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Waterloo Region Rapid Transit
Mark Walton replied to Greater Golden Horseshoe Transit's topic in Waterloo Region
Off the rails: LRT into Cambridge perhaps no longer looking like a lock | TheRecord.com -
That went as far back as the late 70s when TTC first proposed subway stop announcements. Some Karens, or whatever they were called back then, complained that the announcements would disturb them while they were reading. A few even wrote letters to The Star threatening to cut up their CNIB eye donor cards! Plus ça change...
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Vintage Ottawa-Gatineau Transit Photos & Discussion
Mark Walton replied to tomsbuspage's topic in National Capital Region
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BY STC, do you mean Service de transport en commun?
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Will white signs eventually replace orange ones as/when the latter wear out?
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There are also "under the hood" differences, the biggest being the HEP voltage: 575 for GO vs. 480 for WCX.
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It's anchored with velcro at each end.
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Ontario Line (formerly Downtown Relief Line)
Mark Walton replied to Orion9131's topic in Greater Toronto Area
And extend the number 2 to the new Scarborough Subway Extension. That was the original name of the technology now called Alstom Inovia: Intermediate Capacity Transit System, as developed by UTDC and used on the current Scarborough RT. -
Next step I'd like to see: a weekly pass.
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There should also be one for "Please stand clear of the doors".
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How about when different H series ran together in the same train? Which series' braking/feathering protocol governed?
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And the next government after Ford will do the same, and the next, and the next...twas ever thus.
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There's still no way I can see a company of Alstom's size - or potential successor company - maintaining that kind of interest in a miniscule market segment indefinitely. Suppose someday I'm proven right, and Alstom does pull the plug on Inovia support. What then? And I'll choose what I'll worry about, TYVK.
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Vintage Ottawa-Gatineau Transit Photos & Discussion
Mark Walton replied to tomsbuspage's topic in National Capital Region
Ecopass ended for everybody in about September 2013 IIRC. And in the later years you did have to go to an OC office to renew, but only every 2 years. -
Do the displays include where to stand in cases where only certain cars open at certain stations? European railways have long had those; Deutsche Bahn calls it the Wagenstandanzeiger.
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Those orders will dry up eventually, and they're not likely to get any new ones. I don't know what percentage of Alstom's total business volume Innovia Metro, as it's now called, represents, but it's probably miniscule. I see its days as being numbered.
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Gatineau Tramway (Aylmer and Plateau) - Proposed
Mark Walton replied to sseguin's topic in National Capital Region
His group, en français seulement: https://www.sallierpourletramway.com/- 1 reply
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Vintage Ottawa-Gatineau Transit Photos & Discussion
Mark Walton replied to tomsbuspage's topic in National Capital Region
I started using passes from the time they started in March 1976; the Transpass was $12/month and the Unipass $15/month. The background color of the pass changed each month, including the same month of different years (e.g. March 1976 and March 1977). When they had the payroll-deduction Ecopass, I had one of those for the full duration; I got a full year's service for the price of 10½ months with renewal every 2 years (first at workplaces, then at OC ticket offices). When the Ecopass was cancelled, I got a green Presto card which I've had ever since. -
The earlier 2-zone system had a "common zone" where the 2 other zones overlapped. You could travel into and out of that zone on a one-zone fare.
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That raises another question: how much longer will Alstom support a system used by only 7 systems worldwide, and what will replace those systems outside Toronto. I remember that when the SRT line was about 18 months in service TTC was already unhappy with it, to the tune of (in 1986) $27M. Meanwhile, then BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm was telling everyone who'd listen how "faaan-tastic" the SkyTrain was. (BTW one friend of mine calls it "Fraser Area Rapid Transit").
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Those probably suck only slightly less than the hard red slabs in the 2400s and refurbed 2200s.
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There's a thread on the Detroit People Mover for anyone interested.
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Plus Toronto cars have cabs, and Vancouver's don't. Unless the plan is to run some ex-Vancouver cars as intermediate cars? Even then, will they run together?