Ottawa Transit Developments

[Kyle Campbell]

Does anyone have a map/ diagram that shows which parts of line 2 are single track and which parts are double track?

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[lrt's friend]

Walkley Road overpass will not be replaced in the foreseeable future to allow double tracking. It was just rehabilitated as part of this project. Pretty short sighted in my opinion, but it is what it is

 

[IRT_BMT_IND]

OC Transpo seems to be really overly cautious with opening this line, seeing how this week has been pretty much fine (which is not surprising, as unlike the Confederation line it uses proven rolling stock which is suitable for the application) really they probably could start full seven day service immediately after this weekend and there probably would be no problems, it really is ridiculous to make everyone wait almost another month for full weekend service unless there is a really good reason to.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

It's annoying, but at least it's finally open. I used it for commuting this week, the train was quite busy on Thursday afternoon to the point every seat was taken after Carleton station southbound. The train seemed fuller than a typical line 1 train at the same time period

 

[lrt's friend]

OC Transpo seems to be really overly cautious with opening this line, seeing how this week has been pretty much fine (which is not surprising, as unlike the Confederation line it uses proven rolling stock which is suitable for the application) really they probably could start full seven day service immediately after this weekend and there probably would be no problems, it really is ridiculous to make everyone wait almost another month for full weekend service unless there is a really good reason to.

The worry was not having enough trained operators to run 7 day service reliably. Also, it gives extra time to fix any glitches that only show up in live service. I understand that there have been some minor problems.

 

[reaperexpress]

OC Transpo seems to be really overly cautious with opening this line, seeing how this week has been pretty much fine (which is not surprising, as unlike the Confederation line it uses proven rolling stock which is suitable for the application) really they probably could start full seven day service immediately after this weekend and there probably would be no problems, it really is ridiculous to make everyone wait almost another month for full weekend service unless there is a really good reason to.

They didn't have enough trained operators. If they insisted on opening all 7 days, the line's opening would have needed to be delayed by several more weeks.