Metrolinx official FAQ says the averge service speed including stops will be 20km/h. The trip is expected to take 34min.

This thread spiralled a little and got a bit toxic. People should at least try to read and understand more thoroughly. There is merit to the idea that proposing something with portions of low social acceptability can lead the project to be killed. This is what seems to have happened with the...

Dont think this was posted here. CDPQ Infra has been fine for multiple safety incidents on the REM construction sites. Examples include catenary installation experiments sliding down the tracks at 50km/h and crashing into each other, inadequate safety around the Mount Royal tunnel explosives...

One detail I didn't notice until now is that the video seems to show the stations with platform screen doors. Something the OL will have but not the Crosstown. It definitely is a mistake but makes me wonder if this was ever considered for the Crosstown.

The 30 days are for trial running. The CDPQ is required to notify the transit agencies 30-45 days before it opens. As begratto said, They have been testing the trains and stations for the last two winters. They started testing at the end of 2020. In the article below it talks about the various...

REM to Brossard is expected to open in August if final testing goes well! https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/rem-test-runs-will-begin-wednesday-on-brossard-montreal-line

The capability for interlining is built in. But I assume they are not planning to use it for all the reasons mentioned above.

Rail Fans Canada has a walkthrough of the terminal station for Line 2.

Not sure how resilient they are. But not sure the fact that they use single piers is inherently bad. They those pier spans in Tokyo. The Yurikamome line: (Google) Tokyo Monorail: In Jakarta, another seismically active city, they are building lots of rail with single piers too. Here is...

Line 4 is Sheppard. You mean Line 5 Eglinton.

The bike share station at Wellesley Station parking lot has been removed today. Anyone know what's going on?

We better get used to it. Love it or hate it. trams at street level always have the risk of a driver hitting them. We in Ontario have a habit of hitting buildings and jumping sidewalks.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/why-parking-at-kirkland-rem-station-will-be-off-limits-for-some-west-islanders-1.6410547 The Mayor of Beaconsfield is not happy that the Kirkland Station's 200 parking spots are reserved only for Kirkland residents. Says the bus service in his area isn't good enough...

From the REM site: It says that they will reach the max 100 km/h speed on the Champlain Bridge. This probably be when catching up after a delay. Trains rarely run at max speed as part of regular service for wear and tear reasons. For comparison, the Crosstown's Flexity Freedom will have a max...

It most likely is.

I see nobody posted these so here they are. REM officials say the south leg is on track to open on time. Opening in 'weeks'. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-rem-light-rail-train-faq Exo hopes to relocate buses from the Champlain Bridge to increase service on the South...

OLT usually follows the provincial plans but the conditions have changed. Recent provincial legislation has forced municipalities to expand urban boundaries to include nearby farmlands I believe...

Can you explain? I don't know of any tax being pushed on one geographic area in Ontario and not another. You can argue that there are more people filing income taxes in Toronto than in Timmins, extracting more money from the former. But that doesn't mean any city is taxed more or less than...

How they look like is how he distinguished between models. Why we care, as Reese explained multiple times, these have better useability and higher capacity.

Line 6 Finch West will use Alstom Citadis Spirit. Line 5 Eglinton uses Bombardier Alstom Flexity Freedom. Hurontario will use Alstom Citadis Spirit.