The_Cat
Senior Member
Growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, I remember seeing two-car trains on the tracks.
Don't think we could have run much more than 2 cars at the time, only 14 cars to start.Growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, I remember seeing two-car trains on the tracks.
So no actual ridership data then...Growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, I remember seeing two-car trains on the tracks.
Just because there was a small fleet and 2 car trains, that doesn't mean the line "didn't start out strong". And the stats were: 14 cars, 5 minute peaks. 3 cars added in 1979 for 17 total, but then those extra 3 were for the Bay/ Corona extension.^No. But an initial fleet of 11 cars made for small trains, probably at 10 minutes.at peak hours.
I certainly agree about the 500x. I really think it has taken on some of the 73's ridership.I think many were optimistic that Davies park & ride would provide that intermediary interface to suburban riders while we wait for the corridor to densify.
I wish the city would make hard choices like have the 500X run to Davies instead of all the way downtown. Same with the 110X-150X, open up Blatchford Gate as a suburban connector. Why are we wasting bus driver resources that could be deployed elsewhere when we have two underutilized LRT lines?