[81-717]

Reminds me of the holiday train in the Moscow subway. Except theirs is a vintage Ej3 type train from the 1970s, built with what is arguably 1950s (or earlier) tech.

Новогодний поезд метро

1. На кольцевой линии с 25 декабря по 15 января будет курсировать новогодний поезд. Расписание поезда можно посмотреть на сайте mosmetro.ru 2. Новогодний поезд - это один из двух уникальных составов типа ЕЖ-3 3. Сам поезд украшен новогодними элементами. Машинист одет в Деда Мороза, так же можно…

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[PurplePinky]

In fairness, I don't think @T3G said that of you; he suggested that doing the holiday train was not giving into the City's reputation for being Puritan.

I’m fine with it, thought it was funny.

I hear they used to roll up the sidewalks and close swings in parks on Sundays!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Another rush hour, another service suspension from
College to Osgoode. Utter ineptitude.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

I hear they used to roll up the sidewalks

LOL, not literally, of course.

and close swings in parks on Sundays!

True; long before my time, but for a while, use of playgrounds was prohibited under the City's blue laws.

 

[Northern Light]

Another rush hour, another service suspension.

AoD

Regrettably, a suicide.

***

Repeat after me, Platform Edge Doors..........full height..... yesterday.

 

[urbanclient]

Runner laps Toronto's new $2.6-billion LRT train - Canadian Running Magazine

Toronto's first new transit line in 23 years took 64 minutes to travel 10.27 kilometres

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[AlvinofDiaspar]

Regrettably, a suicide.

***

Repeat after me, Platform Edge Doors..........full height..... yesterday.

I am not feeling particularly empathic nor understanding towards mishaps and mistakes past and present.

AoD

 

[ImmenselyMental]

I also noticed over the past week that as part of this update, the Rocket trains (at least on Line 1) also show the line number before the destination on the signs at each end of the train - i.e. "1 Finch".

This is what I was referring to:

 

[DSCToronto]

Another rush hour, another service suspension from
College to Osgoode. Utter ineptitude.

AoD

"Injury @ track level' - sad but hardly due to TTC ineptitude.

 

[PurplePinky]

Holiday streetcar and subway train hours are 11-1 and 7-9pm.

Streetcar is on King Street and Subway is Line 1.

 

[JasonParis]

I think this is on all the lines now. Personally, I like it, although a roundel with the colour would be nicer.

 

[81-717]

Holiday streetcar and subway train hours are 11-1 and 7-9pm.

Meaning what? That they're only in revenue service for 2 hours a day, unlike the rest of the fleet? I caught it at 1 pm today, but if the above means what it sounds like it means, that means no daylight photos of it...

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I find the wider the intersection the less pedestrians

Line 5 Eglinton West LRT in Doug Ford's Etobicoke neighbourhood will have a station entrance on one side of the intersection, to save construction money. Transferring from a bus to or from the LRT entrance requires crossing the wide roadways (Kipling, Islington, etc.). They require "pedestrian refuge islands". Worse, those pedestrians will be a large crowd every time a bus arrives at the station's bus stop.

 

[PurplePinky]

Meaning what? That they're only in revenue service for 2 hours a day, unlike the rest of the fleet? I caught it at 1 pm today, but if the above means what it sounds like it means, that means no daylight photos of it...

11am - 1pm and 7 - 9 pm. Daily for Holiday train and streetcars. Four hours per day.

 

[Steve X]

Line 5 Eglinton West LRT in Doug Ford's Etobicoke neighbourhood will have a station entrance on one side of the intersection, to save construction money. Transferring from a bus to or from the LRT entrance requires crossing the wide roadways (Kipling, Islington, etc.). They require "pedestrian refuge islands". Worse, those pedestrians will be a large crowd every time a bus arrives at the station's bus stop.

At least Ford got it right for his riding. Riders won’t be subjected to crawling streetcars moving at 10 km/h average.