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I have heard Alstom provides a medium capacity train system that is quite suitable to elevated, automated operations. It can handle the curves this route is proposing, especially through UTSC. It can easily handle grade changes as well. It can even run 1 or 2 car trains for lower capacity. The...

Provincially-owned/operated railways that do not cross provincial boundaries are not federally regulated. TSB has investigated cases on such railways, but only when MTO asks. In this case the railway and operator are both under provincial jurisdiction.

The author's two examples are the CPR in the 1880s (???) and MTR. He fails to mention MTR is profitable because of its property development model. When you build a station (that you own), with a shopping centre (that you own), and residential towers (that you own), no wonder you're making a...

With an automated system the operator becomes a more malleable term. Using public sources of information, operations of the new Line 3 will be shared between Hitachi/Transdev as the P3 partner and TTC. The exact roles of the TTC have not been publicly released, but the line will be integrated...

Appreciate the response, straight from the horses’s mouth!

Additionally the Line 3 blue is similar to the Richmond Hill line blue. That didn’t matter when Line 3 and RH were far away from each other. But Ontario Line will intersect with RH line and that can cause visual confusion.

Name change to Eglinton East “Rapid Transit” project is significant. City is opening itself to developing an idea that is not a tramway. Finch West seems to have been a shock for City. They created these strange middle of the road streetcar lines with their dreams of euro-urban heaven on the...

TTC are supposed to be the public-facing agency and responsible for collecting feedback. They have a survey linked on this page: https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Line-5-Eglinton

Thanks for sharing that. Interesting fact! One question I have for the team making these maps is the continued use of the old LRT logo. Metrolinx replaced that on their wayfinding standard with a unified symbol with the subway.

On a serious note Major Mac is a good terminus for the line. It could go up to Teston if yard space is needed in the farmlands, but MM is a natural terminus and connects most of Maple and Woodbridge.

Alex, if you're reading this, add GO and UP to the maps please!!!

You’re correct. The LRT Master Agreement 2012 was the supreme document until the New Deal and subsequent 2023 TOFA were signed. Technically the TTC was only confirmed to be the operator upon the TOFA signing. LRT Master Agreement: “It is intended that TTC will operate for Metrolinx as owner...

The gift that keeps on giving 😭 I am not optimistic about the operations. If these issues are happening after thorough, months long testing, what issues will we be facing when it opens for service? How are these kinks not yet resolved? Why are new issues popping up so late in the game? Was the...

I assume people complained that cold air kept blowing in everytime someone triggered the sensor or the repair costs were too much for YRT.

Michael Lindsay called them out this morning on the radio. This is honestly a bit depressing. Maintenance should have been kept under public control. A whole LRT line is now dependant on the penny-pinching of a faceless consortium that will vanish into the air w/o any accountability.

Maybe Ottawa can go back to whatever CAF stock RTG was proposing way back when :)

Metropolis is running 2-cars as a light metro on REM. The Metropolis "family" is flexible enough to run 2-9 cars according to their wesbite.

So these are not based on the Bombardier tech used on the Rockets? My understanding of the original RFP was that TTC wanted basically a Rocket 2.0 so that maintenance could be simpler and they wouldn't have to conduct the same level of thorough testing as they would on a new rolling stock.

TTC will maintain Metrolinx-owned infrastructure on YNSE and SSE. From Transit Network Expansion Update report to the board, Nov 2025.

A lot of the strategic planning of where lines go and what ought to be prioritised is done at MTO. Metrolinx provides the technical expertise and manages the consultants who provide further expertise. The work done at MTO by bureaucrats is not done with the goal of boosting property values for...