GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[Woodbridge_Heights]

If subway trains reopened the doors every time someone stuck their arm in, they would never leave busy stations. That would limit the line's capacity, requiring frequency to be reduced.

Elevators have 1 door. GO Trains have up to 24.

Careful what you wish for.

And besides, do you honestly think someone would be injured by a GO train door? I haven't tried it personally but I assume they are like subway doors in that they are designed to hit people without causing harm.

I'm pretty sure there was a fatality at Union when a person's bag got caught on a train and dragged them. So there is a precedent for passengers getting caught, and I assume this new policy is for liability purposes.

 

[Richard White]

I'm pretty sure there was a fatality at Union when a person's bag got caught on a train and dragged them. So there is a precedent for passengers getting caught, and I assume this new policy is for liability purposes.

I remember that.

Though I will add I once went to the wrong platform at Union. I ran so fast I barely made the train.

If not for the doors being open I would have been fooked.

 

[WB62]

I'm pretty sure there was a fatality at Union when a person's bag got caught on a train and dragged them. So there is a precedent for passengers getting caught, and I assume this new policy is for liability purposes.

The bag was caught on a grab iron as the train was pulling into the station, didn’t have anything to do with the doors. That’s why the grab irons on all coaches were removed a few years ago:

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

If the doors close one minute before the departure time, they should change the schedule time to the time that the doors close, not when they leave the station.

 

[Richard White]

If the doors close one minute before the departure time, they should change the schedule time to the time that the doors close, not when they leave the station.

Would that not just put us right back where we started?

 

[WB62]

I'm pretty sure there was a fatality at Union when a person's bag got caught on a train and dragged them. So there is a precedent for passengers getting caught, and I assume this new policy is for liability purposes.

The bag was caught on a grab iron as the train was pulling into the station, didn’t have anything to do with the doors. That’s why the grab irons on all coaches were removed a few years ago:

 

[reaperexpress]

Would that not just put us right back where we started?

Yes and that's the point. To show the customers the accurate time they need to be on the platform. Behind the scenes GO can consider the departure time to be whatever they like

 

[reaperexpress]

most of their operating cost is fuel I believe, so shorter trains means less gas

https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/...22-23-Business-Plan-Final-English-Version.pdf

 

[turbanplanner]

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Thanks not sure where I heard that from but looks like it was wrong

 

[rbt]

If the doors close one minute before the departure time, they should change the schedule time to the time that the doors close, not when they leave the station.

Agreed. I wondered if there is some quirk in Alstom's operations contract (inherited from Bombardier) which prevented doing this: padding the running time (from the customers perspective) is the obvious change to make.

 

[Krypto98]

The bag was caught on a grab iron as the train was pulling into the station, didn’t have anything to do with the doors. That’s why the grab irons on all coaches were removed a few years ago:

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Noooooo now I can't ride the coach on the outside...


Actually they would probably be as bad to ride as a loaded lumber car... I've never liked riding those...

 

[WB62]

Noooooo now I can't ride the coach on the outside...


Actually they would probably be as bad to ride as a loaded lumber car... I've never liked riding those...

You can ride outside if you find an older coach with an unlocked upper level window, which I’ve found two of in the past month.

In all seriousness it’s a major safety concern to have those windows on the upper level unlocked, someone can easily fall out if they lean out the window to smoke or something.

 

[Krypto98]

You can ride outside if you find an older coach with an unlocked upper level window, which I’ve found two of in the past month.

In all seriousness it’s a major safety concern to have those windows on the upper level unlocked, someone can easily fall out if they lean out the window to smoke or something.

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Haha yeah I've seen this too now


In all seriousness... don't ride the outside. I've been professionally trained on riding rail cars on the outside and if you don't know what you are doing you'll get hurt very badly...

 

[Richard White]

Haha yeah I've seen this too now


In all seriousness... don't ride the outside. I've been professionally trained on riding rail cars on the outside and if you don't know what you are doing you'll get hurt very badly...

Like this?

 

[crs1026]

In all seriousness... don't ride the outside. I've been professionally trained on riding rail cars on the outside and if you don't know what you are doing you'll get hurt very badly...

And even for those who are trained and experienced, it remains a very high-risk part of their jobs - roughly 10% of all rail worker fatalities are related to situations where they were riding the outside of railcars.

- Paul