VIA Rail

[dowlingm]

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Turbo Train in Oshawa Today.

Turbo from Wish more like

 

[dowlingm]

According to the guy who tracks equipment rotations on groups.io, there are now 11 Venture trainsets in daily service, 11 LRC, 6 HEP2 for a total of 28 Corridor trainsets.

 

[micheal_can]

I don't expect it to last more than a few days...

They are going to need other parties than the NDP, and that may risk an election.

Only way I see anything not political stopping it is the loss of profits to the shareholders.

 

[cplchanb]

According to the guy who tracks equipment rotations on groups.io, there are now 11 Venture trainsets in daily service, 11 LRC, 6 HEP2 for a total of 28 Corridor trainsets.

are they on track to fully phase out the LRCs by next spring?

 

[dowlingm]

are they on track to fully phase out the LRCs by next spring?

Seems so, although they are also reducing HEP sets - it seems the last trainset to come into service replaced a HEP. They don’t seem to be in any rush to operate Venture in J trains - I wonder if we will only see that happen when both trains are Vs not one V one L/H

 

[Allandale25]

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onlt/doc/2024/2024canlii72560/2024canlii72560.html?resultIndex=1&resultId=2c2e126ebf2647b0a2af36fc743705c0&searchId=2024-08-19T12:19:14:873/3869a35796ee438596e8163d57801899&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAKT2MgdHJhbnNwbwAAAAAB

 

[cplchanb]

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onlt/doc/2024/2024canlii72560/2024canlii72560.html?resultIndex=1&resultId=2c2e126ebf2647b0a2af36fc743705c0&searchId=2024-08-19T12:19:14:873/3869a35796ee438596e8163d57801899&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAKT2MgdHJhbnNwbwAAAAAB

what are their concerns? shouldnt they be happy to get more potential ridership?? or are they concerned their beautiful new station facade will get blocked by a condo?

 

[CapitalSeven]

The concerns are clearly expressed in the linked document. The VIA station is becoming an intermodal hub but both the LRT station and the proposed development, in VIA's opinion, get in the way of its doing so. Whether or not this is true I won't judge, but there doesn't seem to be any sort of master planning to determine what the station's role should be and what should be protected.

 

[Urban Sky]

The concerns are clearly expressed in the linked document. The VIA station is becoming an intermodal hub but both the LRT station and the proposed development, in VIA's opinion, get in the way of its doing so. Whether or not this is true I won't judge, but there doesn't seem to be any sort of master planning to determine what the station's role should be and what should be protected.

What else would you expect in a city where the LRT station built to serve the rail station is called „Tremblay“. VIA has always been an afterthought…

 

[cplchanb]

What else would you expect in a city where the LRT station built to serve the rail station is called „Tremblay“. VIA has always been an afterthought…

so in other words... city planners planned this station to be a suburban density and had no forethought for expansion or gasp... high rise density.

 

[Urban Sky]

so in other words... city planners planned this station to be a suburban density and had no forethought for expansion or gasp... high rise density.

That‘s how it reads, at least:

 

[cplchanb]

That‘s how it reads, at least:
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seems like poor planning for expansion to me.
this is why we have trouble with transit ridership.

 

[robmausser]

what are their concerns? shouldnt they be happy to get more potential ridership?? or are they concerned their beautiful new station facade will get blocked by a condo?

They just aren't used to having a station thats not in the middle of nowhere completely outside the city. Its spooky to be around people!

 

[Mihairokov]

I assume the new development comes with no pedestrian connection b/w it and Ottawa Station, as things currently stand with Trainyards.

 

[roger1818]

I assume the new development comes with no pedestrian connection b/w it and Ottawa Station, as things currently stand with Trainyards.

I wouldn't make that assumption. The development could be planning on using the existing tunnel to the VIA Rail Station. That could explain VIA Rail's concerns.