sixrings
Senior Member
Brutal is subjective. I lived in Calgary with constant minus 20 to minus 30 with a c train that ran every fifteen minutes with no heaters. I lived to see another day.Do they have brutal winters too?
Brutal is subjective. I lived in Calgary with constant minus 20 to minus 30 with a c train that ran every fifteen minutes with no heaters. I lived to see another day.Do they have brutal winters too?
I think Edinburgh counts. 2°C, a light rain, and a 20km/h winds is one of the nicer winter days. Toronto probably wins for worst week of the year, but Edinburgh beats Toronto for least pleasant on-average season.
Calgary's stations offer quite a bit more protection from the elements than the Crosstown surface stops. They're more akin to Viva stations or even some of the open air subway stations like Rosedale. Even their open air stations like Franklin or Bridgeland have indoor space to wait for trains.Brutal is subjective. I lived in Calgary with constant minus 20 to minus 30 with a c train that ran every fifteen minutes with no heaters. I lived to see another day.
The downtown stations for the elite had no shelters when I was there and people figured it out. It was nothing like VIVA. Anyways Buy a better jacket and maybe some mitts.Calgary's stations offer quite a bit more protection from the elements than the Crosstown surface stops. They're more akin to Viva stations or even some of the open air subway stations like Rosedale. Even their open air stations like Franklin or Bridgeland have indoor space to wait for trains.
Please. Edinburgh's winters have nothing on Toronto's.
"For the elite"?The downtown stations for the elite had no shelters when I was there and people figured it out. It was nothing like VIVA. Anyways Buy a better jacket and maybe some mitts.
I honestly remember freezing outside at the downtown locations. In Calgary the suburbs had enclosed stations. Maybe the downtown 15 years ago had stations full of sketchy people but I can't imagine I'd rather freeze than be beside someone sketchy."For the elite"?
Calgary's downtown stations are mostly covered and in addition to the roof structures also have smaller, enclosed shelters on the platforms. Like I said, more protection than the little half shelters being installed on Eglinton.
It's just as much glass as the TYSSE stations. They just seen to have an one design fit all station on this Line. They reason why they use glass is to create an open and transparent place so people don't lurk behind walls creating a safer environment.Question does somone on the Metrolinx baord own stock in gal;ss company? I'm just curious as to why there is so much glass in all of there designs and builds recently.