AlvinofDiaspar
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Probably less about savings in electricity and more about durability - less bulb changing = less labour cost.
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found this on youtube the other dayhttp://youtu.be/Kj4KXQcySQQ
Or a GO Train. Very smart idea, everyone will know what it means.The door chimes make it sound like a subway train.
Dewired twice on the curve. I know some of the curves are bad (other streetcars dewired on the same curve apparently). I'm wondering why they haven't been using the pantograph yet. My understanding is that the wiring on Bathurst and St clair has been upgraded already to support pantographs.
Yeah, they're using this vehicle to test the whether the new streetcar can handle the system of rails, so it needs to be trolley pole in order to drive along every track.
Last week, for the first time, I managed to take a short trip on one of these new style trams/streetcars/LRT systems....and came away very impressed.
During a short trip to Dublin I managed a short ride on Luas. I came away with the impression that these sort of systems can be very comfortable, effective and popular to the extent they are moving in their own right of ways or have some sort of signal system in mixed traffic. So, on Toronto's new lines I am looking forward to seeing them.
Having rode similar vehicles in Amsterdam and Brussels this year (both systems' trams run in tunnels, ROWs, and mixed traffic), I'm also looking forward to seeing them on Main Street in Downtown Brampton.![]()
Last week, for the first time, I managed to take a short trip on one of these new style trams/streetcars/LRT systems....and came away very impressed.
During a short trip to Dublin I managed a short ride on Luas. I came away with the impression that these sort of systems can be very comfortable, effective and popular to the extent they are moving in their own right of ways or have some sort of signal system in mixed traffic. So, on Toronto's new lines I am looking forward to seeing them. I do continue to be unsure how they will operate on our legacy lines in mixed traffic (particularly King and Queen). It will be interesting to see how they handle rush hour traffic situations with such long vehicles (I regularly see streetcars blocking intersections as it is now can't imagine what these much longer vehicles will do along, say, the stretch from University to Spadina on King)....but time will tell....will we eliminate stops? (ie. direct people from Roy Thompson Hall to University rather than providing stops at Simcoe?).
On Luas they operate trams manufactured in La Rochelle, France by Alstom Transport. They are model type Citadis 301, 401 & 402......anyone with more experience/knowledge able to give a summary of how these compare to the models the TTC have purchased?
Not sure when TTC planning on removing stops as a large number will be too close for the new cars. Long over due to be reduce the number of stops as most are only a block or 2 spacing between them now.