SaugeenJunction
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The Citadis Spirits looks so good
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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lead82
Senior Member
Wish they were red and not the ugly ugly grey colour.
SashaLemon
Active Member
Well to be fair Line 6 is coloured grey by the TTC.
But we didn't get orange trains for Line 5!!
afransen
Senior Member
If they are accessed by paying a TTC fare, I see no reason why they should not be TTC red. The only logic I can surmise is they want to avoid association with slow TTC streetcar service.
DatTranzitGuy
Active Member
Or because the subway is also grey/stainless steel/without a colour scheme
11th
Senior Member
The colour grey is also often branded as "silver". Same as goldenrod for "gold".Well to be fair Line 6 is coloured grey by the TTC.
But we didn't get orange trains for Line 5!!
We won't get a Gold line since there's already line 1 and line 5.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I really don't understand why people like them the doors are laid out badly and it looks like a box it has no sense of style to it at all. Metrolink cheeped out on buying them and doing nothing with them at all, and well doing so spent way to much on them.The Citadis Spirits looks so good
Amare
Senior Member
No, Metrolinx decided on the grey colour via their consultants.
T3G
Senior Member
The subway spends most of its time underground, out of sight, out of mind. Not really comparable to a vehicle that runs most of its route above ground.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
I must say I’m so impressed with the performance of the Finch LRT. Especially when you consider how rapidly the project has been built, while remaining relatively inexpensive. I little doubt that commuters will be very happy with the upgrade.
In light of this, I hope the City and the Province aggressively pursues extensions to Yonge and beyond.
Indeed, I hope Finch is just one of many suburban light rail lines built. Continual modest investment in light rail over the next several decades can see most of our most used suburban surface routes replaced with rail. Along with continual invest in metro and region rail, further light rail expansion will make our network even more robust, and will continue Toronto’s golden age of transport expansion.
anb
Active Member
The extension to Yonge makes the most sense, especially as Yonge line will be going more north. Although the extension on the Sheppard line to Sheppard West is honestly more preferable, if it can't happen, then the Finch extension works just as fine. If both happens anyways then that would be fantastic.
Between connecting the 2 sides of Line 1 with higher order transit (and hopefully relieving Bloor-Yonge with the most possible methods and realistic way), you would have 2 southern connections with Ontario and Bloor-Danforth, a midtown connection with Eglinton, and 2 northern connections with Sheppard and Finch (and one more northern connection if we count Highway 7's BRT, maybe the frequency and demand of Orange or a new routing will change once the Yonge extension is complete). Hopefully in the distant future they allow St Clair to have less stops and more priority on the streetcars at least between the 2 sides alone to start. Now that in total will end up being 8 whole efficient connections which is really saying much when we only just have 1 (or 2) currently.
Between connecting the 2 sides of Line 1 with higher order transit (and hopefully relieving Bloor-Yonge with the most possible methods and realistic way), you would have 2 southern connections with Ontario and Bloor-Danforth, a midtown connection with Eglinton, and 2 northern connections with Sheppard and Finch (and one more northern connection if we count Highway 7's BRT, maybe the frequency and demand of Orange or a new routing will change once the Yonge extension is complete). Hopefully in the distant future they allow St Clair to have less stops and more priority on the streetcars at least between the 2 sides alone to start. Now that in total will end up being 8 whole efficient connections which is really saying much when we only just have 1 (or 2) currently.
felix123
Active Member
Agreed, it looks like it moves as fast as Berlin's trams (which really fly).
lead82
Senior Member
True but I wished all the LRTs were painted the same colour as the streetcars rather than the subway trains. It would add so much needed colour on our suburban corridors. This city is so drab.Well to be fair Line 6 is coloured grey by the TTC.
But we didn't get orange trains for Line 5!!
Railrunner
Active Member
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Up until now, our only point of comparison in Toronto was our legacy streetcar network. So these light rail vehicles move a lot faster than I was anticipating.
The suburban environment has far fewer operational obstacles than downtown. This means fewer traffic lights, fewer turning/parking cars blocking the LRVs path, and fewer pedestrians getting in the way. The trains get up to speed quickly, and maintain that speed for some distance. That's not true of the downtown streetcars.
In hindsight, this are really obvious observations, but seeing it in person is really something.
I'm still concerned about transit signal priority, but even without that, I can't see anyone wanting to go back to the days of riding the bus. On the contrary, I'd imagine that transit riders elsewhere on Finch will be pretty disheartened that the FWLRT hasn't reached them yet.
I'm eager to see what an expanded suburban light rail network could do for Toronto. Alongside RER and subway expansions, I'd imagine that an expanded light rail network would make suburban public transport a rather pleasant experience.
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