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Waterloo Region Transit Developments (ION LRT, new terminal, GRT buses)
KevinT
Active Member
Caught a bit of today's testing on my lunch break as 505 arrived and departed from Waterloo Public Square. The signals at the Erb/Caroline intersection worked alright but the ones in the parking lot were still a bit glitchy...
hw621
Senior Member
Is this just the testing speed, or the actual operating speed? It looks slow to me.
KevinT
Active Member
Testing. The arrival was southbound travel on the northbound track which has a lower posted speed limit, and the departure stopped just past the crossover on the other side of the intersection. A few minutes later they used the crossover to switch to the southbound track and continued southbound into Kitchener.
drum118
Superstar
June 21
Luck out stopping off in Kitchener on my way to London to caught 506 in testing between Mills Station and Fairview Mall. If I have visited before 12 pm, I wouldn't have caught these videos. Testing was to start at 8:00 am, but started after 12 pm.
Every intersections had police officer on duty as well the contractor.
No idea what the plan is for communication, but the driver had a hand-held device that was moved from end to end and clip to the control panel.
Found the horn weak for crossing the road.
Car was slow arriving at Fairview Station, but it sure jack rabbit departing the station.
Luck out stopping off in Kitchener on my way to London to caught 506 in testing between Mills Station and Fairview Mall. If I have visited before 12 pm, I wouldn't have caught these videos. Testing was to start at 8:00 am, but started after 12 pm.
Every intersections had police officer on duty as well the contractor.
No idea what the plan is for communication, but the driver had a hand-held device that was moved from end to end and clip to the control panel.
Found the horn weak for crossing the road.
Car was slow arriving at Fairview Station, but it sure jack rabbit departing the station.
drum118
Superstar
June 21
jordanmkasla2009
Active Member
Handheld EDACS-compatible radio
Horn is just a testing precaution, they won't use it in service.
Yeah you caught them doing testing with one of the 13 new operators that they hired recently. In the cab in the 5th video you posted (from left to right) was one of the test contractors, the lead operator in the back, and the new operator-in-training
Allandale25
Senior Member
Recent article on Phase 2 to Cambridge:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitc...-route-with-exception-for-cambridge-1.4714418
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitc...-route-with-exception-for-cambridge-1.4714418
idc24
Active Member
Block Line station, Kitchener
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micheal_can
Senior Member
How many trains do they currently have?
jordanmkasla2009
Active Member
6 of 14 are in Waterloo getting Grandlinq's specialized equipment installed, 8 completed in Kingston having Grandlinq's specialized equipment installed in Kingston.
steveintoronto
Superstar
By running left hand in a couple of sections, one of the huge benefits of dedicated RoW is made clear. The added flexibility of operation will be invaluable later.
idc24
Active Member
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steveintoronto
Superstar
The irony of the name is exquisite.
