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Ehhhh, the pigeon poop alone would have earned it a spot on the list, even if there wasn't a speck of dirt in the place otherwise. But ya it's worse now, I took a pic on the platform a few weeks ago that looked nearly apocalyptic I'll see if I can find it.
I think once the Concord condos near the Canadian Tire are finished, Bessarion ridership will grow. Leslie, Rosedale and Summerhill could start competing for the title of least used station.
Huh ... I was in Dundas West on Tuesday, and literally stopped walking down the platform to admire how clean the walls looked, and how bright the station looked. Floors obviously a bit dirty with the snow.
Its under construction with hording. Have said that, it has been a poor station for decades and never look clean looking in that timeframe.
No it will not based on how many towers have been built there so far. It will be about another 10-15 years before it is completed based on the current Market. Kings Landing may change that when owners move in this year, but don't expect many will use the station. It has been a dead zone since day one.
Kennedy, too, is absolutely revolting. If it's not pigeon goo everywhere it's suspicious fluids dripping down on you from God knows where.
Where in Europe, exactly, are things so bad that a station like Islington or Kennedy would make their top 10 most clean stations list? I'm calling shenanigans.
Past experience seems to suggest not. John Bromley recorded that ALRV 4238 was out of service for a very long time, but that one was among the big group pulled from service in early 2018. Though I hope the two flooded cars will retire with the new order and not with the first one!
Considering that the car structure is built strong enough to basically handle its own full weight on its roof - I would hazard a guess that the answer is "a lot".
Because there are far more Flexities available than is strictly needed for service. Because of that, they can afford to delay spending money on repairs to vehicles held out of service for long periods of time.
The TTC currently has far too many streetcars, why spend $$ on repairing a few of them if they will then sit unused or under-used? Of course, one day they WILL need all of them and then they will not be able to catch up with these more major rebuilds. It's called "planning' at the TTC.
Makes sense, thanks.
Another day, another shitshow (or as the french would say, "show de shit"). First a security incident at Wellesley (at least it cleared up quick), then another one at VP causing a service suspension from Woodbine & a backlog of trains holding all the way till Yonge. When it finally got moving, it was extremely slow the whole way, even as service to Kennedy resumed. Then service was suspended from Woodbine again due to "signal issues" / "track repairs" at VP, leaving people stranded on the train between Main & VP for like 30 mins. At this point, I could hardly blame anyone even if they decided to open the emergency exit, get off the train & walk the rest of the way through the tunnel along the tracks (at least to the nearest station), it'd be faster than this bs.
