[EnviroTO]

They found an honestly clever solution to the Eglinton-Cedarvale misalignment on the old LED boards

I hope you aren't serious. Just by looking at the spacing on the Finch West stops and the vertical distance between the Union and King station it is pretty clear they have a lot of flexibility on placement. To suggest there wasn't alternatives that would allow Eglinton to be at the same height as Cedarvale is nonsense.

 

[McGillicuddy]

I hope you aren't serious. Just by looking at the spacing on the Finch West stops and the vertical distance between the Union and King station it is pretty clear they have a lot of flexibility on placement. To suggest there wasn't alternatives that would allow Eglinton to be at the same height as Cedarvale is nonsense.

It's one thing to replace the map, another thing to replace the underlying LED mechanism. The LED system is modifiable, but this is skilled work best done when you're overhauling the cars. Whereas any schmuck with a stepladder and a screwdriver can replace the map.

 

[EnviroTO]

Yes, I would imagine they didn't put all the possible LEDs on the board such that there would be LEDs that are never utilized. However I would expect this is built with a breadboard or something flexible for the placement of LEDs, maybe jumper wires if the controller didn't have access to all the possible positions, and then some software update to apply the change.

 

[nfitz]

Yes, I would imagine they didn't put all the possible LEDs on the board such that there would be LEDs that are never utilized. However I would expect this is built with a breadboard or something flexible for the placement of LEDs, maybe jumper wires if the controller didn't have access to all the possible positions, and then some software update to apply the change.

You'd imagine they would have.

But they didn't - other than the 6 LEDs for the Vaughan extension that hadn't opened when these trains arrived, or this photo taken. Those "extra" holes you see are screws.

I suppose there's enough lights now from the old Line 3 to cobble something ugly together for the Line 2 extension. But that's it.

 

[smallspy]

Question you would probably know the answer to: The Wikipedia article on Line 2, in the section titled "Depot", suggests the line isn't using the newest trains because they can't be stored at the Greenwood yard.
"The Greenwood Yard will be inadequate as it is completely full with no room to expand, and because its facilities are optimized for two-car train sets rather than the six-car train sets of the proposed new fleet."
From that, I gather that when T1 trains are put in the yard, they are broken down to 2-car groups, and that's why they can't hold the Rocket trains, or at least, not enough of them. Is all that still true?

Wilson wasn't configured to handle 6-car trains either before they rebuilt and built the new buildings. But here we are.

The same could be done at Greenwood as well, although yes, land is far more limited there and the ability to expand is nil. There are a very few tracks where 6-car trains have to be broken up into pairs to be stored. But had they reorganized the yard, they could have also done so in a way to minimize those tracks.

But was that the reason why the TRs are operated on the YUS? No. It was because of the signalling system and the fact that they do have a higher capacity than a 6-car T1 train.

Dan

 

[zang]

Yes, I would imagine they didn't put all the possible LEDs on the board such that there would be LEDs that are never utilized. However I would expect this is built with a breadboard or something flexible for the placement of LEDs, maybe jumper wires if the controller didn't have access to all the possible positions, and then some software update to apply the change.

Ugh. A breadboard and/or jumpers would be far more difficult to deal with. Especially if the more vandal-prone riders ever caught wind.

Honestly though, screens should've been the way to go. Tri-colour LEDs for information of this type on a device built after 2008 seems ridiculous and cheap. It wouldn't be such an insult if they didn't also use 5:4 screens mid-car that seem to be both barely noticeable and absolutely useless.

 

[zang]

You'd imagine they would have.

But they didn't - other than the 6 LEDs for the Vaughan extension that hadn't opened when these trains arrived, or this photo taken. Those "extra" holes you see are screws.

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I suppose there's enough lights now from the old Line 3 to cobble something ugly together for the Line 2 extension. But that's it.

The question is; did they make the SRT lights addressable as well. :/ And as fortuitous as it may be today, WHY would they have done so when building these beasts pre 2010?

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

RSD is complete! On to Substantial Completion and transferring full operational control to the TTC!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995888515750781217

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995887547780636986

 

[pleaseLRT]

RSD is complete! On to Substantial Completion and transferring full operational control to the TTC!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995888515750781217

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995887547780636986

I used to pray for times like this

 

[youngblood]

Ontario transportation minister says there’s a ‘possibility’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens before 2026

After nearly 15 years of construction, delays, lawsuits, and rigorous testing, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be closer to opening than it has ever been.

www.ctvnews.ca

As other posters have noted:

Sarkaria was pressed about an opening date at Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said “there is a possibility” it could happen before the New Year.

He noted that, unlike the Finch West LRT, which opened six weeks after its revenue demonstration was complete, operator training on the Crosstown has been ongoing for close to a year.

“So, the interval between the two periods is not comparable, in that sense. But we’re going to work with our partners at the TTC to determine that date,” he told reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday.

 

[Richard White]

RSD is complete! On to Substantial Completion and transferring full operational control to the TTC!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995888515750781217

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995887547780636986

Watch it open on the day where we have a snowstorm rivalling January 16/17th 2022

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

Ontario transportation minister says there’s a ‘possibility’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens before 2026

After nearly 15 years of construction, delays, lawsuits, and rigorous testing, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be closer to opening than it has ever been.

www.ctvnews.ca

As other posters have noted:

Sarkaria was pressed about an opening date at Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said “there is a possibility” it could happen before the New Year.

He noted that, unlike the Finch West LRT, which opened six weeks after its revenue demonstration was complete, operator training on the Crosstown has been ongoing for close to a year.

“So, the interval between the two periods is not comparable, in that sense. But we’re going to work with our partners at the TTC to determine that date,” he told reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday.

in other words, if the TTC wanted to they could open it with the start of the next board period on December 21.

 

[hw621]

The fiasco continues...

 

[Amare]

The fiasco continues...

Surprise, surprise; another thing that Metrolinx isnt transparent about.

I can only imagine the troves of information and controversy that would be unleashed if they were ever breached.

 

[Bojaxs]

Surprise, surprise; another thing that Metrolinx isnt transparent about.

I can only imagine the troves of information and controversy that would be unleashed if they were ever breached.

The way Metrolinx operates is comparable to the illuminati.