turini2
Active Member
oh dear. More than the Eglinton Crosstown, they really should have built a light metro instead. Too late now!
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This isn't fully applicable in Ottawa. Heating the track as Metrolinx does allows the rails to be operable in a -20 to +40 degree range, but Ottawa still regularly has days below -20 in the winter and needs to stay in the more typical range of -30 to +30 to avoid cracks in the rail. In reality, Ottawa actually has a fairly extreme climate (in terms of temperature swing between seasons).Yeah. Among other things, they didn't heat the rails during installation; Metrolinx warms them to 38C for installation. TTC above-ground sections in direct sunlight are short enough it rarely matters. Ottawa LRT is almost entirely in direct sunlight.
Ottawa can probably mitigate the heat issues by simply painting the track sides white which is done in parts of Britain but redoing the track installation with the Metrolinx process would fix it.
Up until the Via Rail/OC Transpo crash, the plan really was to run it as an on-street LRT in the outer suburbs (i.e. the Barrhaven transitway would have just become an LRT right of way with at-grade crossings, including the VIA tracks), which would have made the extensions cheaper and possibly provided more branching options. The crash changed the plans for that, but the contract making it an LRT had already been signed just a few months prior, and as such it stayed as an LRT despite the new plans for full grade separation.oh dear. More than the Eglinton Crosstown, they really should have built a light metro instead. Too late now!
I was there on opening day and don't recall seeing this whistle blowing.This has been the case since opening day. The platform camera systems are not yet working reliably enough.
Extending the existing platform, and adding a second one on the east.
They've definitely been there since opening day. (See: Reece's video from that day, you can see the whistle-blower at the end of the platform) although at the time I believe they were also trying to use some sort of remote-controlled light that was mounted in the cabs, rather than a whistle.I was there on opening day and don't recall seeing this whistle blowing.
If the camera not working correctly by now, someone needs to look for another job and the company refunding the cost.
Oh my and the same car has gone to the Finch Line
I guess this why I though the line was more rough to ride in July compare to opening weekend.
LRT service on Confederation Line likely shut down for most of week after axle mishap
How close to the opening did the Ottawa LRVs arrive?This is why Toronto got its light rail vehicles early. They want to test, test, and more testing. They haven't sent the Eglinton light rail vehicles at full speed along the full tracks and for an extended time, yet.