Whether here or on the Streetcar Network thread....
The deliveries are all very positive. Getting back the two drowned cars, and the remaining new cars gives a net increase of about 30 Flexities from today's count.
CPTDB lists about seventy of the CLRVs remaining in service. There is a coming net reduction of about 50 units in service and that's depressing to consider. Especially when there is no active plan to resolve that.
I wish the city had leadership that had a plan (and the courage) to deal with the issues facing the transit system. To me, whining to other levels of government is a failure. It would be nice if the people running the place had the courage of their own convictions. It would be nice to know that each Councillor thought these issues were important.
What CPTDB list shows and what the TTC CEO report show are very different. I stand to be corrected, but TTC said there is only 54 cars that are serviceable. With Buses on 511 and Flexity going to 506, don't need 54 cars. This is what I posted yesterday on CPTDB from my visit to Russell
Track 22 see 4207, 4221, 4001 & 42?? on it with poles up and headlights.
Track 21 see 4146 + 2 CLRV on it With pole down and no headlights.
Track 20 sees 4079 and 3 other CLRV with poles down no headlights
Track 19 sees 4204 with pole up with a gap between it and 4249 and 2 other 42?? poles down, but still have headlights
501 cars were using track 16 to layover before going back westbound. There were 3 Flexity on it.
The big issue, TTC will not have all 204 cars on property until 2021/22 at the rate it taking to fix the welds on the plan 67 cars. 4400 took almost 400 days compare to the plan 19 weeks plus an extra 4-8 weeks to set things up for the others that were to follow it.
As noted, 2 water damage cars are going to TB now where 4401 is still waiting to be rebuilt, which means having 190 on property by year end is not in the cards. TTC will not have 190 cars ready for service until the first quarter of 2020.
TTC is still looking at having about 165 cars in service at peak time like it was with the old fleet and that a huge mistake, as its needs to be more to deal with the cattle car loads.
Trying to get funds from the Ford Government for more cars not going to happen until 2023 or 2027 when another party replace the Ford party. It may happen sooner if the Feds kick in 2/3 the cost of the new cars, depending who win power this month. It will take another 3/4 years after funds are found for more cars to show up. You may see more cars by 2027 or 2031 and that is sad when it should have been yesterday.
