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Trains can operate in emergency mode without supervision of the signal system. The question is whether it is a good idea, the TTC using emergency mode to deal with problems with the CBTC system would be what they call a "normalization of deviance".

Coteau only has a platform on the south track. So train 35 may have had to wait for train 62 to pass to cross to the south track to serve Coteau.

The 30 minute service is showing in the GTFS feed starting on January 5.

Sheppard was way less complicated. Eglinton among other things has been a systems integration nightmare. Some of this is due to newer code requirements, but for instance maybe in hindsight it should have been built with a more conventional lineside signal system rather than CBTC. Eglinton is...

One thing to keep in mind is that HSR doesn't really need massive terminal stations. Probably 4 tracks would be enough.

For Finch even without signal priority just having trains run at the speed limit of the road and not cross intersections at 25 km/h would be a big improvement, and even more so if the signals can be set up to give trains green waves.

My guess is the 30 Lambton which used to have hourly service in the evening.

Going east from Yonge this usually happens at Broadview, for headway control at the interlocking signal, Coxwell for crew changes, and Kennedy when trains are approaching the station more frequently then they are dispatched in the opposite direction. So the following trains get stuck at red...

The inverters in this case were I'm pretty sure for the lighting and other auxiliary power, not the actual propulsion system which was DC chopper control from Brush Traction. Overhauling this (especially replacing DC chopper with AC inverter) would have been a much more substantial job. So I...

The Q70 to Jackson Heights Station is generally pretty good, combined with the E or F into Manhattan it can be faster than NJ Transit from Newark (and much cheaper, and you don't have to potentially wait an hour for a train). If you aren't intimidated by using buses in New York it's the easiest...

The point of this service is to offer protected connections to AC flights from Pearson (so if the bus is late and you miss your flight, AC will rebook you for free), and it counts as a segment for Aeroplan/status purposes. I'm not even sure AC will sell you a ticket on this bus without a...

This has happened before with telecoms (which is a well known story) but also with other things like banking (I've talked to newcomers who can't believe how old fashioned Canadian banks are and had never seen a cheque before they came to Canada). So it's not a smart bet to assume this won't...

It's also Mandeep Lali's first week as CEO. Let's see if/when he makes any sort of statement about this and what kind of action plan gets put forward to deal with this. At the very least this conclusively disproves Rob and Doug Ford's rhetoric about subways lasting 100 years.

Not really possible, this isn't like WMATA where off peak service is like 4 trains an hour. And even when WMATA did this service was so unreliable it basically wasn't worth using (talking about like 30 minute gaps between trains).

Most likely? The scope of the work is such that they can't get it done even with evening and weekend closures.