Recent content by robmausser

This is one of the biggest problems with any of the "Transit city" era projects like Line 5, 6. Its why Metorlinx and Crosslinx sued each other multiple times. The contracts were poorly written. Mosaic basically underbid everyone else because the contracts basically let them do the bare minimum...

I thought that the slow zones on Line 2 were all fixed?

Yes its two fold. These trains have lots of problems but also they aren't designed what MX is now using them for. They are heavy, big, and were really designed for the Ottawa O-Train "MetroLRT" which is really not an LRT network. They are terrible for using in what I like to call "Streetcar+"...

Good thing we didn't use the trains on another Line in Ontario when it was obvious they were crap! ....

This is a gross oversimplification. The specific Citadis variants we are using on Line 6 are used nowhere in the world BUT the Ottawa O-Train. They are a special North American variant that is much different and a new updated version than used anywhere else in the world. Go read the O-Train...

UGH I love engineering solutions like this that get around government safety bureaucratic overreach that worsen rapid transit 🥵

The pro-subways-everywhere crowd have found their ideological scapegoat. They were frothing at the mouth this whole time, waiting for any moment to strike. You better believe that when all the issues with Finch are fixed, they still will lambast it like it still exists on opening day.

This is easily fixable with barrier fencing along the route of the LRTs. But people find this unsightly and overbearing. Pedestrians wandering platforms is a non-issue in that its the same issue with any other kind of rail without platform screen doors.

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Luckily they have not been used. The Crosstown switches are different, arent buried in concrete and use different heaters, and can be easily heated with portable gas heaters if needed.

Yes 100% agree. The GEXR line is the only option for dedicated VIA rail in South-Western Ontario. VIA needs to purchase GEXR from CN and upgrade to Class 6 177kmh from London until it meets the Metrolinx line in Kitchener. Any other idea is pie in the sky, and missing Kitchener-Waterloo on the...

The metro area of Barcelona is 6 million in an area smaller than downtown Toronto. This is the issue with throwing around population, its not apples and oranges. Whats important is population density. Also there are a ton of informations online about how Subway costs are a lot cheaper in Europe...

basically building LRT's like our streetcar system (embedded rail, in the centre of the lane) was a mistake. but thats what we do in Toronto. Do things the Toronto way! Oh, someone else did it better elsewhere? Put those blinders on folks, because the only way is the Toronto way!

So surely Siemens is going to come and fix these trains? Also i've heard that these trains don't do well in cold weather? Is that true? Did VIA and Ontario Northlander just buy a bunch of trains that aren't good for our winters? Can Siemens fix that?

ok but youre wrong. It was an added expense, especially if you kept the Leslie station.