nfitz
Superstar
We did better on Line 4. With actual removable walls rather than just some paint.
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smallspy
Senior Member
That is completely and totally incorrect. The line voltage - 1500Vdc in the case of Ottawa and 750Vdc in Toronto - has no bearing on the onboard traction bus voltage, which is about 480Vac.
How is this any different than the 30 foot long stickers that were applied to each platform, exactly?hen Helsinki artificially shortened their Metro from 6 cars (135m) to 4 cars (90m) to save 50 million Euros on the Western Espoo extension, at least they put in proper stickers on the platform edge to demarcate the boarding zone:
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A roll of duct tape along the platform edge would've been better than what we did.
Ottawa got that right with the wall-mounted "Boarding zone/Zone d'embarquement" signage at the underground stations.
Seems like circular stickers similar to the Covid social-distancing ones would've been better.
Dan
Mind_the_gap
Active Member
This, they couldn't even be bothered to mirror the stickers at the termini/side-platforms, so on one side the text is facing you, on the other it's facing the train, which is totally useless.
If that's really 30 feet/9 metres, wow.
Not to mention the weather, salting and passengers will destroy the above-ground ones.
A_Faulty5
New Member
Eglinton does its job well
zang
Senior Member
I finally got the chance to look over this video in full and outside of my phone. It's very obviously either an analog camcorder (from long before 2011) or run through a filter. Tracking lines, the type of over-exposure blooming and the frame artifacts at the bottom just don't happen with digital recording methods; which by 2011 were the norm.
Again, a lot of pointless stuff is done as sheer clickbait. And by claiming to have recorded the video on something from 2011, it obviously has drawn enough attention to get people to promote it as such, even if it's entirely disingenuous.
hw621
Senior Member
Eglinton drivers: let's get on those tracks!
Eglinton does its job well
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youngblood
Active Member
Nice but why does it look like it’s going so slow
Eglinton does its job well
Bojaxs
Senior Member
Was thinking the same. It's great to see it beating out the traffic, however, if it were travelling faster it would make more of a statement to drivers.
A 6264
Active Member
nfitz
Superstar
Initially, it's just leaving Wynford station. After that I don't think it looks that slow - perhaps someone could time it and measure the distance?
Steve X
Senior Member
The trains are operated by ATO in the tunnels but manually driven on the surface. There seem to be a different speed limit and acceleration rate allowed when operators driven them vs. ATO driven. We hope they allow them to drive faster soon.
The Finch Citadis are not capable of ATO so they definitely won't work on Line 5 with having that system installed.
chrisw
Active Member
Though the YT video doesn't really make the claim. Maybe @SaugeenJunction was mistaken or making a joke. The YT video had a generic title 'Eglinton Crosstown LRT' and no comments.
From googling I just see the claim on social media posts from beyondfinch, on Reddit and Instagram, a 13s clip and I don't think they have overlapping footage with the YT video. They claimed they used a SamsungGT65.
Here's another user who took pictures using a Sony NEX-3 camera from 2011. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thr...at-is-now-line-5-eglinton-in-toronto.4829639/
kaptrice
New Member
The YouTube video is my footage.
I recorded on Video8. By 2007, when ECLRT was proposed with Transit City, it was reaching obsolescence but still in consumer use. I would have used Digital8, which my memories from 2007 are recorded on, but I don't have a working camera for it.
The Instagram post is someone else who recorded digitally.
These videos were taken for fun and uploaded just for sharing. I hope that it doesn't give any false impressions.
officedweller
Senior Member
In Vancouver, TransLink usually runs 2-car MKII trains on the Millennium Line's 80m platforms,
but that can vary.
The old notification displays used to read "2-car train to.." or "4-car trains to.." but the new displays don't do that.
People will just learn to get to the centre of the platform.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
I am sure that Alstom would fire up production of the Flexity Freedoms if a large enough order from Toronto/Ontario was requested. Also Hyundai Rotem also makes a similar tram, which seems to have similar door placements, which will be sharing tracks with Flexity Freedoms on the Edmonton Valley Line. Maybe they could make a 5-unit variant? Throw in Ontario assembly to sweeten the deal?
Interior layout seems to focus on standing space and circulation over seats.