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Is the above ground section faster now, if so by how much??
The line doesn't seem that different from when when I rode it in the opening week, the between stations in the surface section I notice trains are moving a bit faster but the overall travel time I haven't noticed any improvements yet.
 
Is the above ground section faster now, if so by how much??
I've not timed it, so I can't give you a quantifiable metric. At least from looking at the clock when I arrive home, my trips (home, especially) seem a lot more consistent in terms of timing than they did before the line opened, or even that first week.

But in terms of feel, it feels like the trains don't stop as much. When they do stop at certain stations - O'Connor and Sloane, in particular - the stops feel longer, which is likely for time as I don't believe that they've re-timed the line yet.

Dan
 
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I noticed this on my ride to the subway just a few minutes ago...I almost walked to Yonge after seeing this because I assumed there was a trespasser situation like last week.
Sure enough, a train did come but, this notice was on BOTH sides of the station. Is this really necessary? I'd much rather get an update on when the next train is coming, than a vague statement like the above.
I assume this is an error on part of software.
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Gonna have to heavily disagree with your here:

Post in thread 'Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx' https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-ontario-line-3-m-s-metrolinx.6155/post-2361055


We sure arent desing Australia level colorful stations but its a far cry still from line 5, minimalist, white is right station design.
Pape is a little better, but there are still many white surfaces especially in the mezzanine. Don Valley Station has even more.
 
Pape is a little better, but there are still many white surfaces especially in the mezzanine. Don Valley Station has even more.

Nope still disagree. Zoom into the renderer of don Valley and you'll see patterns on the walls that are clearly not white.




Flemingdon above showes how much less white ontario line will be.

Taken together, I think ontario line will be much better.
 
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Nope still disagree. Zoom into the renderer of don Valley and you'll see patterns on the walls that are clearly not white.




Flemingdon above showes how much less white ontario line will be.

Taken together, I think ontario line will be much better.
I guess we disagree.
 
Has anyone noticed how dirty the line 5 stations are? I don't think they are cleaning them.
The grim is very much noticeable. Especially at the mezzanine at Eglinton. All that breakshoe dust is being sucked down the escalator from the north end platform of the Yonge line.
 
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Why is there still talk of subway stock in a Line 5 thread?
Because of complaints (by others) that TTC will be operating equipment (on Line 5) that's incompatible with each other. Hence a discussion that all big cities do this.

Though the tangents from people here fighting a 20-year old battle against not using conventional grade-separated equipment. Perhaps we need a thread for whining about the use of LRT and Ontario line technology, and the fantasy of what if they all could use TR-like equipment.
 
Has anyone noticed how dirty the line 5 stations are? I don't think they are cleaning them.
I think janitorial services are Crosslinx's responsibility so they will naturally will try to do this work as cheap as possible. And they are probably using a lowest-bidder contractor that pays minimum wage or close to it vs. the TTC's in-house janitors so they are getting what they paid for.
 

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