Kyle Campbell
Active Member
In Ottawa's version of the citadis there's one bike area per vehicle (where there is a set of flip down seats), which is actually the same situation as the LINTs on the Trillium line.
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Metrolinx: Bombardier Flexity Freedom & Alstom Citadis Spirit LRVs
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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kEiThZ
Superstar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroAirport_Basel_Mulhouse_Freiburg#International_status
I'd be curious if more people bike in Toronto than Ottawa. Ottawa is colder. But it's also smaller. Making it far more bikeable. And while Ottawa is moving on rail, a lot of the bus services are poor. Which makes biking a great last mile solution. Since these LRTs in Toronto are all being built in the suburbs, I wonder how much biking really factors in their access.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Hopefully, the powers that be include some bicycle parking near the light rail stops or stations.
From link.
OCCheetos
Active Member
Apparently the Rideau Transit Group has lost several parts (including some computer modules) for Ottawa's 34th LRV. It's the last train to be built for the Confederation Line and the city won't open the line until it is complete (along with all the other delays).
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
M636RF
New Member
An interior view of the Alstom facility in Brampton.
https://twitter.com/AlstomCanada/status/1050770193474031618
https://twitter.com/AlstomCanada/status/1050770193474031618
Allandale25
Senior Member
Media tour today: https://twitter.com/BenSpurr/status/1057323232645136384
This tweet includes a video of the Metrolinx Bombardier LRV moving (in the distance).
Update: better video here:
https://twitter.com/BenSpurr/status/1057325737764515840
(Ben has started a thread)
This tweet includes a video of the Metrolinx Bombardier LRV moving (in the distance).
Update: better video here:
https://twitter.com/BenSpurr/status/1057325737764515840
(Ben has started a thread)
raptor
Senior Member
Neutrino
Senior Member
I want the Eglinton LRV to be red to troll people into thinking it's a streetcar.
pman
Senior Member
To be fair, it doesn’t seem that much larger than the new streetcars.
jordanmkasla2009
Active Member
These Flexity Freedom LRVs are 0.6 m longer and 0.11m wider than the Toronto Flexity Outlook LFLRV
pman
Senior Member
So basically it is a streetcar.
jordanmkasla2009
Active Member
nope. It's an Electric Multiple Unit train. These vehicles can be arranged in up to 4 vehicle trains operated from a single cab with each trailing unit self-powered. They have a Scharfenberg coupler for inter-vehicle communication and control.
That's something that the new Toronto Streetcars can't do
TOareaFan
Superstar
You mean they are a modern LRV with the flexibility to run longer trains during peak demand periods then run shorter more demand-appropriate trains during less busy times....allowing the system to provide service through the peaks and valleys of demand times?
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nfitz
Superstar
Yeah, pretty much. Very similar interiors and exteriors. About 100 millimetres wider, and 600 millimetres longer.
Of course, these can be put in into trains of multiple streetcars - but anyone trying to tell you a single vehicle is a train, is wrong!
They are more modern than Toronto's current streetcar/LRVs. The CLRV and the ALRV.