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TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

drum118, thanks for the video! I was out of town this weekend, so wasn't able to go to the parade. Having the streetcars all lined up like that certainly would have provided a great perspective on Toronto's transit history.
 
Admiral Beez said:
I still don't see how these long beasts will get around crowded corners like westbound at Gerrard and Parliament without jamming up the intersection.

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Ha. Good point. I ride that route every day. It's so long it will be turning Northbound onto Parliament from Gerrard at the same time as it will be turning Westbound onto Carlton from Parliament. :D

I assume they'll use the current technique of waiting till the light is red and then entering the intersection slowly, ensuring that those with the green light will have to wait another cycle before they can proceed. Do cops ever ticket streetcar drivers? I see this happen daily.
 
hawc said:
Ha. Good point. I ride that route every day. It's so long it will be turning Northbound onto Parliament from Gerrard at the same time as it will be turning Westbound onto Carlton from Parliament. :D

I assume they'll use the current technique of waiting till the light is red and then entering the intersection slowly, ensuring that those with the green light will have to wait another cycle before they can proceed. Do cops ever ticket streetcar drivers? I see this happen daily.
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Could they not introduce a streetcar cycle to the light?
 
hawc said:
Ha. Good point. I ride that route every day. It's so long it will be turning Northbound onto Parliament from Gerrard at the same time as it will be turning Westbound onto Carlton from Parliament. :D

I assume they'll use the current technique of waiting till the light is red and then entering the intersection slowly, ensuring that those with the green light will have to wait another cycle before they can proceed. Do cops ever ticket streetcar drivers? I see this happen daily.
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The TTC used run streetcar trains. Originally, Peter Witt streetcars and trailer, later two PCC streetcars coupled together. One such streetcar train would be about the same length as one new Outlook streetcar. That is why they settled on the length, since that's the length the roadways can handle.

[video=youtube_share;EcdGOcq0ZKU]http://youtu.be/EcdGOcq0ZKU[/video]
 
W. K. Lis said:
The TTC used run streetcar trains. Originally, Peter Witt streetcars and trailer, later two PCC streetcars coupled together. One such streetcar train would be about the same length as one new Outlook streetcar. That is why they settled on the length, since that's the length the roadways can handle.
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Do you know if the two car trains were just run on Bloor? Or other routes as well?
 
innsertnamehere said:
I think it was just Yonge and Bloor that had them. Maybe Queen.
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Into the late 1920s and early 1930s, most routes downtown ran with trailers at rush hours.

Yonge continued to run with trailers until the closing of the streetcar line and opening of the subway in 1954, and Bloor-Danforth until 1966. Queen MU service ended around 1978.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.
 
From the 2014-2018 TTC MULTI-YEAR ACCESSIBILITY PLAN, dated April 30, 2014, at this link:

Low-Floor Streetcar Deployment Plan
Route
First New Streetcar
510 Spadina
2014
511 Bathurst
2015
509 Harbourfront
2015
505 Dundas
2015
501 Queen
2016
508 Lakeshore
2017
504 King
2017
512 St Clair
2018
502 Downtowner
2018
503 Kingston Road
2018
506 Carlton
2019

Note: Schedule is subject to change.

Over the next five years, TTC will continue to prepare for the new low-floor streetcars and improve accessibility by modifying existing streetcar platforms and working with the City to install new curb ramps at streetcar stops. In 2014, this work will include the platforms on The Queensway and along Roncesvalles Avenue, the platform at Spadina Station, and curb ramps on Dundas Street, King Street, and parts of Queen Street. All curb ramp and streetcar platform accessibility work will be completed by 2018. Fare-vending machines will be installed at high-demand streetcar stops as part of this work to allow customers to purchase their fares before boarding.
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