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We were told the same thing on Tuesday when I went. That was a particularly eye-opening statement, and certainly one at odds with the...

Cost savings. They've been trying for many, many years to give the USRC maintenance contract to quite literally anyone else, and...

They had a number of close calls in the fall, so they added staff to supervise loading and unloading on the platforms around that time. Dan

Contrary to what you seem to think, the primary market for the station is to the south, not the north. Dan

While there is a shortage of operators, it's now slight versus dire like it was early last year. What is a bigger concern internally is...

There's more nuance than that. The spec when the plates were installed was that only two bolts per plate were needed in that stretch...

There are times when the bus will be faster than a subway, too. Should we remove subways from the map as well, then? It would make it...

Lag screws may be correct in this context. If the track's structure is configured to use Pandrol Clips or E-clips to hold the rail in...

The end of the signalled section of the Uxbridge Sub is at the interlocking called Lincolnville, which is immediately south of the level...

The signals that we are talking about are specific to the interlockings - where there are switches and track crossings - rather than at...

Except for, you know, a lack of equipment to operate on it. Dan

For whatever reason, some ATC installations have their interlocking signals set up this way rather than in the traditional manner. And...

This got me curious as to both stations depths. Highway 407 is 21.1m deep and Avenue crushed the record with 32m. This record will be...

Kitchener has 15 single cars - which equals 7 and a half trains for the Crosstown. I'm not sure it moves the needle enough - and...

Not necessarily. It depends on what is trying to be achieved in the design. A lot of the second-generation British EMUs - generally in...