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On line one. Electronic displays were updated...

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Jac. said:
They really should look into revamping the map in the near future because trying to look at this from the perspective of a newcomer, this is very visually overwhelming and messy.
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Likely it will get to a point where it is just the line map of the train you are on, like the ones we see on Line 6 trains. And then, a regional diagram (Metrolinx's is actually very good) could be posted somewhere else along the train.
 
Kyle Campbell said:
I meant on opening day. Hence the "disappointment came later" thing. Here they started with the disappointment at hour 1.

With Ottawa the problems built over time, and people got more and more disillusioned with the line to the point they lost all hope, and even though it's "reliable" now the hope is gone

As a person that commutes on OTrain line 1 and 2 a few times a week, I'm well aware of what's happening with it
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So true. The trains on both lines are still too slow and station dwell times are too long.

If trip times are too long, it wears on passengers over time. In Ottawa, I still marvel about how slow trains are near Hurdman.

With common trains, it would be interesting to compare Ottawa Line 1 with Finch Line 6.
 
There is a very easy and clean solution to fixing the line 1 electronic displays but it would take some reworking. I always found it funny how large the lights were. They could easily just create a new board with lights 50% smaller and it would easily solve the clutter.

That said, they could just make it a digital display instead that zooms out to the whole map when stopped at a station and zooms in while moving between stations. Think like a PnP TV.
 
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lrt's friend said:
So true. The trains on both lines are still too slow and station dwell times are too long.

If trip times are too long, it wears on passengers over time. In Ottawa, I still marvel about how slow trains are near Hurdman.

With common trains, it would be interesting to compare Ottawa Line 1 with Finch Line 6.
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So of the existing light rail lines in Ontario

Ottawa's Line 1 using the same Citadis vehicle as Finch travels 12.5 km in 25-29 minutes. It used to do under 24 before all the slow zones

Ottawa's Line 2, which is considered slow, travels 19km in 36-40 minutes

Line 4 makes it 4km run in 9 min.

Of course those are grade separated.

Ion also travels 19km, in about 40-45 minutes

Finch plods along at 11km in an hour. That's absymal. Even if it shrinks to 45 minutes, its still the slowest line in the province
 
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Kyle Campbell said:
So of the existing light rail lines in Ontario

Line 1 using the same Citadis vehicle as Finch travels 12.5 km in 25-29 minutes

Ottawa's Line 2, which is considered slow, travels 19km in 36 minutes

Of course those are grade separated.

Ion also travels 19km, in about 40-45 minutes

Finch plods along at 11km in an hour. That's absymal
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It's completely normal when the TTC is operating it...
 
jmi22 said:
For an region and municipality taking their first swing at a rail transit project really ever, the way it turned out is miraculous.

Not trying to derail the thread, but does anyone have a link to a thread discussing Phase 2 of ION? Very curious about the choice to bank so far around Preston.
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According to this document the projected travel time from Fairway to Downtown Cambridge is 29 minutes, which given a distance of 17 km, means a projected travel speed of 34km/h - as fast as B-D (line 2) (and thrice as fast as Finch West).

the reason for not going straight from Preston to Galt is because the true goal is to redevelop and turn hespeler rd into the new cambridge city downtown. Heres a great article explaining the hespeler rd vision: https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local...tage-to-reshape-key-parts-of-the-city-6214764
 
kalis0490 said:
According to this document the projected travel time from Fairway to Downtown Cambridge is 29 minutes, which given a distance of 17 km, means a projected travel speed of 34km/h - as fast as B-D (line 2) (and thrice as fast as Finch West).

the reason for not going straight from Preston to Galt is because the true goal is to redevelop and turn hespeler rd into the new cambridge city downtown. Heres a great article explaining the hespeler rd vision: https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local...tage-to-reshape-key-parts-of-the-city-6214764
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Phase 2 ION going 34 km/h would not only be faster than Line 2 TTC's actual speeds*, it would also be faster than Line 2 TTC scheduled speeds (28.5 to 32.4 km/h).

*which are always slower than scheduled speeds.

Service Summaries:

Transit Planning

The TTC has two major objectives in planning its transit services: to maximize mobility within the City of Toronto; to ensure that transit services are efficient and cost-effective.
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reaperexpress said:
If the schedule were reduced by 10 minutes per direction (20 min round trip), here are what the headways would be with the existing number of vehicles in service at different times of day:
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18 minutes saved round trip seems more likely since it produces a clockface 10-minute headway in the evenings/weekends. The 2 extra minutes each way could be added to the terminal time to improve reliability. Currently the schedule calls for 3 minutes at each end which is incredibly short for a 46-minute trip.
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Stuart Green “misspoke” so the CBC article has a correction and the headline no longer mentions 10 minutes

That said, clearly the rage about the LRT’s speed broke containment beyond transit forums and Bluesky
 
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