Streety McCarface
Senior Member
I'd consider that an S-Bahn line. Those are run far differently than subway/MRT lines, lower frequencies is part of it.
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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nfitz
Superstar
Frequency seemed subway-like to me when I took it out to Suwon - it didn't feel particularly different to other older lines in Seoul to me - particularly Line 2. What is it when one is riding it, that makes it different?
To be honest, I always seemed to have the longest waits for Line 8 - which no one wouldn't call anything but subway or metro!
JSF-1
Active Member
I wouldn't use that as an example since its pretty much a Subway/Commuter service hybrid like what you see in Tokyo and Osaka. It was built to function that way, our Subway was not. OUr Subway is just that, a subway with local stops every km or so. Seoul Line 1 becomes a commuter rail service outside of the core with a verity of local and Express services. As well you'll notice not a single service serves all 200km of the line, you're going to have to transfer onto another train at some point.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Apologies if this was already posted but this was in the Finch West LRT team's year-end email update:
lead82
Senior Member
The 2019 provincial budget will see if things proceed or if this project gets cancelled. I'm hoping cooler heads prevail in the Tory caucus and this project is allowed to continue.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Maybe I'm reading too much into this but latest tweet from Councillor Ford:
He uses LRT in the project name in one line but only "higher-order" in another line. While LRT is "higher-order" transit, so is a subway...
I guess maybe it is a good sign he tweeted out the meeting.
He uses LRT in the project name in one line but only "higher-order" in another line. While LRT is "higher-order" transit, so is a subway...
I guess maybe it is a good sign he tweeted out the meeting.
Neutrino
Senior Member
Well, psychologists tell us the way to deal with anxiety and phobias is gradual exposure to the negative stimulus. Maybe this is the first step in habituating Ford to LRT 
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
I think this is very positive. I never thought I'd see a Ford say LRT without "streetcars" or "subways subways subways" in the same breath.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Michael Ford isn't a ford brother per se. different parents, his birth given last name isn't even Ford. He's still conservative, but isn't quite as full of bumbling idiocy as his uncles, at least from what I've seen.
Rainforest
Senior Member
Assuming that construction starts this year, can Finch LRT end up in service before Eglinton LRT?
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
No, because the Finch West LRT is scheduled to open in 2023, while the Eglinton LRT opens in 2021.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
He was a councillor at Camp Kandalore when I was a camper there. As a a person, he was a really nice guy. He does deserve a chance to prove himself as a councillor without the baggage of the Ford name.
sixrings
Senior Member
He got the job though because of his last name. I would like to be totally unqualified for a job yet get it because of a name and then get the opportunity to prove myself worthy the after. There are lots of really nice guys who get far less chances.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
I agree with that, Mr. Trump. But sometimes having the same infamous last name can have the opposite.
sixrings
Senior Member
For better or worse I'm not a fan of someone's last name get them a job. Someone should be able to lead without the last name bush, Clinton, Trudeau ford and or trump. Btw I voted for Trudeau. I have pretty much nothing good to say about trump but he did market his own name.