[nfitz]

I think it should be common knowledge that BlogTO isn’t to be taken seriously.

My point was not that it's accurate or anything (I think we all know that), but they appear to have lifted information that was incorrect, from this very thread.

 

[TOtramz]

Yes, operator signup is occurring, and there have already been grumbling about how the schedules have been written up.

Finch West training starts at the end of March.

Dan

I guess this officially means TTC intends to open finch first ?

 

[T3G]

I guess this officially means TTC intends to open finch first ?

I would assume the opposite - sign ups can only be done once the operator has been trained. If Finch West has yet to start training, that means they can't do sign ups.

 

[TOtramz]

I would assume the opposite - sign ups can only be done once the operator has been trained. If Finch West has yet to start training, that means they can't do sign ups.

So the sign ups for eglinton are for operators that already completed trainings in the past?

 

[nfitz]

So the sign ups for eglinton are for operators that already completed trainings in the past?

I assume they'd have to do some Finch training still - presumably there's a plan to squeeze that in.

 

[innsertnamehere]

I got the impression during the candidate debate that no one actually wanted to let Ford talk about infrastructure very much…(minus attacking the 401 tunnel)

Crombie made the odd comment asking why PCs aren’t investing in transit/saying her govt will, but whenever Ford started to respond “…. We’re investing $70B in tra-“ he’d get cut off by one or all of the opponents. No one wanted to let Ford say “biggest transit expansion in history”.

Ford deliberately kept his rhetoric at a high level about the economy and tariffs, so he didn’t initiate transit talk- but transit and the crosstown would be the easiest thing to turn back on the Liberals if it came up.

Capital transit investment is one of the few bright spots of Ford's premiership - Crosstown notwithstanding. I also think the Crosstown's problems would have happened all the same under a Liberal government - the problems have more to do with the contract structure set up under the Liberals and general incompetency at Metrolinx.

Communications about the Crosstown (or rather the complete lack of them) fall solely on Fords lap though.

 

[TOtramz]

I assume they'd have to do some Finch training still - presumably there's a plan to squeeze that in.

So each operator will be able to operate on both lines in the future?

 

[T3G]

So the sign ups for eglinton are for operators that already completed trainings in the past?

The sign ups are to actually operate the line. You choose the shifts you will operate for the given board period.

 

[smallspy]

So each operator will be able to operate on both lines in the future?

Eventually, that is the plan. It is like how the SRT was lumped in with the B-D, and so operators - were they trained on both - could operate on either.

But right now, the only operators trained on either are trained on the Eglinton line, so they will operate there first. The last set of classes will start on March 31st, and those operators may be trained on both lines but will certainly be trained on Finch West at the least.

And only once they are trained - along with everyone else at the TTC who needs specific training for the line - can the TTC begin their simulated service on that line.

Dan

 

[marko16]

Eventually, that is the plan. It is like how the SRT was lumped in with the B-D, and so operators - were they trained on both - could operate on either.

But right now, the only operators trained on either are trained on the Eglinton line, so they will operate there first. The last set of classes will start on March 31st, and those operators may be trained on both lines but will certainly be trained on Finch West at the least.

And only once they are trained - along with everyone else at the TTC who needs specific training for the line - can the TTC begin their simulated service on that line.

Dan

Just to confirm, does the TTC only need the first 2 sets of trained operators to operate the Eglinton line?

 

[TOtramz]

Eventually, that is the plan. It is like how the SRT was lumped in with the B-D, and so operators - were they trained on both - could operate on either.

But right now, the only operators trained on either are trained on the Eglinton line, so they will operate there first. The last set of classes will start on March 31st, and those operators may be trained on both lines but will certainly be trained on Finch West at the least.

And only once they are trained - along with everyone else at the TTC who needs specific training for the line - can the TTC begin their simulated service on that line.

Dan

Sounds like the signal issues are solved to the point where the training can continue then

Also I thought it was Finch West that was starting training at the end of March?

 

[smallspy]

Just to confirm, does the TTC only need the first 2 sets of trained operators to operate the Eglinton line?

It seems as if that is the case, yes.

Dan

 

[Kyle Campbell]

It seems as if that is the case, yes.

Dan

Can they actually operate full service though with only two classes, or will it be a "phased opening"? One of the reasons we still don't have Sunday service on line 2 here in Ottawa was an operator shortage

 

[TOtramz]

TTC staff are being re-deployed for potential July opening of Eglinton LRT

Even if Metrolinx hasn't shared any public updates through the Eglinton Crosstown LRT's social media pages for months now, crews are still working be…

www.blogto.com

Not sure if anyone has shared this yet but it seems blogTO is scraping info from this thread

 

[generalcanada]

TTC staff are being re-deployed for potential July opening of Eglinton LRT

Even if Metrolinx hasn't shared any public updates through the Eglinton Crosstown LRT's social media pages for months now, crews are still working be…

www.blogto.com

Not sure if anyone has shared this yet but it seems blogTO is scraping info from this thread

Sounds like someone reached out to them directly?