How do you envision this/these contracts working? How much do you think it would cost? Where will that money come from? What repercussions would exist in the contract to protect VIA and the bus company/ies? Dan

The second track is (basically) done. But it's not of much use without being connected at each end. Dan

That's not quite what they were for or how it all went. Once it was realised that the subway was not going to use the bridge carrying Bloor over the Rosedale Ravine, a number of designs were floated about for a new bridge carrying the subway tracks across the valley, all of them completely...

Warden is undergoing a crossover replacement right now. It will take another week or so before it's complete. Dan

As pointed out by others above, there will be no dormitory car. You're also missing out on replacements for the Prestige equipment. That service can not be discontinued, as it is the only thing propping up the rest of the service and making it even remotely close to profitable. 6. There has...

Absolutely not. Both lines are being operated as one division, with all of the operators to be trained on both types of equipment and signalling. The TTC would have loved to have trained everyone on both lines simultaneously, but that obviously hasn't; been the case as of yet. There is hope...

Not necessarily. There are seemingly some test programs on some of the cars out there that display just as a streetcar or bus would - "5 Eglinton to Kennedy" (and "5 Kennedy to Kennedy" in one case). It seems that they're still testing what nomenclature the signs will be displaying. Dan

Different systems and different operations, and not enough data being shared between them. The station announcements are plugged into GO's train scheduling system, not their dispatching system. They know when their trains are on time or late, and can broadcast warnings and changes of that. They...

The HEP1 fleet currently consists of 9 types of car: Baggage, coach, Diner, Dome-Lounge, 3 kinds of sleeper (Chateau, Manor and Prestige) and the 2 versions of the Park-series tail end dome cars. Considering that there is likely to be some standardization of types with the new fleet, plus the...

I don't think that they've announced it as yet, or at least none of my operator friends of shared that info with me. I was having a discussion with one of my operator friends a couple of months ago about this, and while I suggested the summer periods get combined into one - there are generally...

The test service won't start until the bulk of the third class has been trained and has passed all tests. Plus, there needs to be the hand-off from Crosslinx to Metrolinx. There are rumours about that date, but nothing concrete, unfortunately. Dan

The New Flyers have been by far and away the most reliable of the 3 small fleets purchased for testing, although they still don't have the availability of the diesel-powered versions. But a lot of their downtime can be chalked up to the issues with having very small distinct and different fleets...

They were paid to extend the double-track from Elgin to Setter, and to build the additional service track at Bloomington for GO's service. CN would love to get rid of Doncaster, but they also realize that the cost of what would be required to remove it would greatly outweigh the savings from...

The first pair of classes, yes. Those operators have been released back to their divisions and will keep operating that equipment until they get called for the test service. Dan

It's neither - it's the TTC. As I've stated elsewhere, the TTC needs two board periods of full system service testing before they will open it up for revenue service. And with most board periods being 6 weeks long or longer, that equals about 3 months. And just to make it more clear, the...

Are you kidding? So widening the 401, 427, 404, 400, QEW, 407, plus building extensions to many of those along with the new 412 and 418 is somehow nothing? Dan

I suspect that two things will happen: 1) TC will be forced to grant a waiver - hopefully just short-term - to allow for the continued operation of the legacy cars until.... 2) The Corridor portion of the Legacy fleet will be replaced with cars ordered as part of the upcoming order of a new long...

Siemens sets can not be operated in revenue service with other equipment. HEP and brake connections are the same, MU and COMM are not. Once all of the Siemens sets have arrived, all of the P42s will be retired, but only a small number of F40s. Some will be required for long-distance service...

They aren't making 7-car Ventures. All will be of the 5-car variety. What will happen for certain trains such as 70-64 and 65-75 is that they will not use Venture equipment once the whole of that order has been delivered. Those trains will continue to use some sort of Heritage equipment that...

Sure....but the station cladding or hangers (or lack thereof) aren't affecting the track structure or causing slow orders. In the case of these long-term track closures for work, they are scheduled months to years in advance. If they have the ability, equipment and forces to work on other, more...