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The peak period capacity of the Trillium Line is abysmal and will continue to be abysmal. As it is, the trains can't handle the number of student passengers trying to get to Carleton in the morning. Stage 2 will only double (very precisely too) the capacity of the line which will help in the...

Well, like @mdrejhon said, maybe in around 2035. A beefed up Trillium Line still won't go close enough to downtown and might quickly overflow with Carleton students and hospital workers (assuming the new campus is built on Carling).

Bank Street subway to the airport via Greenboro (using the soon-to-be airport spur too).

I'm not very familiar with that rail corridor, but from the article: "She said the rail line, which is now owned by Canadian National Railway and used for freight, sits empty most of the time". Assuming that it does sit empty most of the time, then I don't think it's that big of a stretch.

Assuming, like the article says, that the line sits empty most of the time, it would not be very difficult to obtain a waiver to operate non-compliant DMUs on the line with the use of appropriate safety systems. It would be much like how the Trillium Line operates in Ottawa, heck they can just...

One of the configurable aspects of most DMUs is floor height. Not sure if FLIRTs can be configured quite as high as the UPX trains, but it might be possible. From what I could find, UPX trains have a floor height of around 1.3m while the Trillium Line trains are only 0.55m (in the low floor areas).

It's "light" by North American standards. I don't know how long the UP platforms are (I couldn't find anything about it), but the FLIRTs will be using 70m platforms in Ottawa, so there will be overhang at either end.

After the announcement they sent out an email which contained this photo as well: That's what led me to email the Stage 2 team to clear up the door count issue. In the 2-car version above, if the train were to be 80m long, each car would be ~40m long which is as long as the trains currently...

FLIRTs are highly configurable so I don't think Ottawa is buying any pre-existing configuration (like they have in the past for their other DMUs). Varying door and interior arrangements exist for FLIRTs in use all over the world if you look at the FLIRT product page on Stadler's website. 8...

The Trillium line has always operated with permits/exemptions from regulations that let it use European DMUs. The FLIRT purchase isn't really anything out of the ordinary there. I don't think this will have much, if any effect on any possible future KISS purchases by GO.

For some reason, everyone reported that the new FLIRT trains will have 4 doors, but they'll actually have 8. The trains will be 4 cars long and have 2 doors per car (per side, that is). Apparently only two cars could fit on the display board, so I guess that's why they ended up reporting 4 doors...

Sure, but if they end up losing the case then they can just turn around and use those designs for the actual repairs. It's something that'll have to be done in any case I guess.

Cabinet throwing out the order to repair a neglected part of a line would probably look really bad given the current Omnitrax situation. It's also interesting to note that the city has put out an RFQ for the bridge. That's some kind of progress. Edit: Here it is.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-asks-federal-cabinet-to-sit-on-prince-of-wales-bridge-appeal-while-court-hears-challenge The city has asked the federal government to suspend their request to overturn the CTA order since they believe they have a good chance at overturning it in...

They'd be marginal increases. The current target for Stage 2 is 10 minute frequencies, but I think it could be possible to cut that down to 8 minutes. Anything less would absolutely require double tracking.

One of the things a user on SSP mentioned was that the grade separation between the Trillium Line and Via will probably allow for the use of a better, more efficient signalling system. Currently, the Trillium Line is dispatched by Via from Montreal and is also stuck dealing with fixed signal...

Would this even require discontinuance? The bridge will still be used as a railway. Gatineau will need to acquire a certificate of fitness to operate their LRT across the bridge (or hand operation over to Capital Railway, but that's unlikely..) Because this wouldn't require discontinuance, this...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-court-lrt-bridge-prince-of-wales-1.4647596?cmp=rss The federal court has agreed to hear the city's case on the bridge.

It was extended. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-prince-of-wales-bridge-1.4637878?cmp=rss

The original complaint by MOOSE mentioned the switch just south of Bayview station. (The city had removed part of the switch, and eventually the entire switch itself). That counts as part of the O-Train part of the line. Edit: There have also been various signal violations, but those probably...