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Well the dwell times aren't set right, so people rush the door. Once you're caught in a closing door, you'll naturally force it open, hence them more often falling out of the track. This doesn't happen easily on a typical metro train because they aren't using plug doors, so it's hard to knock...

An interesting read on Ottawa's door issues that might be important reading for Metrolinx on the Crosstown. You need to read the whole thread to get the full explanation Ion and the streetcars are in manual mode so I think people force doors less often but automatic mode on the Crosstown may...

So riding the train in the afternoon again, and the trains are comfortably full. They really just need the original 15 promised trains in the morning and it would do wonders (17 would be better). The afternoon rush hour is fine with 13. But of course OC Transpo had to go and ruin the whole thing...

Exactly. There's a reason this wasn't a problem during the 3 weeks of parallel service, or why it happens at pretty much the exact same time each day, because outside of 7:30 to 8:15 the trains have enough capacity. They don't in that 45 minute period each morning (the afternoon commute is much...

I don't mean multiple rail lines, I mean there was a major cut in bus service and frequency with this change besides the BRT routes that should have gone away. But more trains in rush hour is definitely needed. Outside that you might argue the frequency is actually too high, the trains are...

Eglinton demand is less than Ottawa I heard. 5k pphd versus 10 in Ottawa. Ignoring the door issue entirely though the train will shut down eventually for something regardless of rolling stock or door issues. In not missing the forest for the trees OC Transpo really has shown they are unprepared...

Sadly this was almost a given by deciding to restructure our network into a single point of failure. The equivalent in Toronto would have been to remove pretty muchevery streetcar and bus in the core and put everyone on the subway.

Actually turns out today's failure is far more spectacular than yesterday's. Twitter is having a field day

Sigh.....

It wasn't actually an hour the train was there. The train was moved within 20 minutes, and the trains continued to run in single track mode. However the backlog it caused took a full hour to clear. This is the major issue as in no other city in Canada are we as totally dependent on a single...

As Torontonians, Vancouverites, and Montrealers know though partial shutdowns are inevitable, and will happen in Ottawa now for all sorts of reasons even if the door issue never happened again. Ottawans aren't used to this though, with the transitway buses could divert around problems. Also...

I'm quite sure Bombardier will do something to undo that :)

I think is considered a requirement ever since Elevator Access laws came in effect in 2017. I don't think that the Confederation line has redundant elevators out of the goodness of beurocratic hearts. The TTC is also attempting to add redundant elevators whenever possible.

They are supposed to be running 15, but are only running 13. The claim is they didn't need them, but really I think they can only run 13 at the moment. There's lots of capacity outside 1 particular hour of the day they just need 3 minutes rather than 4 in rush hour

That hasn't stopped general complaining when 1 elevator goes down.

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I'm thinking of intersections. I'm going to be optimistic and assume Line 5 gets proper signal priority, but it will definitely all fall apart in a decent snowfall as traffic starts blocking intersections Did they plan anyplace to short turn trains at the end of the tunnel, so that surface...

Actually a snow storm will be a very interesting challenge in how they deal with it. Especially if partially greened, then you can't use a plow. If you don't run the trains through the night you'll end up with a situation like the Confederation Line where trains for stuck during testing last...

After trying to navigate Montreal with a stroller, I know realize how important accessibility (and lack thereof) is https://www.google.com/amp/s/ottawasun.com/news/local-news/riding-the-rails-in-a-wheelchair-rating-o-train-for-accessibility/wcm/f2ddac18-94a0-486f-84f0-61467d19de48/amp

Parliament's station ceiling is also a change, it became the main art piece rather than a mural up the stairs like Lyon. In this case, plan B was way better than plan A