[jordanmkasla2009]

Is the out of service audio message also new? Maybe I just never heard it before.

The operators don’t always use it when going out of service but it has existed since they started using external announcements for the subway.

 

[evandyk]

My parents are visiting from Ottawa by train this morning. They had to walk to Osgoode, and enjoyed an empty train because there's no service at Union. Then they got to St. George and enjoyed an empty train because there was no service east of St. George. Nice for them, but would be nicer if the trains were working for everybody else.

 

[Archii]

My parents are visiting from Ottawa by train this morning. They had to walk to Osgoode, and enjoyed an empty train because there's no service at Union. Then they got to St. George and enjoyed an empty train because there was no service east of St. George. Nice for them, but would be nicer if the trains were working for everybody else.

Also trains are limited to 30 at all above ground sections because of snow ig? Has been like this for last 3 days (ie before the snow). Literally going half the speed on some sections on the university line...

 

[crs1026]

All we know is that the two people were not known to each other, and the TTC employee pulled the first knife.

"TTC employee who carried a knife at work" is ringing bells regardless of what happened or why.

- Paul

 

[max]

TorontoToday has a reporter who witnessed the incident:

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/crime-emergency-services/ttc-employee-customer-accused-stabbing-each-other-dundas-station-11590086

By their account the stabbing followed the customer spitting in the face of the TTC employee.

The charges are interesting mostly similar, they both got charged with assault but the customer got three rounds and the employee just one. They both had possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying a concealed weapon, and aggravated assault. The one that jumped out to me was that employee also has a charge for obstructing police.

 

[PL1]

Thanks for checking! I don't have twitter so I never see more than the most recent announcement.

If you use BlueSky, someone set up a bot to post TTC service notices (@ttcalerts). It's not official, but is useful.

I dropped X/Twitter when Musk took it over. I can't support that guy

 

[txlseries4]

If you use BlueSky, someone set up a bot to post TTC service notices (@ttcalerts). It's not official, but is useful.

I dropped X/Twitter when Musk took it over. I can't support that guy

Yes, it's really helpful. The very odd time it goes down, but here's the link: https://bsky.app/profile/ttcalerts.bsky.social
The City of Toronto and some of their divisions have joined Bluesky recently. Hopefully the TTC follows... the most recent post from ttcnotices on twitter I see is from 2023 lol

 

[nightstreak]

Wait a second… so they went through all the trouble to replace “Dundas” with “TMU” yet still kept Dundas on the sign?? What a gigantic waste of money

 

[DSCToronto]

Wait a second… so they went through all the trouble to replace “Dundas” with “TMU” yet still kept Dundas on the sign?? What a gigantic waste of money
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The signage is to help people know where they are and the station is ON Dundas Street - it would make no sense to keep that a secret - though it shows the stupidity of the whole renaming nonsense. T avoid confusion, it would actually make more sense to say Sankofa Square not Dundas Street but ......

 

[Steve X]

I think the Dundas Street re-naming has been dropped. TMU paid to get there name on this station. Why should TTC decline a free re-branding?

How do people know that station is on Dundas if it just said TMU? The stations on the University side also says the street but not part of the station name.

 

[nightstreak]

The signage is to help people know where they are and the station is ON Dundas Street

How do people know that station is on Dundas if it just said TMU? The stations on the University side also says the street but not part of the station name.

The entire point of this exercise was to remove “Dundas” from the station so if they had to keep it, regardless of how necessary it was to orient people, then why do it at all??

 

[lead82]

Putting aside the idiocy of erasing history with renaming stations, what I don’t understand is why TMU is just listed as the abbreviation but VMC is listed fully as Vaughan Metropolitan Centre on the map and station name. Surely if we are going to rename a central station with such high usage we should use the full name rather than an opaque abbreviation that no one outside the city would understand and is inconsistent with our own shabby TTC standards.

 

[nightstreak]

Putting aside the idiocy of erasing history with renaming stations, what I don’t understand is why TMU is just listed as the abbreviation but VMC is listed fully as Vaughan Metropolitan Centre on the map and station name. Surely if we are going to rename a central station with such high usage we should use the full name rather than an opaque abbreviation that no one outside the city would understand and is inconsistent with our own shabby TTC standards.

At least they’d save money on signage…

One TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY sign would take up the entire length of a platform wall.

 

[kotsy]

Why should TTC decline a free re-branding?

It's actually better than free. The TTC is getting extra money from TMU that will make the system better for everyone.

 

[APTA-2048]

Putting aside the idiocy of erasing history with renaming stations, what I don’t understand is why TMU is just listed as the abbreviation but VMC is listed fully as Vaughan Metropolitan Centre on the map and station name. Surely if we are going to rename a central station with such high usage we should use the full name rather than an opaque abbreviation that no one outside the city would understand and is inconsistent with our own shabby TTC standards.

I really don’t think anybody got a history lesson when they passed through Dundas Station. Come on now.