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Add to the TTC issues above, Streetcar derailed at Queen/Coxwell. No streetcars from Greenwood to Neville.
Shuttles running.
Shuttles running.
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turbanplanner
Senior Member
If only they put in those turn around curves they agreed to 20 years ago but then forgot about!
mrgrieves
Active Member
TTC has a winter weather plan. I get its a lot of snow and it takes more effort to clear, but it stopped snowing last more than 12 hours ago. what failed?
www.ttc.ca
TTC winter weather plan
www.ttc.ca
Richard White
Senior Member
TTC has a winter weather plan. I get its a lot of snow and it takes more effort to clear, but it stopped snowing last more than 12 hours ago. what failed?
TTC winter weather plan
It was drifting snow.
The outages are all in the open cut where crews are likely trying to dig out.
nfitz
Superstar
Over 60 cm downtown where the low-floor LRVs performed outstandingly!
Bojaxs
Senior Member
TTC streetcar derails at Queen and Coxwell
No injuries were reported after a streetcar derailed at Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue.
toronto.citynews.ca
Mihairokov
Senior Member
One derailment over 24 hours of record snowfall? I'd consider that a success. I was out watching the King streetcars whizz by last night and they seemed to have very little issue.
nfitz
Superstar
Exactly! That's pretty much the only major incident. No damage and service was quickly restored. Meanwhile 501 service continued to run going around. I'd think those that advocate for subway are the ones with egg on their face today!TTC streetcar derails at Queen and Coxwell
No injuries were reported after a streetcar derailed at Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue.
I can't imagine just why anyone would complain about this. They were shovelling buses out of snow banks nearby for the last storm - and that never even made the news.
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Especially when you see how much buses struggled in the same time.
mrgrieves
Active Member
i thought they have special maintenance trains with plows that clear the lines. i cant imaging there's huge crews of works with shovels. can they not just keep running the maintenance trains?
asey20
Active Member
Probably due to street cars using a catenary system whereas the subway uses third rail for power. I assume the issue would be with the train losing power on the outdoor section due to the third rail being covered in snow.
Knowing the TTC, it is probably also precautionary.
txlseries4
Active Member
In an update with the Mayor on the news, Josh Colle said TTC employees (believe he said "several hundred") are hand shovelling on the outdoor sections to get the subway back in operation. Also said they are (or were, last night) storing trains in the tunnels so that service in the morning could begin quicker.
T3G
Senior Member
Catenary tends to suffer more during ice storms. Streetcars all over the world tend to be fine when it's merely snowing.
Amare
Senior Member
Which is also something Mosaic employees should be doing as well, instead of you know Metrolinx paying them money to sit on their hands and do nothing so LRVs cant operate on Finch West.
urbanclient
Senior Member
Gee, I wonder what line they practically forgot to procure equipment and allocate crews to unfreeze and clear snow on... What comes after 5?