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I thought I heard from TTC staff that there is GIDS at Humber College and Finch West.

Thankfully, it is probably going to be covered with a matching metal sliver. You can see where they’ve done that at Queen’s Park.

Who do you even complain to about this? Metrolinx? TTC?

This reminded me of another thing I noticed. I asked about a secondary station in Toronto (selfishly I’d like one in Scarborough or Pickering). They were quite insistent that no stations other than the ones listed were being looked at. On the other hand, Laval was listed on the map and a couple...

Eight cars. I suggested a cafe/bar car, but I think that’s wishful thinking on my part.

The corridor to the elevator to street level at Osgoode Station is blocked off with no explanation and no notice of alternatives. I just had to help carry an elderly woman’s walker up the stairs while she made her way up. Does anyone know why that corridor is blocked off? I hope it’s not for...

Noticed some actual progress in the LSE corridor past Danforth near Greenwood Yard. They have put down some ties and rails.

You’re way overthinking this.

Something I don’t think was mentioned here (if it was, apologies): one of the Alto staff said one possibility would be a station within walking distance of Union, instead of right at Union. I asked about East Harbour, and the impression I got was that is something they were very much not...

This keeps getting brought up in transit nerd circles, but I’ve never heard any confusion brought up when discussing it with regular people in my life. It’s like “oh the new Line 6 goes to Humber College? Cool.”

A little detail I noticed on the LRVs: the Bombardier badge on the front that they were delivered with was removed. All the LRVs I saw were blank, but the one for the launch photo op had an Alstom badge.

They have similar delays, you just don’t hear about them if you don’t use the system. New York for example has ample disruptions due to mischief. The most common, I noticed at least, was activating the emergency brakes on a train. Train surfing also became popular for a while.

All signs point to it getting gradually worse and worse, so I dunno we can be shocked anymore.

Some photos from the Eglinton line opening on Sunday.

To be fair, where are they going to get new locomotives from? Siemens appears quite backlogged, and are the EMD F125 and MPI MP54 even in production anymore?