TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

[chriskayTO]

Oops! Spoke to the owner - here's the photo itself:

 

[the lemur]

Oops! Spoke to the owner - here's the photo itself:

Thanks! Here's one from a test run about 2 weeks ago, going under the CPR tracks near Hillcrest.

 

[Dan416]

I love these streetcars. For some reason I don't hate them as much as I do the old ones.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

These things are absolutely beautiful.

 

[innsertnamehere]

I can't wait to ride one! I will have to make a special trip to Spadina opening day.. even if I have to sit around for an hour for the first one.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I'll be there! I'm sure many other UTers will be too

When are they scheduled to enter service anyways?

 

[innsertnamehere]

Sometime next year.

 

[nfitz]

Sometime next year.

I believe April 1, 2014 is the official date that's come up win some of the Metrolinx documents (as they are responsible for making sure Presto is working on them) ... I'd have to go back and check, but something like that.

Though that's the early date ... nothing to say that TTC wouldn't delay implementation, if they are having issues.

We'll have to see if they start receiving the production vehicles, which are supposed to start arriving in "fall 2013". i.e. now.

 

[junctionist]

I think the streetcars look bland. They're the same models as many cities use, just in a basic red paint scheme. The CLRVs, on the other hand, look distinctive.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

That's probably because no other cities wanted to purchase the CLRVs. If they had been more successful, the CLRV would have been as bland as the Peter Witt cars.

 

[Johnny Au]

That's probably because no other cities wanted to purchase the CLRVs. If they had been more successful, the CLRV would have been as bland as the Peter Witt cars.

Boston tried out a CLRV for its Green Line once.

 

[ShonTron]

That's probably because no other cities wanted to purchase the CLRVs. If they had been more successful, the CLRV would have been as bland as the Peter Witt cars.

Dozens of cities in North America operated PCCs too, including two other cities in Canada. Were they bland?

 

[the lemur]

I love these streetcars. For some reason I don't hate them as much as I do the old ones.

I never really hated the old ones but there's so much about these new ones that seems to be more appealing and/or makes more sense: the low floors, the wide doors and big windows, etc. What's really struck me so far is how quiet the propulsion is compared to the old CLRVs and ALRVs - so much so that the sound caused by minor unevenness of the tracks is much more prominent.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Dozens of cities in North America operated PCCs too, including two other cities in Canada. Were they bland?

I find them interesting because they're old. But I can't call them any less bland than our CLRVs or Flexities.

But I must admit I'm kind of a sucker for new things

 

[JayBeeGooner]

Boston tried out a CLRV for its Green Line once.

San Jose also bought CLRV variants from UTDC.