TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

[Flexity504]

This Site has seriously gone Crap
I’m Done :]

 

[TransitBart]

^ When the new streetcars are traveling along Queen to get to the Leslie Barns, don't they put them in service?

Unlike buses, all streetcars run in service to their yards. Flexities are usually signed 501 on their last run from 504, 509, 514, 512,or 510 on Queen.

 

[smallspy]

Flexities are usually signed 501 on their last run from 504, 509, 514, 512,or 510 on Queen.

That was the case until about a month ago. They've since updated the sign programming, and every route now has its own set of destinations for each division.

Of course, that doesn't mean that the operator didn't know/realize this. But it should help prevent that from being the case going forward.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[Admiral Beez]

This Site has seriously gone Crap
I’m Done :]

Why, because you've been asked to defend your claims? Either put up or retract, no need to run home.

 

[dowlingm]

Why, because you've been asked to defend your claims? Either put up or retract, no need to run home.

but if he goes home there's nothing to keep him from his grade 8 poetry assignment.

 

[DSC]

There’s no proof for 95% of the claims made here.

Welcome to UT.

Don't judge us all by your own sometimes imaginative posts!

 

[Allandale25]

4457 has been offloaded at Hillcrest according to a tweet by Bombardier (picture included): https://twitter.com/BombardierRail/status/942796617597489153

 

[GTATransit]

Received word from Bryan Martyniuk that 4458 is on its way to Toronto from Thunder Bay
Also... 4457 was offloaded at Hilcrest

 

[pstogios]

Don't judge us all by your own sometimes imaginative posts!

I have never made a claim that cannot be backed up by a publicly-available reference. That cannot be said for some posters here.

 

[Robert James]

The drip, drip. drip of delivery is frustrating, but we are starting to see results. If you look at the whole picture in terms of public transportation in the GTA, the TTC is forging ahead nonetheless with new capabilities. The new subway extension is a case in point, and the building of a series of new subway stations further evidence of accomplishment. We are becoming more integrated as a community through the building of mass transit. It may be at slow pace, bu it is progress nonetheless. So now we have more of a foundation of Flexity streetcars with which to work, and the rate of production seems headed in the right direction. We are more likely to see them crisscrossing our paths on a daily basis, and its only going to get better. That's good stuff. I'd like to thank all of the good people who have worked and are working still to get things done at all the levels of production, as well as the ones who have taken it upon themselves to keep us apprised on a daily basis of new developments and deliveries. Thank You! You help make our lives better. Finally, i'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Wonderful Holiday or a Merry Christmas, or a Happy Hanukkah, or any other festive salutation the I have undoubtedly overlooked, whichever one you prefer, as well as a Happy and Healthy New Year!

 

[Admiral Beez]

I remember as a kid in the 1970s seeing the first CLRV cars replacing the old streetcars and thinking I’m witnessing the modern age. It’s nice to repeat that feeling today everytime a Flexity rolls past. Though interestingly, I haven’t been on one since the Doors Open event at Leslie Barns. The 506 line rarely has Flexitys, and I find myself using Bikeshare over the streetcar on most trips.

 

[smuncky]

The drip, drip. drip of delivery is frustrating, but we are starting to see results. If you look at the whole picture in terms of public transportation in the GTA, the TTC is forging ahead nonetheless with new capabilities. The new subway extension is a case in point, and the building of a series of new subway stations further evidence of accomplishment. We are becoming more integrated as a community through the building of mass transit. It may be at slow pace, bu it is progress nonetheless. So now we have more of a foundation of Flexity streetcars with which to work, and the rate of production seems headed in the right direction. We are more likely to see them crisscrossing our paths on a daily basis, and its only going to get better. That's good stuff. I'd like to thank all of the good people who have worked and are working still to get things done at all the levels of production, as well as the ones who have taken it upon themselves to keep us apprised on a daily basis of new developments and deliveries. Thank You! You help make our lives better. Finally, i'd like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Wonderful Holiday or a Merry Christmas, or a Happy Hanukkah, or any other festive salutation the I have undoubtedly overlooked, whichever one you prefer, as well as a Happy and Healthy New Year!

It's nice to see a truly positive post once in a while.

 

[TransitBart]

That was the case until about a month ago. They've since updated the sign programming, and every route now has its own set of destinations for each division.

Of course, that doesn't mean that the operator didn't know/realize this. But it should help prevent that from being the case going forward.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

So tonight i was walking the gods....er dogs and I saw three Flexities on Leslie. Two were signed 501 Queen to Leslie. The last was oddly signed 514 Cherry Short Turn.

 

[smallspy]

4456 was unloaded last night.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[DSC]

The last was oddly signed 514 Cherry Short Turn.

I have seen that too, it means they are going off duty and they go along King but do not turn down Cherry and return 'home' to the Leslie Barns. It is a short-turn in the sense it does not serve the Cherry loop.