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

[nfitz]

Science Center was a problematic name anyways. Once the Ontario Line opened, the science center would have been slightly closer to the next station south.

More than slightly closer, with the elevated "Science Centre" platforms for the Ontario Line both north of Eglinton and east of Don Mills Road!

 

[reinventingthewheel]

Science Center was a problematic name anyways. Once the Ontario Line opened, the science center would have been slightly closer to the next station south.

Funnily enough, now there are stops closer to the Don Valley and DVP than Don Valley station.

 

[PL1]

Funnily enough, now there are stops closer to the Don Valley and DVP than Don Valley station.

Illustrating (again) how the current ML naming philosophy is rather flawed

 

[smallspy]

Illustrating (again) how the current ML naming philosophy is rather flawed

It will be even more so if the line gets extended due north to the heart of the traditional Don Mills neighbourhood - Lawrence.

Dan

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

It will be even more so if the line gets extended due north to the heart of the traditional Don Mills neighbourhood - Lawrence.

Dan

Could just call that one The Donway

 

[nfitz]

Illustrating (again) how the current ML naming philosophy is rather flawed

Wait until you hear about the TTC naming, and where Don Mills really was!

 

[T3G]

So the simulated testing was supposed to begin today. Has anyone seen anything?

 

[APTA-2048]

So the simulated testing was supposed to begin today. Has anyone seen anything?

I heard it’s delayed.

 

[nfitz]

I heard it’s delayed.

I wouldn't have expected them to have started on a Sunday - I'd think it's an all hands-on-deck thing.

But delayed? That must be a nice gig. Or did they reassign the driers for this board (maybe that's where all the extra spare bus drivers came from)?

 

[APTA-2048]

I wouldn't have expected them to have started on a Sunday - I'd think it's an all hands-on-deck thing.

But delayed? That must be a nice gig. Or did they reassign the driers for this board (maybe that's where all the extra spare bus drivers came from)?

Just to clarify, I meant to say it looks like it hasn’t started yet. Maybe delayed wasn’t the right word.

 

[smallspy]

I wouldn't have expected them to have started on a Sunday - I'd think it's an all hands-on-deck thing.

They absolutely would have started on a Sunday. To the operators, it would have been just like any other work day - it's just that they're starting their new job locations on that day, or today, or tomorrow. It depends on the shifts that they've signed up for.

However, as APTA-2048 noted the start of the simulated service has been delayed as all of the operators get their refresher training. The simulated service will therefore start in the next couple of weeks once that has been done.

But delayed? That must be a nice gig. Or did they reassign the driers for this board (maybe that's where all the extra spare bus drivers came from)?

Delayed in the sense that you're not going to be seeing that many cars out on the line right now.

Dan

 

[TOtramz]

They absolutely would have started on a Sunday. To the operators, it would have been just like any other work day - it's just that they're starting their new job locations on that day, or today, or tomorrow. It depends on the shifts that they've signed up for.

However, as APTA-2048 noted the start of the simulated service has been delayed as all of the operators get their refresher training. The simulated service will therefore start in the next couple of weeks once that has been done.


Delayed in the sense that you're not going to be seeing that many cars out on the line right now.

Dan

Was it originally the plan for everyone to get refresher training? I heard that they only needed 2 classes worth of operators to start the stimulated service, and therefor it could start as early as March 30th.

Also, are the operators now assigned to work on line 5 officially for this board period, or has that also been called off too?
For the operators refresher training, is it also going to be 30 days per class or will it be a bit faster to speed things along?

 

[nfitz]

They absolutely would have started on a Sunday. To the operators, it would have been just like any other work day - it's just that they're starting their new job locations on that day, or today, or tomorrow. It depends on the shifts that they've signed up for.

I'm surprised - I'd have thought that would have been a recipe for a bad day. Yes, they'd certainly have been in place wherever at the start of their Sunday shift. I just assumed they'd be doing something else other than starting this "shadow" service on a Sunday.

For the operators refresher training, is it also going to be 30 days per class or will it be a bit faster to speed things along?

30 days of refresher training? That seems a lot. How many days was their original training?

 

[T3G]

'm surprised - I'd have thought that would have been a recipe for a bad day.

Why would that be the case? The TTC has started operations for every new board period on Sundays since time immemorial. At most, the biggest clusterf%ck historically has been that they don't always push updates to NextBus right away, and it wreaks havoc with the tracker services until someone realizes the mistake.

Granted, the advance timeframe is not much, but it surely must be less of a headache to be doing operations on a Sunday morning rather than a Monday morning.

 

[TOtramz]

I'm surprised - I'd have thought that would have been a recipe for a bad day. Yes, they'd certainly have been in place wherever at the start of their Sunday shift. I just assumed they'd be doing something else other than starting this "shadow" service on a Sunday.

30 days of refresher training? That seems a lot. How many days was their original training?

the original training classes were 30 days a piece