes like fools? Should they double back to Union? Should they take the much slower 2 + 900...

Why is the tweet worded like this expansion came as a surprise to Alstom? They'd have known about it months in advance, surely? This makes it sound like they were caught completely with their pants down. Also, it would be more accurate to describe it as a GO train service expansion, since the...

You are conflating two things. The "conversation" that "has never been had" is not in fact a conversation at all, it's a requirement for Metrolinx to do something. We can discuss til the cows come home about how fast we think trains should run, but, as we have seen from countless discussions...

For the reason I already stated - we are dealing with facts here, and not fantasy scenarios. IF Metrolinx could be convinced to change their safety rules, it would be a discussion worth revisiting. No such thing has occurred, so no, it doesn't matter. Why don't you try contacting the Minister...

Doesn't matter, the reality on the ground is such that it's only 2 minutes for whatever reason. Unless ML could be convinced to drop the 16 km/h speed limit (good luck with that), we must argue within the parameters such as they are, not what we'd like them to be. So knowing that the service...

The name is meaningless. Line 2 is called the Bloor-Danforth line, but it also serves station not under Bloor or Danforth Avenues. Express doesn't have to mean a super express that serves no intermediate stops. As stated before, if the time savings are a mere 2 minutes, either it wasn't a very...

I wonder if it has something to do with the train service expansion. If it was one or two routes I wouldn't, but considering how many routes are affected all at once, it seems a little too convenient. Robbing Peter to pay Paul?