KevinT
Active Member
Spotted today near Millhaven from VIA #64, presumably 508 and 509:
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Waterloo Region Transit Developments (ION LRT, new terminal, GRT buses)
Garuda
Active Member
Were you filming knowing they were going to pop up or just because?
KevinT
Active Member
I heard they were loaded and awaiting pickup last Friday, so filmed every train we passed in the hopes of catching them.
Edit to add: In this case they were still on a siding and we were just coming out of a go-slow section, so the speed differential fortunately wasn't very high. The other trains I filmed were blurs, I was afraid I had missed them.
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steveintoronto
Superstar
^I was just through K/W today. What an incredible difference downtown in King now being a pedestrian and transit steeped thoroughfare.
micheal_can
Senior Member
I heard they were loaded and awaiting pickup last Friday, so filmed every train we passed in the hopes of catching them.
Edit to add: In this case they were still on a siding and we were just coming out of a go-slow section, so the speed differential fortunately wasn't very high. The other trains I filmed were just blurs, I was afraid I had missed them.
So, you were using your cell at work? Hopefully your company doesn't catch you.
KevinT
Active Member
How so? I was a passenger.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Sorry for the assumption. You should have stated that.
robmausser
Senior Member
I can't believe they arent going to have this up and running in time for Oktoberfest. What a cock up.
KevinT
Active Member
December 2018 is the most recent date given by the region to the media. That will also be tight, especially if there are frame issues similar to the TTC's (this is still under investigation). In theory the first train with what the region calls 'specialized equipment' (radios, video cameras, and communications based train controls) will be arriving within the next month. Not sure how quickly the rest will get this gear installed, Bombardier has been contracted to do all of the installation work divided between Millhaven and Waterloo.
jordanmkasla2009
Active Member
Technically speaking it will be up and running... just not in revenue service or accepting passengers
TransitBart
Senior Member
So reading this discussion. The tunnels of the Eglinton LRT are complete. Most underground stations will reach substantial completion at the end of next year. Not a millimetre of track has been laid on the surface. How long will Mlinx need to commission the Toronto project? From what I am reading here, it could take a long while.
How long did the TTC run the Spadina trains up to VMC before opening the line? Three weeks or three months?
How long did the TTC run the Spadina trains up to VMC before opening the line? Three weeks or three months?
drum118
Superstar
7 months, considering Finch wasn't turn over to TTC until a week or 2 before the opening. Been told, the station is still not finish.
How long do you think it will take to lay surface track???? How long does it take TTC to rebuilt straight tracks on the existing system these days???
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KevinT
Active Member
Wrong thread?
TransitBart
Senior Member
The point was to extrapolate the commissioning experience from one project to another. I am taken aback how long commissioning 14 consists in a not huge city is taking.
smallspy
Senior Member
But it's also 14 vehicles in a city which has no equivalent or precedence in their modern history of operating. And with an operating model which they've never done before, either. And on a line which has an operating characteristic which the regulatory agencies still have issues muddling their way through.
So yeah, they really are not making it easy on themselves.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.