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Cobra
Senior Member
I feel less OCD with Finch, Sheppard and Lawrence being correctly aligned
Cobra
Senior Member
What do you guys think?
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
Reece Martin wrote a column in the Toronto Star with a less than optimistic take on Finch ahead of Sunday's opening.
www.thestar.com
Huzzah! The Finch LRT is finally opening! Now here’s the bad news
Years of waiting and billions spent. Shouldn't it be faster than the bus it replaces?
www.thestar.com
ShonTron
Moderator
I went out on Wedesday to ride the 36C and see how it will compare with Line 6. I had a really annoying trip where the operator just abandoned the bus one stop away from Humber College and went into a Starbucks for eight minutes.
At least that shouldn't happen on Line 6.
seanmarshall.ca
At least that shouldn't happen on Line 6.
Waiting for Finch West
Can a brand-new light rail line outrun the local bus it will soon replace? I went out to Finch Avenue West to see for myself.
seanmarshall.ca
nfitz
Superstar
JFC ... I didn't think they did that any more, except in bathroom emergencies. Is there no toilet at the terminus?
Cobra
Senior Member
Cringe...
Line 6 from Finch West to Humber College beats 2 buses including transfer by only 7 minutes.
Line 6 from Finch West to Humber College beats 2 buses including transfer by only 7 minutes.
ShonTron
Moderator
He came out with a coffee!
nfitz
Superstar
Though one has 6 minutes of walking. There were some weird walking times at Finch West station when I was playing with it (though I've had it telling me before it takes 5 minutes to walk from the Woodbine station bus stop to the subway platform - it's 30 seconds up the stairs when I know the bus is about to leave!
Steve X
Senior Member
There’s so much running time on the 36C, he has time to do all that and still be early.
drum118
Superstar
I have no issues with drivers stopping along the route for either a pit stop or to grab something to drink. When nature calls, you may not have enough time to wait tell the end of the trip.I went out on Wedesday to ride the 36C and see how it will compare with Line 6. I had a really annoying trip where the operator just abandoned the bus one stop away from Humber College and went into a Starbucks for eight minutes.
At least that shouldn't happen on Line 6.
Waiting for Finch West
Can a brand-new light rail line outrun the local bus it will soon replace? I went out to Finch Avenue West to see for myself.
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Depending on the route, drivers have no choice to stop along the route to get something to drink or want something different than what may be found at the end of the route. In some cases, they need more to drink, especially on hot days. Some drivers will inform the riders what they are doing, well others say nothing at all. Being behind the wheel for long or short hours has its challenges.
Been on many buses and streetcars when this happens, and take it as a fact of life. On a few streetcars in the past where drivers are asking to be relieved as they had finished their shift hours ago and told there was no one to relieve them and continue to operate. A few have said to the riders I passed by operation hours with no one to relieve that you will have to wait until someone shows up, as I am leaving the car here now.
Don't know what drivers can grab at the end of the line since we have yet to see anything with a driver having only a few spots to grab something to drink along the line.
ShonTron
Moderator
Please read my complete post. I noted a few issues when riding that bus, and that a Starbucks and a public washroom is very close to the Humber College bus loop as well.
nfitz
Superstar
An emergency bathroom break I can see. Or other health/heat stress situation - otherwise just fill your flasks with water, coffee (or both) at the terminus.
One stop before the terminus? That's a bit much. Hopefully they left the door open, and didn't imprison everyone on the bus.
Coolibop
Active Member
Depends on what app you use... unsure how Google interpolated as I prefer to use Transit or Citymapper apps as I've found better accuracy with routes I frequent. In this case it looks like transit is following the schedule.
You're also including some walking in your trip, I'm unfamiliar but assume the bus drop off point is closer somehow? Let's wait and see what real life gives us...
What it looks like today for example:
Steve X
Senior Member
Unfortunately there isn’t a washroom or coffee shop at the end of every route. Very often you’ll see operators stopping near the end of the route (hopefully inconvenience the less amount of riders) to do their business. They are allowed to do this as along as they communicate.
Sometimes they depart the terminal early to do that too which is not acceptable unless it’s a real emergency.
I have even seen operators run quickly to grab a lighter or cigarette mid route as that is more difficult to obtain.
Clearly Humberwood Loop is not a place where anyone can buy coffee or refill their water bottles. Nor a place to relief themselves. So I don’t blame them.