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[thettctransitfanatic]

New images of the new subway cars released.
These are pretty nice. Thank God the initial design was just a place holder. It looked homely and outdated. Especially compared to rolling stock in places like Paris and Lisbon.

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This is a modified version of the Alstom Metropolis model. Which are actually used in Montreal right now.

 

[kotsy]

Piccadilly has new trains? I was there a few weeks ago and they looked as beaten up as ever. The Elizabeth Line trains and stations looked nice, but I suspect given the extreme passenger volumes, will look shabby in a few years like the rest of their system.

The new trains have just starting to enter service very recently.

Via https://railway-news.com/detailed-design-of-piccadilly-tube-trains-revealed/

Edit: rollout originally scheduled to start at the end of 2025 has been pushed to the 2nd half of 2026.

 

[81-717]

Actually, the new Piccadilly Line trains are very robust and modern.

Knock TFL all you want but their system is far better than ours on any given day.

I never commented on how reliable or on-time their system is vs. ours. At least all of our trains (old & new) look like trains/subways, unlike 99.9% of theirs (old & new, especially the deep-tube stock). I like the proposed design of the new trains we're gonna get for what it is, and don't particularly wish to subconsciously associate it with TFL. A decade ago the public praised the TRs because they reminded them of the Hong Kong MTR, and now the TR design appears to be outdated already (who'd've thought).

 

[Towered]

New images of the new subway cars released.
These are pretty nice. Thank God the initial design was just a place holder. It looked homely and outdated. Especially compared to rolling stock in places like Paris and Lisbon.

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Not Toronto appropriate. Send them back and don't submit again until they're sufficiently boxy and grey.

 

[IBlack1]

They look amazing!

 

[Richard White]

Not Toronto appropriate. Send them back and don't submit again until they're sufficiently boxy and grey.

It is worth nothing that the G-Series tranins were both red and british.

 

[81-717]

It is worth nothing that the G-Series tranins were both red and british.

I like that the Alstom trains in Budapest (line 2 & 4) have a nice cream interior somewhat reminiscent of the H-series (or even the R42), rather than bland gray/white.

 

[Richard White]

I like that the Alstom trains in Budapest (line 2 & 4) have a nice cream interior somewhat reminiscent of the H-series (or even the R42), rather than bland gray/white.

I know the trains well. I believe the M2 trains were retrofits of the Soviet Trains while M4 are new trains.

The bench seating is amazing in them although I do miss their old trains.

 

[81-717]

I know the trains well. I believe the M2 trains were retrofits of the Soviet Trains while M4 are new trains.

The bench seating is amazing in them although I do miss their old trains.

Line 2 & 4 use the same model, but 5-car vs. 4-car sets respectively, also line 4 is ATO (no cabs, just a full-width railfan window) while line 2 is manual. So basically similar situation to our line 1 & 4.
Line 3 is the one that had the old 81-717 (and Ev3) trains that were replaced in 2017/2018 with a refurbished model (81-717.2K), none of which have open gangways. Just like our line 2.
(my profile pic is a 81-717 train at Kőbánya-Kispest station that I took in 2017)

 

[Islington Express Bus]

They look amazing!
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Line 2 extension to the Port Lands confirmed?!?!?

 

[christiesplits]

New images of the new subway cars released.
These are pretty nice. Thank God the initial design was just a place holder. It looked homely and outdated. Especially compared to rolling stock in places like Paris and Lisbon.

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I adore the red livery.

What are the chances we will actually get red trains? Could keeping them stock colour be a penny pinching exercise?

 

[mr_content]

New images of the new subway cars released.
These are pretty nice. Thank God the initial design was just a place holder. It looked homely and outdated. Especially compared to rolling stock in places like Paris and Lisbon.

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These are really attractive! And just when it was beginning to feel like we'd never be allowed to have nice things...

 

[81-717]

Line 2 about to look better than Line 1 for once.

Line 1 will also get a few, so it's not like line 1 would ever be stuck with handmedowns like line 2 was.

 

[APTA-2048]

I adore the red livery.

What are the chances we will actually get red trains? Could keeping them stock colour be a penny pinching exercise?

When the new LFLRV livery came out on the buses, I spoke to someone in the design department and the TTC was very keen on leaning very much into the red in their branding. So I think there's a really good chance the red stays on the train.

Just noticed the interior has a green colour palette. I’m fairly certain it’s just a place holder. But it would be in line with the Bloor-Danforth line colour.

I’d personally like to see vinyl covered seats with a red pattern or various alternating solid red shade’s throughout. I’ve had an interior design idea for years now, but I just never got around the sketching it out and putting it through Photoshop.

 

[JasonParis]

I adore the red livery.

What are the chances we will actually get red trains? Could keeping them stock colour be a penny pinching exercise?

Ideally, all TTC-operated rolling stock would adopt some version of this livery, at least as a long-term goal. Unfortunately, we’re now locked into the rather dire colour schemes on Lines 5 and 6 for a generation.