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robmausser said:
The LRT reports from what feels like .... oh wait it is over 10 years ago... stated that the stops would operate like subway stops. The LRTs will stop even if not requested to and all doors will open.
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That's why we need to have a look on the inside of the new Flexity Freedom cars, to see if they will have the "stop request" cords and/or buttons. If so, then they could bypass the surface stops if there is no one at the platforms or no one pressed a "stop request".
 
W. K. Lis said:
That's why we need to have a look on the inside of the new Flexity Freedom cars, to see if they will have the "stop request" cords and/or buttons. If so, then they could bypass the surface stops if there is no one at the platforms or no one pressed a "stop request".
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The surface stops should operate like streetcar stops in my opinion, and underground stops like the subway
 
W. K. Lis said:
That's why we need to have a look on the inside of the new Flexity Freedom cars, to see if they will have the "stop request" cords and/or buttons. If so, then they could bypass the surface stops if there is no one at the platforms or no one pressed a "stop request".
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The first train delivered has "stop request" buttons, as seen in the CBC video of them testing at Millhaven.

 
Actually so do the ION trains come to think of it in videos I've seen. Whether they actually do anything remains to be seen, but it looks like they gave themselves some flexibility if they want.
 
11th said:
Would that increase the chance of bunching?
I do agree it's pointless to make a stop when there's no one at the stop and no one has requested one.
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In which case you'd want the doors to be button operated, at least for outdoor stations. That's the plan in Ottawa, they claim it's for energy efficiency
 
Kyle Campbell said:
Does that mean the crosstown will have the deepest station in Canada? Montreal's Charlevoix is 29m, Ottawa's Rideau is 26m, Burrard in Vancouver is 25m and Edmonton's University is 23m
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If it does have the deepest station in Canada, it won’t be for long. Montreal’s Édouard-Montpetit REM station, which is under construction, will be 70m deep.
 
Kyle Campbell said:
Does that mean the crosstown will have the deepest station in Canada? Montreal's Charlevoix is 29m, Ottawa's Rideau is 26m, Burrard in Vancouver is 25m and Edmonton's University is 23m
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I'm pretty sure Montreal REM's Edouard Montpetit Station 70 metres below the surface will soon be Canada's deepest, if not the continent's deepest.
 
Hopkins123 said:
I'm pretty sure Montreal REM's Edouard Montpetit Station 70 metres below the surface will soon be Canada's deepest, if not the continent's deepest.
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Forgot about the REM station. As for York Mills, I know it's fairly deep and somewhere in the same range as the other deepest Canadian stations but can't actually find an actual depth measurement on the web. I do know it currently has Canada's longest transit escalator, which it loses the crown to Rideau station as soon as it opens
 
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Kyle Campbell said:
Does that mean the crosstown will have the deepest station in Canada? Montreal's Charlevoix is 29m, Ottawa's Rideau is 26m, Burrard in Vancouver is 25m and Edmonton's University is 23m
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Which station still does not have a handicap accessible elevator? You'll think the deeper it is, they would have elevators by now. At least all of the Crosstown LRT stations will have elevators when the line opens.
 
W. K. Lis said:
Which station still does not have a handicap accessible elevator? You'll think the deeper it is, they would have elevators by now. At least all of the Crosstown LRT stations will have elevators when the line opens.
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Charlevoix does not, Vancouver, Edmonton and Ottawa all had them from the get go. Really only Toronto and Montreal have systems old enough to have non-accessible stations, and only Montreal was still building inaccessible stations as late as the mid 80s.

Does the crosstown have redundant elevators? The confederation line has all elevators in pairs, versus the older transitway stations that only had 1 per platform.
 
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