nfitz
Superstar
The 2031 peak-point capacity is 5,500. If they say they can do 15,000 an hour with 3-minute intervals, but really it's only 9,000 an hour, it's still very well above demand. So there's no real issue here.But that's the problem, the maximum capacity of the crosstown was calculated with that 250 passengers per vehicle — 250 passengers per vehicle * 3 vehicles per train * 20 trains per hour = 15,000 passengers per hour. A line opening with capacities that are supposed to be 2/3s of this peak load of 15,000 passengers is unreasonable, especially for a brand new line.
Obviously 750 passengers for a 90-metre trains isn't realistic ... TTC only uses 670 for the 92-metre Line 4 trains, which are significantly wider!