We could have purchased more Lint trains and doubled the frequency if there was double tracking. I am not the one who brought up the acceleration issue. I would happy if they addressed transfer problem. That could have been done by replacing the Walkley overpass. They said that this alone...

We will have to agree to disagree. Flirt trains will be interoperating with the old Lint trains on the main line. This means that train schedules need to work for both train types. Again, the inflexibility of single track operations. Ottawa is not going to implement TTC style bus...

I was one of the many that didn't have a data phone, so when the scheduled connections are irregular, what am I to do than try to guess a reasonable time frame to go three stops. I did that countless times going longer distances on the Transitway and it seemed to work there. Incidentally, 25...

I have been burned a few times. I thought I had allocated enough time to get to Greenboro Station for my bus transfer but ended up waiting for 29 minutes. You would think that 25 minutes should be enough to go 3 stops on the Trillium Line. Wrong. It is amazing how slow the trains operate...

Rail and bus operations cannot be separated as far as the customer is concerned. The service cuts I am referring to were not parallel routes, but feeder routes as you are aware. Other decisions that were implemented as part of the preparations for LRT have also masked service cuts. For...

Ottawa used to charge extra for 'express' service from the suburbs. This was eliminated as we moved toward a LRT hub and spoke system. The loss of 'express' revenue in the long run is starving the transit system.

You are not the first to say that. There is some rather lengthy history behind my name. I have been a critic of Ottawa's plans because they have cut corners at every step. What we have got has been underwhelming, a major disappointment for most Ottawans. LRT has become a joke in this city...

OK. That is fine. However, it has been published repeatedly that maintenance payments are $5M per month for the Confederation Line, which exceeds the $50M per year saving that was claimed as a result of eliminating downtown bus service. Perhaps, I am putting two and two together and assume...

They no sooner opened the Confederation Line, that they sold off all their surplus buses. It was craziness. Then they had given layoff notices to bus drivers long before LRT was to open and they ended up with a driver shortage. Then they not only cut bus service to downtown, and wrecked...

You are right that Line 1 and 2 have not faced the same issues but it is still amazing how riders have had to face lengthy interruptions in service. Does this really happen in other cities?

It has been outsourced to Rideau Transit Maintenance (RTM) The bigger concern is the lengthy rail shutdowns that seem to be considered acceptable. This started with Line 2 with numerous very long shutdowns since its startup in 2001. Now that problem is being replicated on Line 1. Ottawa...

How will we ever address travel requirements in the future for people with tickets and have viral symptoms? This may sound like a stupid question with Covid, but at some point we have to reach the post-covid world and some ( hopefully most soon) viruses are not serious and people do need to get...

There is very little freight going through Walkley Yards these days so I think that is a manageable issue. Yes, the Dow's Lake Tunnel and Rideau River bridge are barriers to double tracking but there are many other bridge structures that are problematic and a fairly deep rock cut north of the...

I know electric versions exist, however, are they compatible with the Confederation Line route and station platform designs? The answer is No. All the stations on the Confederation Line are designed for low floor LRVs and Flirt trains are not low floor vehicles. At the very least, every...

I don't think this is a barrier. The original North-South project from 2006 (approved and funded) was to provide electric LRT service on the route without problem. Any issues that might have existed were already resolved at that time.

That is not realistic and I was told that bus operations were at capacity based on the budget allocation. Instead, we have been seeing bus service cuts for a variety of reasons, the latest being to operate R1 bus service following the latest derailment. The problem is that a 12 minute train...

They cheaped out on Phase 2. This was the opportunity to double track the line with the current lengthy closure. All we are doing is pushing back the problem to the future. As it stands, proper double tracking will require another protracted shutdown likely measured again in a timeframe of 2...

From the initial TSB report, it appears that this did happen, but not immediately upon derailment.

What is scary is that the derailed train crossed a bridge. Thankfully, it stopped before the curve required to reach Hurdman Station.

Another tick mark for the Conservative party before the next election. We promise Go service to Niagara Falls. One round trip, done. We promise train service to London. One round trip, done. It doesn't matter if the service is efficient or not terribly useful for many people. The pilot...