Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 12, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Lockout tags (is that the correct terminology?) on 97 Street NB at 107 Avenue, as there was a Sylvania Lighting cherry picker truck having a look at the Chinatown gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Still slow orders all over the LRT. OK, mainly between 95 St and University. Something must have croaked at the University switches for trains to still be going slow through there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 13, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah it was like that since it happened pretty much. Seems like nothing on the LRT is getting repaired now - the announcements at University still aren't working (that's been months, but I guess it makes sense to wait until the extension opens), and the announcement on the SB track at Clareview doesn't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah it was like that since it happened pretty much. Seems like nothing on the LRT is getting repaired now - the announcements at University still aren't working (that's been months, but I guess it makes sense to wait until the extension opens), and the announcement on the SB track at Clareview doesn't work either. No kidding. Can't ETS get EPCOR to go out and do whatever is need to either: - return 95 St to previous speed - modify 95 St to allow a higher speed Yet, we can pimp out a hybrid bus that doesn't see service... Is that all a New Flyer hybrid is good for? Sitting in the garage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 13, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Guess the recession is finally showing its bad side to LRT operations? Forgot also to mention the sliding doors on Clareview West don't work either. But that is and was common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I believe Homer (Simpson) said this... "If at first you don't succeed, give up." This seems to be what ETS has followed with stuff such as the station announcements. And where the hell are the SD-160's? 1/3 of the fleet is here... but none in service... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I believe Homer (Simpson) said this... "If at first you don't succeed, give up." Yup. I posted that in the Simpsons Quotes thread a while back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 13, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Still going slow at 95 Street crossing. EDIT: Totally off topic, but I saw my first STARS landing today at the U of A hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 13, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Anyone hear of any trouble on the LRT? Apparently it took someone 30 minutes to go two stations today. EDIT: More details: "for some reason every train that reached grandin decided it didn't want to go to university and returned to claireview. I had to wait for 3 trains till one of them finally went across the river" "re LRT: they are doing some repairs at the university crossover and are running a shuttle train on one track from grandin to health sciences" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modulator Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 LRT service disrupted between Grandin and Health Sciences edmontonjournal.com January 13, 2009 11:02 AM Be the first to post a comment EDMONTON – LRT service between the Grandin and Health Sciences LRT stations is being disrupted today until 2:30 p.m. for track maintenance. ETS is operating a shuttle train service on a 15-minute schedule between the two stations for LRT passengers. Uniformed ETS staff will be on the Grandin station platform to help customers as needed. Regular LRT service remains in effect between Grandin and Clareview stations. © Copyright © The Edmonton Journal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Nothing on ETS's website. Unless something changed significantly in that crossover, surely they could have provided at least a days notice on their website? And had posters up this morning? It's not like they haven't run this service before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 13, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Apparently it was on CBC as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 14, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 LRT was fine when I rode it at around 1730. People at Clareview must have been somewhat ticked - there was a 4 car train on the north track out of service, and my train that pulled in went out of service, so who knows how long some people were waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 One train had it's 'key' break off in the 'control' and another train just died, to which the Controller replied "You're kidding, right?" They've still got their share of problems tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRT Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 "You're kidding, right?" They say that allot in Calgary too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 At 0720 today it was announced that there are ZERO buses for changeovers until after the am peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 14, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Still slow at 95 Street, but we went regular speed through the crossovers (straight, I was hoping to actually switch tracks though so I don't know if it's fixed). Seemed to be 4 4-car trains in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted January 15, 2009 Board Admin Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Still slow at 95 Street, we went full speed (straight through SB) University crossover. We got stopped in the middle of Churchill and Central, and that threw off the trouncer. I still don't get the logic of who programmed that - if it has GPS readings, it should use them not just for triggering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modulator Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I caught a train from University NB last night. We certainly didn't do 45 km/h through the crossover, but it was faster than it's been. The trouncer got confused and told everybody at University that the next stop was Health Sciences. It's a good thing the directional indicators work, or people might have been confused . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Forgot to post this earlier. At 0730 this morning WW had ZERO buses available for c/o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiCroh Five Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Forgot to post this earlier. At 0730 this morning WW had ZERO buses available for c/o. This is becoming a regular occurrence. You have to wonder about the quality of the LFB's. They just suck. That's all there is to it...and it hasn't even been cold for the last few days. I was at Kingsway TC today and one of the 4500's + (by rear light configuration) was blowing out diesel exhaust (like jimmies on Monday morning) from all corners of the back end. I didn't get a number because the exhaust was so thick and blue. Late. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 This is becoming a regular occurrence. You have to wonder about the quality of the LFB's. They just suck. That's all there is to it...and it hasn't even been cold for the last few days. I was at Kingsway TC today and one of the 4500's + (by rear light configuration) was blowing out diesel exhaust (like jimmies on Monday morning) from all corners of the back end. I didn't get a number because the exhaust was so thick and blue.Late. :angry: Maybe that was the DPF doing it's thing? Expelling ultra fine particles(re: easier to penetrate the body) into the air? But! They're clean diesels! From a January 23, 2007 report on buying 231 New Flyer buses: · Analysis has shown that the new Flyer buses are 7% more dependable than the old GMC buses. The 218 GMC buses will be replaced with 203 Flyer buses. GMC buses, because of their mileage and less reliability, are generally used 30% less than the low floor Flyers, which leads to overall poor fleet utilization So, because a GMC is apparently 7% less reliable than a New Flyer, they are used 30% less? It has nothing to do with a GMC not being low floor I guess. It's ridiculous that ETS actually said that brand new technology is only 7% more reliable than 1959 technology. And yet we still buy from New Flyer? And while I'll be the first person to argue that a New Flyer bus might not be entirely crap as New Flyer themselves doesn't build the majority of mechanical components, it is New Flyer that choses those components (although a transit system certainly has a say with some components), and design the bus to use the components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modulator Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 From a January 23, 2007 report on buying 231 New Flyer buses:Analysis has shown that the new Flyer buses are 7% more dependable than the old GMC buses. The 218 GMC buses will be replaced with 203 Flyer buses. This is used to justify buying 203 Flyers to replace 218 GMs (therefore making 28 buses "growth buses"). But now that we bought 231 new low floors and kept 50 GMs, we still have in excess of a 20% spare ratio and we still have a bus shortage. So what "analysis" was done here? GMC buses, because of their mileage and less reliability, are generally used 30% less than the low floor Flyers, which leads to overall poor fleet utilization. So, because a GMC is apparently 7% less reliable than a New Flyer, they are used 30% less? It has nothing to do with a GMC not being low floor I guess. More to the point, it's the fact that ETS continues to plan and operate a very peak-hour-oriented service that "leads to overall poor fleet utilization." Whoever wrote this report is confusing a whole bunch of issues together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marriott Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Maybe we should haul a few more trolleys out of storage, and split the 5 in half. Diesels on route 5 can run Downtown to Coliseum, and the 135 trolleys can handle all the Westmount service (you could even do this rush hour/midday only). That would free up an extra 4 low floors during rush hour. Doesn't seem like much, but when you've got no spare buses in the garage... Forgot to post this earlier. At 0730 this morning WW had ZERO buses available for c/o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 PM wasn't much better for spare buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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