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Every work vehicle I've ever seen on the tracks at Union is either a Jeep Wrangler or a small pickup truck, in about a 50/50 ratio.

Yes, it's not like there are any work vehicles there /s How is this worth posting about? These work cars are generally there every day. They have flashing lights and are driven by a guy in hi-vis at a low speed. Usually off-peak and on a platform which you'll notice doesn't have a train on it...

What? How would that be avoiding crossing picket lines? That's not what "crossing" means--for one, under your definition trains would have to turn back at Pioneer Village and Finch West, and crossing a picket line really only applies when you actually go through it, i.e. not underground (and...

I believe that was one of the concessions they requested but analysis of the station showed it was an excessively poor idea in many ways, even worse than Kirby for instance from what I recall; namely the costs and negative impacts on ridership from upstream passengers exceeded the benefits of...

Not sure how that will be possible with pedestrian crossings. I guess most of the roads are small enough that the total crossing time will probably never be more than 30 seconds anywhere, so it shouldn't be terribly hard to set priority that far ahead, but the unexpected does tend to happen...

The TTC's official policy is that transfers are valid for a one-way continuous trip with no stopovers. Presto, however, is not properly set up for that. More or less, it's set up to offer a free 2-hour timed transfer except you can't tap on the same route twice in a row. So, if I take the...

I have found an interesting edge case where the $1.50 TTC discount costs MORE for a GO rider. I often take the train from Aurora to Union, and recently it's become increasingly frequent that my return trip takes place within the 3 hour transfer window. The GO trip is normally $8.26 each way. The...

It would be: $3.63 for YRT $5.30 for GO tap on $X.XX for distance MINUS $2.63 for YRT co-fare $1.50 for TTC Reverse trip: $3.00 TTC $5.30 for GO tap on $X.XX for distance MINUX $1.50 TTC co-fare $1 for YRT

I distinctly remember riding a midday Lakeshore train maybe 3-5 years ago which was 8 cars. It makes sense, 6/8/10/12. Though I haven't seen 8 recently.

It is most certainly not a POP area. You are not required to have, and will not be asked to show, POP while riding the subway or in the fare paid zone of a subway station, unless you've just gotten off a streetcar. Buses have an operator stationed next to the doors/presto reader, they check...

I believe there are surplus vehicles on weekends, no? The vast majority of routes have significantly reduced weekend service levels. Only a few routes such as 510 Spadina are busier and have more service on the weekends from what I can recall, and I don't think many are even at par. The subway...

I rode the southbound 10:41 Aurora GO - 11:33 Union Station train today, stopping at Downsview Park at 11:13 AM. I would estimate about 15 people got off. 10 of them looked like they were very likely students (<30 years old, backpacks or laptop bags, likely habitual commuters as they were in the...

Did he say that? I was under the impression 28/29 would be raised and somewhat wider, but 26/27 was not being modified: From http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2018/02/union-station-and-go-rer-metrolinxs-phil-verster-future

Very weird to have the announcement at the UPX station given that UPX has had wi-fi since opening and this is for GO. Guess they have to have it somewhere, but why not at ML offices in the west wing, or in a corner of the GO concourse?

Well, it sure couldn't have been the middle finger sculptures they had pointed at all of their customers...

It's sad that they still don't even know when they'll START construction at St George, let alone when it'll be done. I'm calling it, that'll be the last entrance in the system to even have Presto, never mind gates.

Union gate installation progress: the gates that have replaced the former west exit-only full-height gates are all installed and powered on. The couple of gates in the north fare line nearest the collector's booth are partially installed. The ones at the north formerly exit-only location, west...

They aren't capable of, or interested in, comprehending those facts.

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Overall, I think yes, it is reliable. It's 100% reliable on buses and streetcars from the perspective of a rider, because even if the readers are broken, you can ride, so what's the difference. The only unreliability is in a small number of the faregates. I've never encountered ANY issue with...