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And 130 York. Dan

And how would you do that, considering that the signal system is completely integrated and the track is not configured for it? Dan

The signal system has nothing to do with it. Metrolinx (or Alstom, or Onxpress) could apply for a waiver tomorrow that would allow them to operate with one-man crews. The precedent exists in Canada, and has for quite some time. Dan

There's also the minor matter of ridership. ~60mil annually for GO compared to almost 400mil for the TTC. Or that it took the City 80 years to finally straighten Dufferin? Or the eyesore that was the Stump? Or the Bayview Ghost? There is a whole lot of recency bias going on in here.... Dan

Sorta. A train was caught in the tunnel waiting to access a station platform. A passenger had enough of the delay, opened one of the side doors via the emergency release and decided to continue his commute on foot. While the signal delay was cleared shortly after, that particular delay took...

What makes you think that it's just cyclists that are using the term? Dan

I know that's what they've said the closure is for. But it's also pretty hard to install girders on rebar with no concrete. And in the photos that you posted, there is no south abutment, and the north one is nothing more than formwork and rebar. I mean, perhaps they've developed a way to...

Judging by what you're showing us here, the closure is not for girder installation but rather for the concrete pour for the first of the bridge abutments.

Pan drop. The pantographs installed on the legacy network Flexities are "smart", and are capable of lowering themselves if they detect any situation or motion that could cause damage to either the overhead or themselves. They are arguably too sensitive however. Early on, a pan drop was...

As has been mentioned before.... Both lines will be operated from one division, just as how the BD and SRT was configured, or how the YUS and Sheppard still is today. Not necessarily all operators will be trained on both lines, but at least at the startup there will be some operators who will...

Considering what I have seen and heard, that entire organization is incapable of even finding a shovel, let alone using one. Mr. Lindsay may very well be a step back from Verster. Dan

It's not surprising, really. While OnXpress and the upcoming improvement of services on GO is a big deal to us here, it simply is not to the general populace. People hear in generalities about the nice things that Metrolinx is doing, and that they may have another train or two that they can...

As I understand it, that has nothing to do with the ATP. It has to do with the signal timing. The original timing was too aggressive when the service launched. Slowing down the trains allows for more time for the traffic signals to cycle, and all of the traffic to clear ahead of the trains...

Before Alstom sent out the email to their employees telling them about the delay in the takeover one was sent to all Metrolinx staff telling them that the delay was 9 months. OnXpress will take over September 1st, 2025. This has long been expected. What is surprising is that it took them so...

30 days per class, and at least for now they are able to teach two classes simultaneously - a morning class and an afternoon class. 2 sets of classes have already completed their training*, with the third not quite half-way through. Training on the subway has gotten a bit more intense with the...

What makes you think that they aren't? Just because you don't hear about it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. Dan

Off-the-shelf proven product that needs to be modified to suit the local needs, standards and regulations. This is the same idea as the Alstom system that has been installed on the subway, although that was trickier and more complex as it was installed over an existing system as it operated. Dan

It's not new. This is an off-the-shelf product that then gets modified to suit the system that it is running on. It may also require specific changes to suit the particular hardware that it is running on or interfacing with (different signal vendors, axle counters, dealing with phase harmonics...

I don't know if it has been fully repaired, but the third pair of training classes have started going out and doing their runs on the line, so it seems to me that it has been fixed enough to be safe again. Dan

Neither. All of Metrolink's units were built new for them. For the record, there still is no official word that these are for GO. All we know is that they are currently waybilled for ONR. Dan