[HousingNowTO]

Got lots of pictures and videos to come, but I will say I paced the train in my car in a few times from Leslie to Don Mills and it maxes out at 47 km/h. Never paced it faster than that.

WAZE tracked us at 57 KMH at 8:13 AM approaching the DVP travelling Westbound.

Driver had been dealing with a STUCK door at O’Connor — so, assume he was trying to catch-up on his schedule times.

 

[ARG1]

A major wayfinding issue seems to have surfaced. Unlike the TTC bus terminals, the bus terminal at Mt. Dennis (and presumably elsewhere) don't have clear and obvious route numbers visible anywhere. All you get are the bus bay numbers without the bus numbers.

The only indication for which busses are served by which bays are to either use the electronic screen to find the bus bay number by the stairs (which is a multi step process), or to look at the tiny sign next to the doors which aren't that visible from any medium distance

It's honestly incredible how consistently Metrolinx' wayfinding standard finds ways to be worse than the TTC's. Maybe we should stop trying to reinvent the wheel.

 

[Sandpit]

I tried asking the driver if the line was down (because why would there be a shuttle bus?), but he shrugged me off and told me to back off...I guess I won't talk to him again.

 

[hawc]

The first eastbound fare paying train on Line 5. It's alive!

 

[hawc]

WAZE tracked us at 57 KMH at 8:13 AM approaching the DVP travelling Westbound.

Nice! I was pacing the section between Sunnybook Park (Leslie) and Science Centre (Don Mills) going Eastbound.

 

[A 6264]

I've seen fare enforcement officers in subway stations before, where a temporary barrier is set up and everyone has to have their Prestos scanned as they pass through. That's why I was concerned that there might be free and non-free areas of the stations, and if the washrooms will be in the non-free areas, since I might be there for a while.

So, you're saying POOs might be controlling washroom access? Oh dear!

The verdict: At Kennedy station I was able to move between paying and non-paying areas with no problem. I could use the washrooms if I wanted to, no sign of the POO police.

 

[lastcommodore]

Okay, sat down
Inaugural 5 trip, WB. Lapped when train first moves leaving stn (except last which is first stop)

Station	T diff	Time
Ionville	4:16	4:16
Birchmount	1:45	6:01
Golden Mile	3:52	9:53
Hakimi Lebovic	2:26	12:20
Pharmacy	1:08	13:28
O'Connor	3:10	16:38
Sloane	1:45	18:23
Wynford	2:58	21:21
Aga Khan	1:29	22:50
Don Valley	1:33	24:23
Sunnybrook Park	2:27	26:50
Laird	2:37	29:26
Leaside	2:27	31:53
Mt Pleasant	2:43	34:36
Eglinton	2:20	36:56
Avenue	1:54	38:50
Chaplin	1:52	40:42
Forest Hill	1:51	42:33
Cedarvale	2:09	44:42
Oakwood	1:52	16:33
Fairbank	1:27	48:00
Caledonia	2:56	50:56
Keelesdale	1:59	52:55
Mount Dennis	2:20	55:15

 

[lastcommodore]

Rode from Mt. Dennis to Eglinton and back. There were large crowds before it opened, and it took about 20 minutes in line to get on a train. After that, smooth sailing, and the crowds were much less by 9:30. blog post.

Initial foamers are gone but the sunday crowd is in force... trains all near cap. I suspect 10 minute on weekends will not be enough!

 

[HousingNowTO]

A major wayfinding issue seems to have surfaced. Unlike the TTC bus terminals, the bus terminal at Mt. Dennis (and presumably elsewhere) don't have clear and obvious route numbers visible anywhere. All you get are the bus bay numbers without the bus numbers.View attachment 713615
The only indication for which busses are served by which bays are to either use the electronic screen to find the bus bay number by the stairs (which is a multi step process), or to look at the tiny sign next to the doors which aren't that visible from any medium distance
View attachment 713616
It's honestly incredible how consistently Metrolinx' wayfinding standard finds ways to be worse than the TTC's. Maybe we should stop trying to reinvent the wheel.

Yeah, the MOUNT DENNIS transfer to the UPX heading towards Union was also harder to find than I expected -- I actually missed the first UPX that arrived because they are so much SHORTER than the GO TRAINs that use the same PLATFORM 4 for Union trips.

 

[HousingNowTO]

MOUNT DENNIS station signage -

 

[A 6264]

- Odd to see stop request buttons fitted and working when the route will stop at all stations?

Even odder, the displays on board showing the next station, have a stop/arret symbol, like when someone has requested a stop. I don't know if this means someone pushed the button, or if it just comes on by itself.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Too bad the display screens on the light rail trains are already obsolete. Couldn't they have waited till the last year before the opening to install the newest displays?

 

[kotsy]

 

[txlseries4]

Saw that August with TTCriders designed and printed some delightful Line 5 bingo cards and shared the digital image:

 

[Voltz]

Another odd thing is the non-cab ends of the LRV's have windshield wipers, and it looked like they have wiped recently