ARG1
Senior Member
I believe its because they count all of the segments of an LRV altogether as one car altogether, unlike say the TR where all of the articulated segments are counted individually.
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BB ON
Active Member
30 meters is correct. The Flexity Freedoms, like the streetcars, are made of 5 short segments which total longer than a single subway car. They can run independently or in multiple units, unlike individual wagons of a subway train.
Monarch Butterfly
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The Montréal Metro cars are 2.5 m wide.
The Flexity Outlook streetcars are 2.54 m wide.
The Toronto Rocket subway cards are 3.124 m wide.
The buses are 2.59 m wide.
The Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles are 2.65 m wide.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
"Platforms will be approximately 90 metres long to accommodate three-car trains."
From link.
Guessing if they need more than the 90m, they'll just expropriate from the traffic lanes. 3.3m for traffic lanes is not needed, should be 3m to slow the traffic down to a more reasonable speed.
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BB ON
Active Member
The challenge would then be running a sensible service plan, because it wouldn't be able to berth at Kennedy, Science Center or Laird. It would exclusively have to run on the surface section, and that would only make sense if most of the people are travelling locally. A 120m train will probably exceed the length of a pocket track, and would therefore have to foul the main line in a turnback.
If circulation inside the vehicles wasn't so bad, you could probably get away with selective door opening on the underground section and half a car overhang on each side of the station. But, anyone familiar with a streetcar knows how difficult it is to move between sections when it's busy.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Worker in hospital after falling at underground Eglinton Crosstown construction site
A male worker is now in hospital with serious injuries after falling into a hole on a transit construction site beneath Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood, firefighters say.
www.cp24.com
DrillBit
Active Member
I've seen BTR construction suffocating traffic on Hwy 7, This is worse.
One cannot make omelet without breaking the eggs.
Allandale25
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
This station was also the site of a major incident several years ago, where part of a demolished building collapsed onto pedestrians below. Perhaps inspectors should be taking a look at the safety practices at this site.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Richard White
Senior Member
That sucks.
Allandale25
Superstar
In better news.
Monarch Butterfly
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drum118
Superstar
Look Mon, we are running on rail through a station still being built.......None of walls or roof are form or pour and they are talking about putting rail down now. Geee!!
What going to power that train when no overhead system is in place since nothing there to support it at this time???
Allandale25
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^ In fairness, the post just said "rails" were next. They didn't say they were going to run trains just yet.