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steveintoronto said:
The UPX platform height is within inches of the UK height. This was a discussion point in the VIA string as per VIA high platforms v. GO high platforms. Any difference from the UK standard can be addressed in the design, and may just be a simple matter of adding shims in the suspension. Stadler are building for the North Am market and both high and low platforms:

http://caltrain-hsr.blogspot.com/2009/09/platform-height.html

"In Canada, only Montreal's Central Station and Quebec's Gare du Palais have high level platforms at 48 inches (1,219 mm) above top of rail."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_platform_height

Great Platform Height Debate: Subway-Style Level Boarding for GO ...
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Ottawa VIA station recently added a high level platform.
 
Reecemartin said:
Haha, I have been following it closely...

The system will likely be similar to in the Gold Coast where the number of minutes to the next several stops will be shown. In my opinion, this would be the ideal setup:

Have 3 screens which you rotate through, one can give the next 3 or so stations, the next can show whether the other connecting lines are delayed or operating well, the third can show the connecting buses at the next station and maybe even the time until their departure.
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If the TTC wasn't so backwards, they could used the screens on the TRs to show transit connections and POIs on the next station. Instead they just cycle through not super useful info. They could rotate between messages they want to display and next station info. Delay info? Live feeds on a train/LRV is way too advanced for the TTC!
 
Steve X said:
If the TTC wasn't so backwards, they could used the screens on the TRs to show transit connections and POIs on the next station. Instead they just cycle through not super useful info. They could rotate between messages they want to display and next station info. Delay info? Live feeds on a train/LRV is way too advanced for the TTC!
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I think its more of a case of putting up too much information at one time on them and not enough time to read it.
 
Meanwhile in Ottawa

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https://mobile.twitter.com/rail613/status/1032429158884929536
 
crs1026 said:
European? All those bland square high rise buildings rising out of an unwalkable ground level wasteland?

More like Soviet gulag. Or Chinese postMao. Not my preferred streetscape or place of residence.

- Paul

PS: Nice LRT, though.
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Well, to be fair that's not the best representation of Ottawa architecture, though Ottawa is only now building some interesting tall buildings, all outside of downtown and it's protected sightlines of the Parliament buildings.

This picture is taken at Hurdman station, which happens to sit on a former landfill which is why it's empty land.
 
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