TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

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[newearthling]

Hey, I live just a couple of blocks away! Haven't had a ride on the new ones (or seen one) yet though.

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Where can I buy a scale model of one of these beauties? The streetcar looks darn stylish, and I would love one of these to act as a paperweight/ornament at work.

Unfortunately there isn't a scale model in TTC livery just yet. But there is a Austrian model manufacturer (Halling.at) who makes varies Bombardier models for European system. They produce motorized and non-motorized models. Maybe one day they will make a TTC variation Check them out:

http://www.halling.at/themes/kategorie/detail.php?artikelid=218

http://www.halling.at/Strassenbahn/Innsbruck/Gmunden-%28Stern-und-Hafferl%29-Bombardier-FLEXITY-Nr.320?source=2&refertype=1&referid=6

[video=youtube;ZbDFZuh9PJk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbDFZuh9PJk[/video]

 

[Torontovibe]

Hey, I live just a couple of blocks away! Haven't had a ride on the new ones (or seen one) yet though.

I'm out walking around downtown Toronto every day (day & night) and I still haven't seen one of these.

 

[DSC]

I'm out walking around downtown Toronto every day (day & night) and I still haven't seen one of these.

Me neither - I am beginning to think they don't really exist!

 

[ehlow]

Me neither - I am beginning to think they don't really exist!

It's the bigfoot or loch ness monster of transit

 

[newearthling]

Do you think they would have adjusted the width of the seats in the new cars, considering everyone is getting bigger?

 

[Forgotten]

Good job. Karen Stintz orders streetcars with different colour temperatured lighting in each compartment. Yet another reason why she is unfit to be mayor.

 

[W. K. Lis]

From Monday:


Lansdowne and College, looking South (streetcar heading West) [thanks Wrenkin]:
[video=youtube;99Gj6LaWuy8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Gj6LaWuy8&feature=youtu.be[/video]

YouTube

I'm guessing that the guy at the beginning of the video is taking a selfie of himself, not a photo of the new streetcar.

 

[Wrenkin]

Good job. Karen Stintz orders streetcars with different colour temperatured lighting in each compartment. Yet another reason why she is unfit to be mayor.

This is a testing car. Maybe they're testing different lightbulbs?

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Rob Ford is equally to blame for this.

 

[hawc]

They look good but they would look nicer using pantographs instead of poles.

I'm sure that's what everyone who sees them thinks.

 

[ehlow]

I just saw one for the first time on Spadina driving by! Didn't get a good look though. There's also the power outage happening though so interesting time for a test.

 

[FNTS]

I saw one yesterday right beneath my window (College and Gladstone) and I just saw one at King and John. They're very real!

 

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http://www.ttc.ca/News/2014/April/0417_beach_parade.jsp

The public will have its first chance to board the new streetcar during Doors Open Toronto on Sat. May 24, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the TTC’s Russell Division, 1433 Queen St. E.