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Line 5 is 8 minutes from Cedarvale to Eglinton (Yonge). Streetcar 512 is 8-9 minutes from St.Clair West to St.Clair station which is about equal to the distance from Chaplin to Eglinton (Yonge). So it isn't abysmal... one would assume 512 would greatly benefit from a stoplight priority effort.

It seems Flexity vehicles are still being produced in Europe. At InnoTrans they were demonstrating Germany's longest tram which was a Flexity. Any idea when vehicle procurement for the Line 5 extension is expected to occur? Maybe they could move to 3 car trains at the same time.

With traffic light priority Line 5 will perform excellently. With traffic light priority and vehicles that run smoothly across the rails and don't require speed limits of 10 km/h all over the place Line 6 could perform excellently. 512 with signal priority could operate very well. 509 and...

Good thing there is a technology solution to red lights that involves LEDs emitting photons at a wavelength of 485–500 nm.

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Did all the entrances open. I think there are entrances on all four corners now isn't there?

I was wondering what that border was all about because it made no sense from a wayfinding perspective... it is the way to denote temporary / detour routes. Makes sense.

Are you sure? The TTC expanded its order of Flexity Outlooks after the purchase. I would assume that Alstom has the rights to continue to build them and the Thunder Bay and Kingston operations still exist do they not?

The vehicles on Line 6 are deficient? See Citadis Spirit under Ottawa experiences from July 2020 onwards. There is something not right with the engineering of the interface between the carbodies and the rail, and you can feel it while you are riding the Finch West LRT. At no time does a...

Agreed, the names of places in Mississauga are difficult to come up with because most places in Mississauga are fairly nameless. Gardner's Corners (minus the 'i" which is a typo) shows on historic maps for that intersection, and for most people in the GTA "meet me in Fairview" means meet me in...

One thing I noticed when exploring Kennedy station today is that it doesn't seem like the access to the Barrie line west platform from the Line 5 tunnel is roughed in at all. I know they couldn't build it until the old Line 3 infrastructure is removed but the hallway has no indication at all...

The loop is coming. For people who don't want to lose time travelling the loop you should be able to hop of and on at Robert Speck and jump ahead a vehicle.

I think we should wait to see what normal ridership turns out being. They have a pretty easy level to pull by moving to 3 car trains (instantly increasing capacity by 50%) and they probably can run the trains closer together still.

Today I rode Line 5 and for the first time rode Line 6. My Route: Line 5 from Mount Pleasant to Cedarvale, Line 1 Cedarvale to Finch West, Line 6 from Finch West to Humber College Express Bus 906 from Humber College to Pearson Viscount APM from Pearson Viscount to Pearson UP UP Express from...

Checking that people paid when you aren't collecting payment doesn't make sense. The whole premise of the question is that if you make the Eglinton LRT an unpaid zone but have no way to pay as you switch to other lines at Cedarvale, Eglinton, and Kennedy, the whole system is an unpaid fare zone...