Finch West Line 6 LRT

[afransen]

I have no issues with drivers stopping along the route for either a pit stop or to grab something to drink. When nature calls, you may not have enough time to wait tell the end of the trip.
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Depending on the route, drivers have no choice to stop along the route to get something to drink or want something different than what may be found at the end of the route. In some cases, they need more to drink, especially on hot days. Some drivers will inform the riders what they are doing, well others say nothing at all. Being behind the wheel for long or short hours has its challenges.

Been on many buses and streetcars when this happens, and take it as a fact of life. On a few streetcars in the past where drivers are asking to be relieved as they had finished their shift hours ago and told there was no one to relieve them and continue to operate. A few have said to the riders I passed by operation hours with no one to relieve that you will have to wait until someone shows up, as I am leaving the car here now.

Don't know what drivers can grab at the end of the line since we have yet to see anything with a driver having only a few spots to grab something to drink along the line.

I was on a bus once where the driver somehow injured their leg (could not walk). They stopped at a terminal, didn't say anything to the passengers, an ambulance arrived, took the driver away all without saying anything. I waited a bit and then got a taxi because it was not apparent that a replacement driver was going to be dispatched. Wild stuff...

 

[nfitz]

I was on a bus once where the driver somehow injured their leg (could not walk). They stopped at a terminal, didn't say anything to the passengers, an ambulance arrived, took the driver away all without saying anything. I waited a bit and then got a taxi because it was not apparent that a replacement driver was going to be dispatched. Wild stuff...

All rather odd. I bet no one would have said a bad thing had he just made a quick announcement while waiting for an ambulance. And I'm sure that someone would have assisted - if only to flag down the ambulance!

But we've probably all seen it before (well perhaps not the ambulance). Driver jumps off streetcar, locks the door, and runs off somewhere for something ... while people sit there and steam 400 metres from the stop they can walk to. Why people don't simply break the doors open I don't know ....

 

[afransen]

All rather odd. I bet no one would have said a bad thing had he just made a quick announcement while waiting for an ambulance. And I'm sure that someone would have assisted - if only to flag down the ambulance!

But we've probably all seen it before (well perhaps not the ambulance). Driver jumps off streetcar, locks the door, and runs off somewhere for something ... while people sit there and steam 400 metres from the stop they can walk to. Why people don't simply break the doors open I don't know ....

Locking passengers in a vehicle seems like a safety risk, no? At least for me in this situation, the doors were left open and I was free to leave.

 

[Steve X]

Locking riders in would be considered forceful confinement isn’t it? Which is punishable by criminal law. Unless it is unsafe for passengers to leave like an electrified overhead wire fell on the bus.

 

[nfitz]

Unless it is unsafe for passengers to leave like an electrified overhead wire fell on the bus.

Or the vehicle was parked in the middle of the rain, so if the doors were open, the person would have to cross a live lane of traffic?

 

[nfitz]

Or the vehicle was parked in the middle of the rain, so if the doors were open, the person would have to cross a live lane of traffic?

I don't see how it's any different than being parked in an overloaded train at a GO station for 30+ minutes with the doors closed.

 

[T3G]

Locking riders in would be considered forceful confinement isn’t it? Which is punishable by criminal law. Unless it is unsafe for passengers to leave like an electrified overhead wire fell on the bus.

MiWay drivers do this regularly at Square One.

 

[pattyrick]

The Humber College bus terminal perhaps. But what about the station? I assume they are going to be using (for eastbound) the stops at the SW corner of Humber College View attachment 700871View attachment 700872

I'm not sure why the 336 stops there but the 36 doesn't.

The 336 goes straight across Highway 27 and turns left onto John Garland to reach Finch.

The 36C rerouting has it turn left on Highway 27 to get to Finch directly.

 

[Jac.]

As an old guy remembering something that happened to me 50 years ago...
I had a job that started at midnight, and the bus route I took there, only ran once an hour.
There were typically about 10 passengers, with a few getting on at random bus stops.
One night, the driver decided to take an unscheduled detour to make a long unscheduled stop.
Almost made me late for work. But nothing compared to how other people must have felt, waiting at bus stops that never got served.
I only saw this happen once. Assuming someone complained (it wasn't me), I'm not surprised.
Bus route name/number withheld, but perhaps you can figure it out.
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Society yearns for more route 40 lore...

 

[ShonTron]

If you act

Society yearns for more route 40 lore...

Wouldn’t be the 40, as it would have been tethered by overhead wires at the time!

 

[IRT_BMT_IND]

If you act

Wouldn’t be the 40, as it would have been tethered by overhead wires at the time!

My guess is the 30 Lambton which used to have hourly service in the evening.

 

[Jac.]

If you act

Wouldn’t be the 40, as it would have been tethered by overhead wires at the time!

I really wish I read that part carefully, I thought that said 5 years... whoops.

 

[T3G]

My guess is the 30 Lambton which used to have hourly service in the evening.

My guess is the 30 or 50, as they're the only other routes besides the 40 which have that diagonal angle of travel at the east end.

According to Transit Toronto, 50 years ago the late evening frequency on the 30 was 40 minutes, while no frequency is given for the 50, so the latter is my guess.

 

[ShonTron]

My guess is the 30 or 50, as they're the only other routes besides the 40 which have that diagonal angle of travel at the east end.

According to Transit Toronto, 50 years ago the late evening frequency on the 30 was 40 minutes, while no frequency is given for the 50, so the latter is my guess.

Getting very off topic now, but my guess the bus was orange, not red.

 

[A 6264]

My guess is the 30 or 50, as they're the only other routes besides the 40 which have that diagonal angle of travel at the east end.

According to Transit Toronto, 50 years ago the late evening frequency on the 30 was 40 minutes, while no frequency is given for the 50, so the latter is my guess.

Gosh, I wasn't expecting posters to actually make guesses! T3G, you got it, it was 50 Burnhamthorpe.