Waterloo Region Transit Developments (ION LRT, new terminal, GRT buses)

[SaugeenJunction]

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Thanks for the pictures Duck. Every week I anticipate you posting pictures, and I look forward to it. Keep them coming, we all really appreciate it! Awesome to see KW's LRT system come together.

 

[ehlow]

Wow so much snow in Waterloo, even though it's only 1.5 hours from Toronto

 

[innsertnamehere]

Its just a dusting. I drove through Montreal today and it was the same there.

It'll all melt by tomorrow.

 

[timio]

Its just a dusting. I drove through Montreal today and it was the same there.

It'll all melt by tomorrow.

Mostly gone already.

 

[robmausser]

As a Torontonian the speed of this project makes me insanely envious.

 

[44 North]

Was staying in dt KW last week, and got a few pics of this line from the Charles/Benton area. Seems like Charles is being extended/widened in the distance, and north of here the line splits into its downtown loop.

 

[Markster]

Seems like Charles is being extended/widened in the distance

Well, it does need to fit an LRT through the middle!

All works are LRT related. It's true though, that for much of Charles, the curb-to-curb width (including the LRT ROW) will be wider than before.

 

[Duck]

Staying on track
GrandLinq plans to have section of $1.9-billion LRT system ready for tests by June

Very, very exciting news for us - and the first actual confirmation that testing will begin along the Waterloo Spur!

 

[drum118]

Dec 24
Lot more up on site

The platforms will support 2 cars sets from day one. I don't see this line being ready by June to start testing cars if there are cars to be tested in the first place.

 

[jamincan]

I think the testing is supposed to start only on the Spur Line portion of the line north of Erb, which is well on its way to being ready.

 

[Duck]

Correct. Only OMSF to Erb will be ready by June for testing. That's the Waterloo Spur.

 

[modernizt]

Former Waterlooian here. Thanks to everyone in this thread for their dedication to posting updates, and on such a regular schedule. It's really exciting to see this come together after all these years, and what progress it's making indeed! I used to think this day would never come.

Question, since I really need to get up to speed on this project:
Is the plan for the ION system to have signal priorities at vehicular intersections and rail crossings?

 

[mpd618]

Question, since I really need to get up to speed on this project:
Is the plan for the ION system to have signal priorities at vehicular intersections and rail crossings?

That's the idea, though how aggressive the priority will be is unclear.

 

[ShonTron]

I'd hope that at least along the open track (the Waterloo Corridor and along the Huron Spur), the LRT will be treated like a mainline railway, with full priority (crossbucks, lights, bells, gates) similar to how the outer sections of the Calgary and Edmonton LRTs operate. Along Charles, through Downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo, I hope to see some transit priority at signalized crossings.

 

[Duck]

On the Spurs, yes that's exactly how it operates, at 70-80 km/h.

Neat article about the "big dome":

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/6218045-work-starts-on-lrt-dome-