armorand Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/1/2019 at 6:02 PM, Nick B said: http://www.calgarytransit.com/news/maintenance-work-red-line-completed-over-snowtember-weekend Just curious - to save money designing new stations in the future, and preventing stucco issues, would CT ever re-use a train station design for the new stations? Not that the Sunnyside/Lions Park/Banff Trail designs would look good on future NE or South extensions... but i was thinking, maybe the older stations such as Max Bell/Barlow, or Bridgeland and Frankin (with original and simple 80s designs), would be cheaper to build out, and with recycled plans (minus the bridges), could save CT millions with expansions. Especially with cookie cutter stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chills_on_the_train Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 10:52 AM, armorand said: Just curious - to save money designing new stations in the future, and preventing stucco issues, would CT ever re-use a train station design for the new stations? Not that the Sunnyside/Lions Park/Banff Trail designs would look good on future NE or South extensions... but i was thinking, maybe the older stations such as Max Bell/Barlow, or Bridgeland and Frankin (with original and simple 80s designs), would be cheaper to build out, and with recycled plans (minus the bridges), could save CT millions with expansions. Especially with cookie cutter stations. I'm not an architect, but I'll take Crowfoot and Tuscany stations as examples of why this may not be a good idea. Only a few years apart, and superficially quite similar, there are still several changes in the design of both in order to accommodate their traffic demands. I don't have stats but from using it every day, Crowfoot is easily 2-3x as busy as Tuscany. Tuscany also does not have escalators, which from observation probably save hundreds of thousands in maintenance costs per year and CT probably wishes they'd done the same at Crowfoot, Dalhousie, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick B Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 12 minutes ago, chills_on_the_train said: I'm not an architect, but I'll take Crowfoot and Tuscany stations as examples of why this may not be a good idea. Only a few years apart, and superficially quite similar, there are still several changes in the design of both in order to accommodate their traffic demands. I don't have stats but from using it every day, Crowfoot is easily 2-3x as busy as Tuscany. Tuscany also does not have escalators, which from observation probably save hundreds of thousands in maintenance costs per year and CT probably wishes they'd done the same at Crowfoot, Dalhousie, etc. But then you’ve got stations like Bridgeland and Franklin, which despite being virtually identical to Marlborough, Rundle, Whitehorn, don’t see much traffic at all compared to those stations. Then there’s Zoo and Barlow with their elaborate tunnel configurations which are even more dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chills_on_the_train Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Nick B said: But then you’ve got stations like Bridgeland and Franklin, which despite being virtually identical to Marlborough, Rundle, Whitehorn, don’t see much traffic at all compared to those stations. Then there’s Zoo and Barlow with their elaborate tunnel configurations which are even more dead. Pretty much my point. Re-using designs to save money probably ended up costing more in the long run as far as capacity needs go. Although when building something as permanent as LRT you do need to take into account possible future development, and on my occasional trips out that way I do see Bridgeland increasing in density over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 From Saturday night … this is different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chills_on_the_train Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 Passed a dead (no lights) SD160 consist stuck between Brentwood and Dalhousie this morning backing up the Red Line NB. I've been on a few of those that run into electrical and door problems, guess that's why they're going out for refurbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 2 hours ago, chills_on_the_train said: Passed a dead (no lights) SD160 consist stuck between Brentwood and Dalhousie this morning backing up the Red Line NB. I've been on a few of those that run into electrical and door problems, guess that's why they're going out for refurbs. That was actually a broken down a refurb. The SD160s are bulletproof. The only reason why they have been refurbed is because they have reached the middle of their life span and so they can run with the Series 8s. They also received a bit of an interior facelift and some modernizing. They were never refurbed because of any technical issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 Blue line closure downtown this coming weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 All the Blue Line shuttles today are Xcelciors, no artics sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 hours ago, TechSpotlight said: All the Blue Line shuttles today are Xcelciors, no artics sadly. This seems to have been the norm for a lot recent planned weekend disruption shuttles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 Now that Spring Gardens is the only bus garage open on weekends, it takes a lot more work to use artics for these shuttles - Vic Park needs to be opened up to dispatch and support the buses. When VP was the 24/7 garage, it was much easier to send artics for CTrain replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicinity Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 To be honest the crowds wouldn’t justify artics today anyways, 4 XD40’s during the day plus 2 floaters for the flames game tonight bringing the total to 6 should be well able to handle the crowds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Well then, today was a messy day for Ctrains! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 23 hours ago, TechSpotlight said: Well then, today was a messy day for Ctrains! Cause of the shuttles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Blake M said: Cause of the shuttles? Train vs pedestrian at City Hall. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 And today was train vs car... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 hour ago, CTrainDude said: And today was train vs car... 36th St, again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTrainDude Posted March 15, 2020 Report Share Posted March 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, armorand said: 36th St, again? No, downtown on 7th Avenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 Emergency repairs on Red Line this weekend between Sunnyside and city centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Walton Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, downbeat said: Emergency repairs on Red Line this weekend between Sunnyside and city centre. What kind of emergency repairs? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsgeek540 Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Mark Walton said: What kind of emergency repairs? Why? 2 massive signals cabinets were destroyed by a vehicle accident a couple weeks ago that essentially control everything between Kensington Bridge and 7 avenue. Operations were manipulated over the last couple weeks to continue running trains through there. They have been rebuilt and are being installed during the closures. The closure is to ease operations. Trains technically “could” run through there but not having train traffic makes it easier. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 8234 and 8240 observed working the shuttle service this morning. There's probably a third bus, if past experience is any indication. EDIT: Probably more than three buses, if service was every 5 minutes, now that I think of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 Also, just came across this social media post from Friday morning. The shuttle looks a bit too full, given the current situation … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvarushin Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 God I’m so tired of people and their bi**ching. Take the next shuttle if it’s not up to your satisfaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbeat Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 I would normally agree with you — except during this public health emergency we are being told, by transit itself, that buses should not be filled in this way. The following is from their website. I believe it’s also on posters inside buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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