TOtramz
Active Member
Looks like the announcements is something they will have to sort out, either before revenue service demonstration or while it is happening.
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toronto647
Active Member
Safe to say this line is not opening until 2026. We are almost in June with no announcement and no 3 or 1 month testing commenced. Doesn't look to great imo. They should just announce it will not be opening this year to avoid everyone guessing when the opening is.
nfitz
Superstar
I think you are wrong. By months.
toronto647
Active Member
Guess only time will tell at this point. Already 40% of the year is complete and minimum 3 months of testing remains. That gives a very tight window to open the line before the end of the year. And that is assuming everything goes correct and according to the plan.
TOtramz
Active Member
Mind_the_gap
Active Member
Considering that the Finch West/Hurontario cars are a copy of their Ottawa counterparts, except for having an LED next-stop display at each end of a module instead of one... and the the destos are single-line only, and Ottawa shows only the Line Number and Destination -
Wouldn't it be safe to assume that the Line 6 cars will display: "6 Humber College"/"6 Finch West"?
Why should the Line 5 cars be treated any differently... "5 Kennedy"/"5 Mount Dennis" would provide consistency and bilingualism without alternating screens.
That failing, copy the destos on the legacy Flexities for consistency.
That failing, copy the destos on the subway for consisteny, ie. "Line 5 towards X"/"Ligne 5 vers X".
Ps. Have they updated the Line 6 cars with the TTC/BBD three-tone door chime and female announcements? Again, for consistency?
To me, it is sad that this is even an issue. Seems like a "too many chefs in the kitchen" situation.
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I have heard third hand that it won’t open until January. The TTC is being very cautious about the operations handover and want to make some change orders.
Richard White
Senior Member
oh ffs!
T3G
Senior Member
I can't see a January opening. It's one thing to open a fully underground subway extension in December (2017), but with the open air section, if the weather happens to be inclement on the day they choose and they encounter operational issues (frozen overhead wire/snowed in trackways) it will be another PR disaster for a project already elbow deep in scandal.
So if they miss October-November, I reckon April 2026 will be the earliest new window. Round and round it goes, where it ends, no one knows...
So if they miss October-November, I reckon April 2026 will be the earliest new window. Round and round it goes, where it ends, no one knows...
juselara02
New Member
I got a friend working at TTC. He is a civil engineer working in the line 2 extension so he is not directly involved in line 5. He told me in march that September was the planned date but now he told me yesterday that it seems very unlikely to be this year, that they believe now it may be January. So yeah, that adds up with what other have just said.
TOtramz
Active Member
was there any reason given for the added delay?
I mean as long as we still see consistent trains running on the line, I think things are still on track......
goodcitywhenfinished
Active Member
Contract and administrative lawyers want to get bigger bonuses this year
fiendishlibrarian
Active Member
That's not an exaggeration. Three of the major Bay Street law firms I've worked at have Metrolinx in the top ten of client revenue, almost solely for contract and litigation work.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
"Soft costs" take longer and increase the costs for Ontario, than in Italy. Lawyers are just one type of "soft costs".
See https://stateofcitiessummit.ca/files/041224_Understanding-the-Drivers-of-Transit-Construction-Costs-in-Canada-A-Comparative-Study.pdf
Amare
Senior Member
I mean at this point why even open it?
Let's just use it as a place where Alstom can model and test their vehicle models that they use. The stations themselves can be repurposed to overpriced storage facilities for the city.
What a gongshow.
Let's just use it as a place where Alstom can model and test their vehicle models that they use. The stations themselves can be repurposed to overpriced storage facilities for the city.
What a gongshow.