Bordercollie
Senior Member
And we thought Bombardier was bad.
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
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Leo_Chan
Senior Member
They're both also located in the City of Toronto.
Northern Light
Superstar
Is this an issue of poor specs? Or is this Alstom going off-spec during construction/assembly and if the latter, should Mx not have declined to accept delivery?
Bordercollie
Senior Member
I'm sure that they have qualified quality control people from the TTC there to oversee the construction
smallspy
Senior Member
This is an Alstom issue, not an MX one.
The cars in Ottawa are built the exact same, and with the exact same warts. If anything, the Finch cars have a slightly better fit-and-finish - but only slightly.
Dan
Northern Light
Superstar
In that case though; do you feel acceptance should have been declined?
urbanclient
Active Member
*Nit pick: Alstom Canada vehicles. Alstom vehicles not built in Canada are a-okay in my books. Flexity Freedoms bought after 2021 are technically Alstom Canada too.
dowlingm
Senior Member
and yet that same arrangement did not save the Flexity downtown order.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Thaboss
Active Member
Sorry I'm not sure what you're talking about.
Thaboss
Active Member
Oh boy...urbantoronto is about to explode
urbanclient
Active Member
So Metrolinx handed the TTC a turd, which the TTC was unprepared to catch. Upper range trip times over 60 minutes are unacceptable. Why bother "scheduling" 46 minutes like it's some aspirational goal for a Sunday afternoon hike. Maybe the 90 second dwell times and the breakdowns are the friends we made along the way.
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PL1
Senior Member
I will say that the runner beating the LRT isn't crazy impressive given the current trip time. I'm a decent, middle aged runner and can still do a sub-50 minute 10k.... I may go this weekend and race the LRT just for fun!
Of course, they should speed this up so that only elite runners are faster!
Of course, they should speed this up so that only elite runners are faster!
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Read the Ottawa LRT derailment report
Cobra
Senior Member
Listening to the City Hall session - someone made a great point. That when the LRT was pitched it was supposed to be 33-34 minutes and their decision was based on that estimation. In retrospect, would the city have bought into the Finch LRT at current speed? Not sure...
I got to say that it's kind of rich that some are complaining about the number of stops slowing down the line when they fought to have the Sunnybrook stop added on line 5
I got to say that it's kind of rich that some are complaining about the number of stops slowing down the line when they fought to have the Sunnybrook stop added on line 5