Siemens just released their new G1 subway trains into revenue service in Nuremberg, Germany. Siemens has already a big footprint in the rail market in North America. So it can be assumed that for the RFQ process for new TTC subway trains they will bid with their new G1 type trains. I like the colour scheme of the Nuremberg subway as it fits well the TTC scheme. Also, it’s a beautiful design of a metro train. See for yourself and all your opinions are most welcome!
Siemens just released their new G1 subway trains into revenue service in Nuremberg, Germany. Siemens has already a big footprint in the rail market in North America. So it can be assumed that for the RFQ process for new TTC subway trains they will bid with their new G1 type trains. I like the colour scheme of the Nuremberg subway as it fits well the TTC scheme. Also, it’s a beautiful design of a metro train. See for yourself and all your opinions are most welcome!
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Not even close at this time. Maybe after 2025Has the RFQ process launched yet?
If you want a good looking train, start by hiring a good design team for the body. Obviously whoever specified the shape and finish of the TRs lack any artistic style.
That would be the TTC.
Dan
Obviously whoever specified the shape and finish of the TRs lack any artistic style.
They are an obvious improvment over the T1's no doubt but there are aspects of the trains that were outdated before we even purchased them. The one that comes to mind for me is the not having LCD displays and instead opting for basic LED dot-matrix displays. Obviosly LCD's can display far more info than the current LED displays which are only really good for telling you the station name and what side to exit. As well the light up maps we use are pretty much expansion proof since they were only designed with the TYSSE in mind, they don't have any provisions for further expansions of the system. This can be remedied by either going to LCD maps like what you see in Japan or doing a mix of static maps with LCD displays for further information like seen on the Azur trains in Montreal.I only ride them as a visitor to TO rather than every day and so my maybe my opinion doesn't count for much, but I really like the TRs and don't understand why there's so much hate on them in this forum. I'd be happy to see them on Line 2 as well.
Looks good! Hopefully they will come out with something like this or more in updated styling in line with European and Asian countriesI thought I'd share a render I put together in Photoshop of what I thought new subway cars for Toronto could look like.
Their latest branding has been all about the red, so I added that in a similar fashion to the LFLRVs. Still maintained the bare stainless.
The upper portion of the front was a little nod to the old Hawker cars. Really liked that detailing they had.
Concept subway train for Toronto by Adrian Badaraco, on Flickr
Sort of reminds me of the Tobu 70000 Series trains in Tokyo, which you can see in the pic below.I thought I'd share a render I put together in Photoshop of what I thought new subway cars for Toronto could look like.
Their latest branding has been all about the red, so I added that in a similar fashion to the LFLRVs. Still maintained the bare stainless.
The upper portion of the front was a little nod to the old Hawker cars. Really liked that detailing they had.
Concept subway train for Toronto by Adrian Badaraco, on Flickr
The one that comes to mind for me is the not having LCD displays and instead opting for basic LED dot-matrix displays. Obviosly LCD's can display far more info than the current LED displays which are only really good for telling you the station name and what side to exit. As well the light up maps we use are pretty much expansion proof since they were only designed with the TYSSE in mind, they don't have any provisions for further expansions of the system. This can be remedied by either going to LCD maps like what you see in Japan or doing a mix of static maps with LCD displays for further information like seen on the Azur trains in Montreal.