Recent content by lastcommodore

Ah, my apologies. Didn't have audio on. Unfortunately I'm no expert in engines... no clue what can be causing that or what it means.

This isn't deterioration. This is salt buildup. Everyone's boots and shoes walks around and picks up an ungodly amount of snow mixed with salt, and it melts on the bus leaving only the salt behind. There's not really much that can be done about this other than more routine cleaning. (And at an...

On first thought, double tracked so ~664km, but on second thought knowing Metrolinx they'd probably descope it and construct most of it single tracked and say that we won't need more than bi-hourly service.

Impressive for Metrolinx to construct 5km of double tracking in 7 years. With these speeds, if we put Metrolinx in charge of Alto construction in Ontario, we could even see HSR from Toronto to Ottawa in just 935 years!

Re: Smart Track I don't reckon this has any bearing on if the station will be delivered. If anything, this is good- i think it's very hard to build a station next to an at-grade crossing while allowing room for grade separation to occur in the future (easily). If anything, grade separation...

There seems to be some fundamental disconnect where people are talking past each other. nfitz asked how high-floor would make these trams faster. urbanclient is saying that all else equal, low-floor vehicles are less capable in terms of acceleration and turning. You can say, "Well we could...

On the topic of ramps and boarding height, (Preface I am not exactly an expert on these things) Line 6 Finch West already has a variety of ramps for its stops because LRVs cannot be level-boarded from curb height. The ramps range from about 7m to 20m (wow! at Duncanwoods) based on aerial. Based...

Thanks for the responses. I didn't know that the platforms actually need to be rebuilt for that. It's definitely not as easy as I was saying, though I still think 55 million is excessive. Again, complex things, but I have trouble thinking it's more complex than a brand spanking new subway...

It's not a shocker that PSDs cost money, but what completely amazes me is the sheer cost cited. The TTC is citing up to 55 million per station. Perhaps I am being incredibly naive, and someone with far more construction experience can tell me why I am wrong, but I genuinely do not see how it...

They never were to begin with. All level of gov't secured a procurement for 70 trains, 55 for 2, 15 for YNSE/SSE per the TTC. The Ontario govt announcements for buying new train cars were only for 55, so they are only for 2. The govt will probably act on the other 15 when SSE and YNSE are...

Yes, the total costs are for construction, maintenance, and operation. The number taken was not the total cost, as is explicitly written in the note, but the incurred costs, aka the costs so far by the end of construction.* The incurred costs by the opening is when construction is paid out, and...

Oop. Hope I am not too late but I can just toss you the data. Here's a link to my spreadsheet full of transit data I record, data for this is on sheet "Speeds, HOT". I was going to upload it to Google Drive to be viewable in browser but I don't have a google account on my e-mail and google...

Hard to think of examples off the top of my head but i have done so for Paris T9, ION segments, 6 FW, and CTrain Blue segments. For the sake of my sanity i'm just screenshotting. UT can't copy paste from my spreadsheet. Feel free to suggest LRT lines for me to measure. Takeaways: - CTrain...

I maintain a spreadsheet purely for construction costs of major projects. Thankfully, I did track viva, 6, and pretty much all the other HOT projects in the GTA. I have decided to also include all the other notable LRT projects. Source Notes Name Cost/km ($, 2025, mil/km) Opening Year Length...

I'm inclined to believe more people along the Transitway connect or walk to the station compared to GO. According to the station numbers I do have from 2023, Lisgar GO to Dixie GO account for 2.2 mil. boardings, for an est. total ridership of 4.4 given probably 99% of trips are circular...