rdaner
Senior Member
Talking to a relative whose son goes to Carleton and apparently everyone there loves the lrt and it has made a big difference for them! Now to get Algonquin connected.
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reaperexpress
Senior Member
The line through Carleton is not new, it just reopened. Of course it's better than the shuttle bus that wandered around trying to get to the O-Train stations that aren't on a particular road.
None of the current Carleton students were around when the line covered Bayview to Greenboro in under 12 minutes.
Kyle Campbell
Senior Member
Trade-offs. When the train took 12 minutes end to end, the frequency was every 15 , there was no stop at Walkley or Corso Italia, and the "stations" were literally a slab of asphalt with a bus shelter.
The modern Line 2 is a far more pleasant experience, and those heated shelters are a godsend. Even fully electrified and double tracked I doubt they could get down to 12 minutes again with the extra stops. They could probably get closer to 16-17 though, which was the time of the old Line 2 after the "upgrades" in 2012. Right now its 19 minutes Northbound.
nfitz
Superstar
That's relatively recently though - I'd assume the reference to no students around, would refer to the service that ended around 1957 into Ottawa West and Ottawa Broad Street stations.
I certainly know students now, who were students at the same institiution in the early 1990s - and I assume that's true everywhere.
Mihairokov
Active Member
I don't want to be constantly doom-and-gloom but I think since Trillium Line was closed for so long rail to the campus is new for most, if not all, students currently at Carleton.
Consistent rail transit to Canadian univerisities should be something that exists almost by default but unfortunately we don't live in that reality. There's going to be a huge number of pax increase when the LRT connects into Algonquin.
treplow
Active Member
Hopefully Vancouver extends the under construction "Broadway subway" to UBC at some point.
nfitz
Superstar
I think at least one more stop to Dunbar, and another stop on the Jericho lands won't be too far away, if Jericho goes ahead. Hopefully they do the whole thing to UBC at the same time - rather than delaying yet again.
Kyle Campbell
Senior Member
Neat little clip someone got of a Line 2 train passing over a VIA rail train
asher__jo
Active Member
The ridership is definitely there, but I’d say it’s politically untenable to build until there is more transportation options to the North shore. It’s a chicken and egg problem where North and West Vancouver aren’t very dense so they don’t justify that investment, but would densify if completed.
Kyle Campbell
Senior Member
In the olden days, at the base of this parking garage was Bank station, the busiest downtown stop on the transitway . It's still used by the STO, so there will still be some transit delays downtown
Mihairokov
Active Member
At Tremblay Station there is water pooling along the northern platform all along the loading edge, leading to ice forming when it freeze, and so the entire platform has to be salted regardless of whether it's covered or not. I'm not sure what design flaw has lead to water pooling on the platform like that but it seems like an exceptionally poor design.
Kyle Campbell
Senior Member
The original design assumed heated platforms would negate all that, and for some reason didn't account for drainage.
Instead the heated platforms gradually failed, and they ended up salting the hell out of the platforms, which seems to be causing corrosion even at brand new stations like Walkley
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Kyle Campbell
Senior Member
I always like to go back to the renderings just to see what they told us they were going to build versus what was actually built.
Leitrim (at the bottom of this post) is a big divergence. In the original concept design, it was going to have long ramps instead of stairs and elevators. The final product is actually better in my opinion (as is the actual train pain scheme I think)
Corso Italia:
Dow's Lake:
South Keys
Leitrim:
Leitrim (at the bottom of this post) is a big divergence. In the original concept design, it was going to have long ramps instead of stairs and elevators. The final product is actually better in my opinion (as is the actual train pain scheme I think)
Corso Italia:
Dow's Lake:
South Keys
Leitrim:
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bearcat
Active Member
I think this was discussed in the thread before, but currently, if taking transit from the airport to let's say Parliament Hill, what would be the fastest route? Google shows be bus (97) to Hurdman and then Line 1? Is that correct?
Mihairokov
Active Member
I would say that's quicker depending on how long it takes for the 97 to arrive at the Airport. It's faster than changing at South Keys and Bayview, IMO.