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Jago88 said:
I was walking by Mount Dennis station last night and they have some new video boards for next train arrival times that are up at both entrances now that say:

Kitchener Line - x Minutes
UP Express - x Minutes
Eglinton Line -x Minutes

They look pretty good and very handy. I got a picture but it was through a fence and it didn't turn out well so I won't bother posting it.

As an aside, I was there at 9:20pm and I could still see a few people working inside in the platform area. Oh, and some more of the digital advertising boards on the platform were fully functioning too
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God, we shouldn't be crowdsourcing project status and piecing together a potential opening date based on visual cues and blurry images!!

Our government sure as hell doesn't seem to be working for the people. It now feels like it's scamming the people. More than $10Billion and yet we don't hear a peep nor a sound regarding the remaining construction work or the potential opening date!

What a joke!
 
Jago88 said:
I was walking by Mount Dennis station last night and they have some new video boards for next train arrival times that are up at both entrances now that say:

Kitchener Line - x Minutes
UP Express - x Minutes
Eglinton Line -x Minutes

They look pretty good and very handy. I got a picture but it was through a fence and it didn't turn out well so I won't bother posting it.

As an aside, I was there at 9:20pm and I could still see a few people working inside in the platform area. Oh, and some more of the digital advertising boards on the platform were fully functioning too
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The people would be working in the stations to clean up any debris that gets blown in by the wind. And to chase any pigeons, raccoons, or rats out.
 
from reddit at Fairbank station.
TF is those hours?
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generalcanada said:
from reddit at Fairbank station.
TF is those hours?
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Considering the display is fully digital, that information is likely dynamic and reflective of what they are currently doing during testing. But it does give us a glimpse of the signage available to indicate service status before you even enter the station.
 
Well that definetely confirms that revenue service demonstration has not begun yet.....

No way those are the revenue service hours! 😱
 
Having service starting at 7:08 am is too late for most riders trying to get to work and assuming it is in testing stage. Service will be the same as the subway, but in a position of being 7/24/365 since it can use one track while work is being done on the other. To me, its a step in the right direction for service starting in the fall.
 
I really don’t know what is wrong with ML’s priorities. This is not a shop. They don’t need a big screen for operating hours. They can just slap a poster on the wall for those who want to know.

We all know the time is a rest. No way they are just ending service in the afternoon.

a sign isn’t a good way to tell if revenue demonstration has begun. Seeing trains running at times matching the current subway network is a good indicator. Currently I believe they are still running at selected times.
 
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I am quite confident that they have not posted the end service schedule. Either they are using dummy data, which may be created specifically so they can verify that data points are passing and displaying accurately….. or (my theory) they are posting the schedule of whatever training runs are being run that day, so that the setup tests not only the data display but may track against actual tram movements over the day. So it’s a “live” system but reflecting that trams are only on line for one eight hour window. Just a guess.

- Paul
 
crs1026 said:
I am quite confident that they have not posted the end service schedule. Either they are using dummy data, which may be created specifically so they can verify that data points are passing and displaying accurately….. or (my theory) they are posting the schedule of whatever training runs are being run that day, so that the setup tests not only the data display but may track against actual tram movements over the day. So it’s a “live” system but reflecting that trams are only on line for one eight hour window. Just a guess.

- Paul
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Workplaces love a task that literally works for basically everybody who’s involved. It’s also too specific to be dummy data imo. This is probably really convenient for a lot of workers to see.
 
Steve X said:
I really don’t know what is wrong with ML’s priorities. This is not a shop. They don’t need a big screen for operating hours. They can just slap a poster on the wall for those who want to know.
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The TTC has its own printing shop, and has for a long time because signage changes so often. I welcome them using digital signage wherever possible (as long as funding exists to maintain it).

Steve X said:
We all know the time is a rest. No way they are just ending service in the afternoon.
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It's likely just placeholder information anyway.
 
hopefully this can ease some of the more distraught members minds a bit. I live across the street from a station and was waiting for a bus yesterday, when I saw a Crosslinx worker exiting the station. I asked him when is it supposed to open and he said he heard September. So following Metrolinks 3 month rule, we should hear about the opening date in June.
 
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