[bearcat]

Not sure if you folks can see this video, but it’s a training run at Ionview from today:

you can once you join the Facebook group lol, I just did

 

[TOtramz]

I followed a train from birchmount to don Mills the other day, I did see one going the other way as well. It was actually keeping up with traffic for most part and that wasn't full service speed I presume.
I was wondering why the stops are placed after the light and not before, then I thought maybe they don't want a large crowd on one side of the street, that was my best guess. But they have done that with certain bus stops as well and it's actually stupid. You block up one lane near an intersection, the busy stops 2x, one for the light then right after at the stop, makes little sense

Would this count as operator training?
I know the second class was cancelled and I'm wondering if this is a continuation of that class.

 

[smallspy]

Would this count as operator training?

It does not.

I know the second class was cancelled and I'm wondering if this is a continuation of that class.

It is not.

Things are slowly progressing to the good on the signalling system. They've started running some system timing runs over the past several days, to ensure the schedules are being written in a realistic manner.

Dan

 

[Towered]

Part of me wants this line to actually never open. It's already in the running as one of the greatest performance art pieces in modern history

 

[cplchanb]

Part of me wants this line to actually never open. It's already in the running as one of the greatest performance art pieces in modern history

if anything last week was a proof of concept that the current shelters are indeed a failed concept. they wouldve provided virtually zero protection from the wind and snow.
at times like these you actually appreciate the fact that YRT had winter weather in mind when they built their rapidway stations regardless of how overengineered it is. .

 

[Kyle Campbell]

if anything last week was a proof of concept that the current shelters are indeed a failed concept. they wouldve provided virtually zero protection from the wind and snow.
at times like these you actually appreciate the fact that YRT had winter weather in mind when they built their rapidway stations regardless of how overengineered it is. .

Another option would be like what Edmonton did with the Valley Line. Every station has an enclosed area for inclement weather, and the stations are similar in dimensions.

 

[Steve X]

if anything last week was a proof of concept that the current shelters are indeed a failed concept. they wouldve provided virtually zero protection from the wind and snow.
at times like these you actually appreciate the fact that YRT had winter weather in mind when they built their rapidway stations regardless of how overengineered it is. .

It’s ironic that viva was built with great shelters for nobody while Toronto builds nothing for their many riders.

However they do have a tendency of turning into a homeless space. Some of the city’s transit access hubs had become such space in the past

 

[TOtramz]

I saw an anecdote recently about workers having to dig underneath the rail switches at the maintenance facility to manually warm them up because the rail heaters had failed
I guess it means they still intended to continue testing despite all the snow lately.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

I saw an anecdote recently about workers having to dig underneath the rail switches at the maintenance facility to manually warm them up because the rail heaters had failed
I guess it means they still intended to continue testing despite all the snow lately.

Probably just that the heavy snowfall rate overwhelmed them. Did they run trains at all during the snowfall to keep the line clear?

 

[Amare]

Probably just that the heavy snowfall rate overwhelmed them. Did they run trains at all during the snowfall to keep the line clear?

Probably not much of a need to keep the line clear, since they're in no hurry to finish training the ops these days.

If they let the snow/ice thaw at it's regular pace, it probably wont make much of any difference.

 

[eglinton1661]

Nearly two-thirds of the LRT’s operators have completed a 30-day training program, TTC chair Jamaal Myers said.

“This is a new system for the TTC, and while the LRT vehicles are similar to our new streetcars, there are operational differences, including infrastructure and signalling,” Myers explained in a statement on Wednesday. The TTC will also handle a “revenue service demonstration,” which will see trains run along the full track of the LRT.

‘Am I going to live to see it?’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT delays, funding of city transit spark protest

With Ontario voters going to the polls next week, transit advocacy group TTCriders held a rally Wednesday night to to keep transit at the front of voters’ minds.

www.thestar.com

 

[PL1]

‘Am I going to live to see it?’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT delays, funding of city transit spark protest

With Ontario voters going to the polls next week, transit advocacy group TTCriders held a rally Wednesday night to to keep transit at the front of voters’ minds.

www.thestar.com

From the article as of 12:35 a.m.: Does The Star know something???

 

[Divas S.]

a girl can only dream

 

[Coolibop]

From the article as of 12:35 a.m.: Does The Star know something???
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"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too"
- Mitch Hedberg

 

[TOtramz]

‘Am I going to live to see it?’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT delays, funding of city transit spark protest

With Ontario voters going to the polls next week, transit advocacy group TTCriders held a rally Wednesday night to to keep transit at the front of voters’ minds.

www.thestar.com

2/3 of the operators had 30 days training.....

meaning 2/3 of operators finished the first training class or 2/3 finished the second class?
It's so vague which 30 day program they are referring to.