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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread TTC: Streetcar Network.
    It probably will be a couple decades before catenary streetcars become the norm rather than the exception but it will happen. Toronto's...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread TTC: Streetcar Network.
    This ground power supply looks like a solution looking for a problem made worse by the fact that it's not even a solution. I think...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread Finch West Line 6 LRT.
    A Finch southern extension to a new GO Woodbine station makes a lot of sense but don't hold your breath. It will be a very long time...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread Finch West Line 6 LRT.
    I don't think so. I think that argument is something created by your gutless Mayor and company to make it look like they are taking a...
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    Yes, the current acceleration on the GO fleet is anemic but one has to remember that on the RER sections, GO will not be running the 12...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread Finch West Line 6 LRT.
    You raise a good point about having some trains running full route length while the underground sections doing a short-turn. The...
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    This is a good idea and such trains are known as Electro {not electric} Diesel Multiple Units {EDMU} and the term is commonly used for...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread Finch West Line 6 LRT.
    That will NEVER happen. The long suffering people along Eglinton have been put thru hell for the last 15 years and now that the line is...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread Finch West Line 6 LRT.
    A BRT/streetcar/LRT are as fast or as slow as you want to make them. It has nothing to do with the technology but rather how the system...
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    ssiguy2 replied to the thread Finch West Line 6 LRT.
    I remember saying YEARS ago that I didn't see the advantage of this line being LRT as opposed to a BRT and seems I was right. There is...
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    Streetcars/trams an LRTs can be equally fast and reliable and also equally the opposite.............they are what you make them...
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    At this point, I think it's fair to say that ML has no intention of starting any electrification for years or even at all. Hence, GO's...
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    The debate is not dumb but rather why we have to have it in the first place is. Of course, with dumb, you can also throw in shocking...
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    Pages ago, it was posted that the speed along the street running section was 19 km/hr. By getting rid of a couple of stops and...
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    This lack of signal priority is made more difficult due to these damn left-hand turns. Now, ML seems surprised that it is a problem...

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