Kyle Campbell
Active Member
It's a very gradual opening plan. At least there's a date now, though I think it's excessively cautious
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Ottawa Transit Developments
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nfitz
Superstar
Excessively? When did full scale running start? I thought trains were still terminating at the current terminus - but perhaps I missed something.It's a very gradual opening plan. At least there's a date now, though I think it's excessively cautious
Or is January 6 just the beginning of trial-running without passengers?
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Jan 6th is the start of passenger service, but only on weekdays. Saturday services will start a minimum of 2 weeks after that, and full 7 day service no sooner than February. Bus service won't change until April, and until then the parallel Line 2 bus will keep running.Excessively? When did full scale running start? I thought trains were still terminating at the current terminus - but perhaps I missed something.
Or is January 6 just the beginning of trial-running without passengers?
Line 2 has been fully shut down for four years now, so it will be nice to have it back. They completely demolished and rebuilt it. The only thing left from the old line was the small station houses for faregates they had originally built in 2018 for 4 of the old stations. They also repurposed some of the old platform shelters as bus shelters at the new Limebank terminus.
This very soft launch is based on learnings from the whole confederation line debacle, but I kind of feel the pendulum has swung way to far in the caution direction
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Kyle Campbell
Active Member
You're thinking of Line 1. Those trains are still going and terminating at Blair and Tunneys. In 2025-6, it will extend to Trim in the East. Later in 2026 or 2027, Line 1 will be interlined with the new Line 3. Line 3 will go to Bayshore, and Line 1 to Algonquin as the new western terminiI thought trains were still terminating at the current terminus - but perhaps I missed something.
nfitz
Superstar
I'll try again.You're thinking of Line 1. Those trains are still going and terminating at Blair and Tunneys. In 2025-6, it will extend to Trim in the East. Later in 2026 or 2027, Line 1 will be interlined with the new Line 3. Line 3 will go to Bayshore, and Line 1 to Algonquin as the new western termini
How many weeks (months?) ago did they start the trail running with full weekday service at the level it will exist on January 6?
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
I'll try again.
How many weeks (months?) ago did they start the trail running with full weekday service at the level it will exist on January 6?
Sept 28th was when that started officially, although they've been running at near that level since at least April. After the 28th, they had to achieve 99.8% on time performance
So why I feel the whole thing is excessive, is that they've been running the trains for almost 18 months now, of which 9 months have been at or near full service level volumes, and they are still going with a very slowly paced soft launch.
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