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Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Nearly two-thirds of the LRT’s operators have completed a 30-day training program, TTC chair Jamaal Myers said.

“This is a new system for the TTC, and while the LRT vehicles are similar to our new streetcars, there are operational differences, including infrastructure and signalling,” Myers explained in a statement on Wednesday. The TTC will also handle a “revenue service demonstration,” which will see trains run along the full track of the LRT.
 
2/3 of the operators had 30 days training.....

meaning 2/3 of operators finished the first training class or 2/3 finished the second class?
It's so vague which 30 day program they are referring to.
 
2/3 of the operators had 30 days training.....

meaning 2/3 of operators finished the first training class or 2/3 finished the second class?
It's so vague which 30 day program they are referring to.
2/3 of operators have completed their training. 1/3 completed their training in the first class, the next 1/3 completed their training in the second class. IIRC the last 1/3 will complete their training after they complete training on the Finch West LRT vehicles
 
2/3 of operators have completed their training. 1/3 completed their training in the first class, the next 1/3 completed their training in the second class. IIRC the last 1/3 will complete their training after they complete training on the Finch West LRT vehicles
So the last 1/3 won't be completing their training for a long while because the TTC currently has limited access to the Finch LRT due to legal reasons.

Also, are you sure 1/3 completed during the second class? Smallspy said that the second class was cancelled and had not continued.

Still hoping for a 2025 opening 🤞
 
2/3 of operators have completed their training. 1/3 completed their training in the first class, the next 1/3 completed their training in the second class. IIRC the last 1/3 will complete their training after they complete training on the Finch West LRT vehicles
Except that two-thirds of the operators haven't completed their training. One-third - those of the first set of classes - have completed it, the next third - those in the second set of classes when the signal system decided to take its leave - need to finish the in-seat portion of their training before they are considered fully ready to go.

It is expected that this second group of operators will be able to complete their training after the third set of classes of operators completes their own training. Which hopefully will also include training on the Finch West line, that is correct. But right now things are so up in the air that no one is able to predict when training will be able to restart.

Dan
 
Except that two-thirds of the operators haven't completed their training. One-third - those of the first set of classes - have completed it, the next third - those in the second set of classes when the signal system decided to take its leave - need to finish the in-seat portion of their training before they are considered fully ready to go.

It is expected that this second group of operators will be able to complete their training after the third set of classes of operators completes their own training. Which hopefully will also include training on the Finch West line, that is correct. But right now things are so up in the air that no one is able to predict when training will be able to restart.

Dan
I'm just going by what was said in the Toronto Star article linked earlier.
 
Except that two-thirds of the operators haven't completed their training. One-third - those of the first set of classes - have completed it, the next third - those in the second set of classes when the signal system decided to take its leave - need to finish the in-seat portion of their training before they are considered fully ready to go.

It is expected that this second group of operators will be able to complete their training after the third set of classes of operators completes their own training. Which hopefully will also include training on the Finch West line, that is correct. But right now things are so up in the air that no one is able to predict when training will be able to restart.

Dan
Is this an extraordinary amount of down time for a signalling system? As far as I understand, the previous glitches in the signalling software were fixed in a reasonable timeframe.
 
Is this an extraordinary amount of down time for a signalling system?
Just a guess, but previous glitches may have been in the configuration of the software for this specific deployment - connecting to the actual signals and switches, laying out the human-machine interface - things that only require changes to configuration files. But, after the system crashed, they now have to find out what caused the crash, revisit the programming code, recertify the software, reconfigure the software for Line 5, and only then start testing.
 
Just a guess, but previous glitches may have been in the configuration of the software for this specific deployment - connecting to the actual signals and switches, laying out the human-machine interface - things that only require changes to configuration files. But, after the system crashed, they now have to find out what caused the crash, revisit the programming code, recertify the software, reconfigure the software for Line 5, and only then start testing.
Maybe once they get the programmers who worked on the Y2K problem, they'll be able to complete it
 
They probably all retired and wouldn’t even take the job.
I worked on the Y2K problem. Afterwards, worked in New Jersey, when on 2001 9/11 happened. Retired afterwards.

PS. The mainframe programming work in New Jersey was for transferring the real computer programming overseas to India. Wonder if how of many actual programming for the software for the Crosstown LRT is being done here in Canada?
 

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