UT69420J
New Member
My apologies, I wasn't close enough to the trains to spot the destination signs. I noticed the trains as I was walking along Wynford Drive in between Aga Khan Museum and a smaller office building called Brookfield.
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Tunafish13
Active Member
Ive seen trains go by with alternating signage. It switches between "Kennedy" and "5 Eglinton"
Im not a huge fan of the 5 Eglinton signage because it looks like an "S", so it looks like "SEGLINTON"
Im not a huge fan of the 5 Eglinton signage because it looks like an "S", so it looks like "SEGLINTON"
smallspy
Senior Member
There are at least 4 different destination sign programs installed on the cars right now. It seems that they still haven't decided which one they are going with.
Dan
cplchanb
Senior Member
maybe if they draw a circle around the 5 it could be better for clarity.
unrealestate
Active Member
Soo... if the 3 month announcement rule is still in effect, we should hear in the next week that its opening in September right?
TOtramz
Active Member
As far as I know they have not done the 1 month trial period that Metrolinx requires, so it probably means at least an October opening.......
Anyone feel free to correct me, I hope I am wrong
Cyrobyte
New Member
The 3-month TTC testing and 1-month Metrolinx test could happen concurrency.As far as I know they have not done the 1 month trial period that Metrolinx requires, so it probably means at least an October opening.......
Anyone feel free to correct me, I hope I am wrong
"Those two processes may overlap - the Metrolinx 1 month test may coincide with the TTC's pre-revenue service." - smallspy (page 1770)
UT69420J
New Member
Can confirm, I was at Aga Khan Park & Museum station at about 2:00 PM, saw five trains in the six minutes I was standing there watching. Four of them were headed towards Kennedy, the other towards Mount Dennis.
There was an announcer lady announcing an announcement whenever a train was arriving and departing the station, she said: "The next train to arrive on the eastbound platform is for Mount Dennis." A little buggy since most trains were headed towards Kennedy.
Door chimes sound like the street car ones. Trains were moving quick.
Side window signs read - Eglinton | To Kennedy
Another train had TRAINING CAR written like that in all caps on the front and side signs.
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TOtramz
Active Member
Looks like the announcements is something they will have to sort out, either before revenue service demonstration or while it is happening.
toronto647
Active Member
Safe to say this line is not opening until 2026. We are almost in June with no announcement and no 3 or 1 month testing commenced. Doesn't look to great imo. They should just announce it will not be opening this year to avoid everyone guessing when the opening is.
nfitz
Superstar
I think you are wrong. By months.
toronto647
Active Member
Guess only time will tell at this point. Already 40% of the year is complete and minimum 3 months of testing remains. That gives a very tight window to open the line before the end of the year. And that is assuming everything goes correct and according to the plan.
TOtramz
Active Member
Mind_the_gap
Active Member
Considering that the Finch West/Hurontario cars are a copy of their Ottawa counterparts, except for having an LED next-stop display at each end of a module instead of one... and the the destos are single-line only, and Ottawa shows only the Line Number and Destination -
Wouldn't it be safe to assume that the Line 6 cars will display: "6 Humber College"/"6 Finch West"?
Why should the Line 5 cars be treated any differently... "5 Kennedy"/"5 Mount Dennis" would provide consistency and bilingualism without alternating screens.
That failing, copy the destos on the legacy Flexities for consistency.
That failing, copy the destos on the subway for consisteny, ie. "Line 5 towards X"/"Ligne 5 vers X".
Ps. Have they updated the Line 6 cars with the TTC/BBD three-tone door chime and female announcements? Again, for consistency?
To me, it is sad that this is even an issue. Seems like a "too many chefs in the kitchen" situation.
ShonTron
Moderator
I have heard third hand that it won’t open until January. The TTC is being very cautious about the operations handover and want to make some change orders.