felix123
Active Member
Opinions are subjective, but why do you dislike the name O-Train?
I think it's clever. The O stands for Ottawa, and it simultaneously works well for Ottawa's bilingual character and population as << au train >> in French.
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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Opinions are subjective, but why do you dislike the name O-Train?
I think it's clever. The O stands for Ottawa, and it simultaneously works well for Ottawa's bilingual character and population as << au train >> in French.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Think that "wordTO" is better. Hmmm. FinchWestTO?
felix123
Active Member
Haha well no, but I know you are joking
I think Finch West should just be called Line 6, or maybe LRT Line 2: Ontario's Revenge (for that Botched Bombardier Streetcar Order, But We Have Faith that Things are Definitely Going to Work Out Much Better with the O-Train LRVs).
But I think that might look a bit cramped on the signs.
Steve X
Senior Member
Ottawa has O-Trains
Calgary has CTrains
Toronto can have TOtrains
Calgary has CTrains
Toronto can have TOtrains
JacindaArdern
New Member
We've found the only positive review of Ottawa's LRT system on the internet. Someone alert SNC Lavalin marketing team.
afransen
Senior Member
The city's penchant for naming things that are only locally relevant as ThingTO is overdone.
KevinT
Active Member
I didn't like how constrictive the bellows between segments were on the Alstoms. To me it made them feel less open with all those bottlenecks when looking down the train from front to back. On the plus side, the individual names given to each LRV gave them character. I made sure to catch the name of each train I rode.
ARG1
Senior Member
I think it should be called the 536Haha well no, but I know you are joking
I think Finch West should just be called Line 6, or maybe LRT Line 2: Ontario's Revenge (for that Botched Bombardier Streetcar Order, But We Have Faith that Things are Definitely Going to Work Out Much Better with the O-Train LRVs).
But I think that might look a bit cramped on the signs.
anb
Active Member
Calling it 536 means that we would have to change the Eglinton LRT to... 505. What do we change the existing Dundas streetcar to then?... (btw did they just suddenly forget about the controversy surrounding the name of Dundas?)
jmi22
Active Member
Using the same naming convention as the downtown streetcar network would be misleading and not very accurate. The LRT trains are a different model, cannot go on streetcar tracks and the line operates differently from even grade seperated lines like spadina and st.clair. Its a distinct service and I feel line 6 is as good a name we are going to get
Steve X
Senior Member
ARG1
Senior Member
I fail to see how that matters. We still called the SRT Line 3, and Line 5/6 are nothing like Lines 1,2, and 4. The 536 is a far more accurate name to the type of service it offers compared to Line 6.
Not really? The only thing that's different between Finch West and Spadina is ultimately stop spacing, which makes sense since its in the suburbs and not downtown (even then, many would argue that St. Clair should have some stops cut), as well as maybe TSP (but the streetcars should have that anyway). The average layman isn't going to be able to tell the difference between the two, meanwhile they absolutely will be able to tell the difference between Finch West and the Subway. They're not comparable at all.
T3G
Senior Member
Personally I don't see the hooplah about transit line numberings. I fail to see the concern about confusing the line with the downtown network (the average passenger is far too oblivious for that), but I also don't see why it matters that it is the 6 or the 536. (And if was going to be a 5xx route, surely 513, no? Why the big gap?) It's not like the number affects usage or understanding of the service; you need to go somewhere along the route, you'll go there, regardless of if it's 6, 536, VI, or alien letters from Mars. As long as it's not duplicated with any pre-existing route number, it's all good.
asey20
New Member
mossynukes
Active Member
Don't see how this is a genuine argument. If line 6 was the 536, it would look more out of place than the 512, the street car map would be hideous.