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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
There is a New ION Car sitting in CP Lambton yard with no number on it of all things. It could be going to Thunder Bay for final insulation of equipment.
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 08-22-2020, 05:50 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (02-07-2020, 06:54 PM) -- Germany and I believe Austria use plainclothes inspectors on their tram/S-bahn and U-bahn trains and it works good there. You don't really see them coming until ...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 02-09-2020, 04:51 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
5 minute service sound great, but it comes at a cost and inconvenience. First of all, you need cars and spares to meet that 5 minute schedule and that is both an operation cost as well capital cost...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 01-05-2020, 08:18 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ION cars were built in Kingston. So far, TTC cars welds are being done at BBD La Pocatière, Québec plant, but delivery them back to TTC is another story. BBD plan call for a 19 week turn around for e...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 12-30-2019, 11:06 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
There are 4 underground stations for Ottawa system. After riding a number of systems this year, there needs to be a number of changes for the ION system that go back to opening day. Gates are too slo...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 09-17-2019, 01:17 AM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT
Very impress with Ottawa system and was there on opening day. Got on a train at 1:50 in place of the plan 2 pm. Not as busy as I thought it would be, similar to KW opening. Been short on trains, st...
   drum118 Outside Waterloo Region 393 233,019 09-17-2019, 12:58 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
bgb_ca Wrote: (08-15-2019, 10:43 AM) -- When did they change the sign on the front of the trains? I was out of town for a couple of days, and noticed they now just say "301 to Fairway" and "301 to Co...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 08-19-2019, 12:27 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
danbrotherston Wrote: (07-21-2019, 09:36 PM) -- [quote='jeffster' pid='71606' dateline='1563739381'] I know in some Euro countries fines are based on income. That said, if they can't afford the fine...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 07-22-2019, 03:43 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
GtwoK Wrote: (06-21-2019, 01:31 PM) -- GRT is claiming on Twitter that they arent operating on a regular schedule this weekend, and that it's a "special schedule". Anyone know what that is? Are all s...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 06-21-2019, 07:36 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
https://youtu.be/tBI9TVADoXo https://youtu.be/Vtu0K_kOM-Y https://youtu.be/2yOZOYO9rOs
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 06-21-2019, 07:29 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Ion Wins No LRT by Canada Day, Ottawa city confirms (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/no-lrt-by-canada-day-1.5161347)
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 06-04-2019, 12:20 PM
  Thread: Toronto transit projects
Post: RE: Toronto transit projects
Its cheaper to not only ship Metrolinx cars by truck, but also faster. CN has to pickup the flat in Kingston to take it where it put onto a train to Toronto. It then is taken from CN Toronto yard to ...
   drum118 Outside Waterloo Region 383 245,629 01-13-2019, 03:13 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Dec 29 Watching out the window as we had Lunch, I said to the other haft "I wonder if they are testing cars today" as we were heading home. No sooner I said that, an LRV show up heading for Fairway S...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 12-31-2018, 04:37 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Dec 29 Watching out the window as we had Lunch, I said to the other haft "I wonder if they are testing cars today" as we were heading home. No sooner I said that, an LRV show up heading for Fairway S...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 12-31-2018, 04:36 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Having a crossing from Traynor to Fairview should had shown up during the EA stage. It was clear to me when I walked the route at the start of construction that there should be a crossing or 2 in t...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 08-28-2018, 04:52 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
June 21 Luck out stopping off in Kitchener on my way to London to caught 506 in testing between Mills Station and Fairview Mall. If I have visited before 12 pm, I wouldn't have caught these videos. T...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 06-21-2018, 11:51 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
There will be a bus load or 2 of business owner coming your way in the next few months from Mississauga to have a look at the system, but most of all, talking to business owners. They want to know h...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 06-01-2018, 02:40 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
2018: Regional Chair Ken Seiling talks LRT, opioids and affordable housing  (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ken-seiling-waterloo-region-2018-lrt-opioids-housing-1.4470114)
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 01-02-2018, 06:23 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
How Metrolinx's cuts with Bombardier deal will impact KW http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/how-metrolinx-s-cuts-with-bombardier-deal-will-impact-kw-1.4461504
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 12-22-2017, 11:06 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Next round of public consultations scheduled for Stage 2 ION Posted on Friday November 03, 2017 Waterloo Region – The Region of Waterloo is continuing public consultation on Stage 2 ION, light rai...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 11-03-2017, 11:51 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Stop by on my way home on Oct 12 and did a quick look at a few places. Still got some work to be done to complete the construction phase. Now to get the LRV up and running. Will have photos up in t...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 10-13-2017, 07:31 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2841/34000502836_dcc0fa8516_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2841/33178345923_f4acac86c9_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2900/33833970542_7d28346209_b.jpg https...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 04-15-2017, 12:23 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2909/33883928552_5c9575ddf9_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2858/33911370011_6f259eed90_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2944/33229085623_158edd9034_b.jpg https...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 04-15-2017, 12:22 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
April 08 Finally got all of the 250 photos I shot of the system that day as well the new LRV up on site. A number of things standout from my Feb visit and doing some head scratching on them. On No...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 04-15-2017, 12:21 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Not the best video, but was expecting this to happen https://youtu.be/qnpWIlqldAc
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 04-11-2017, 01:04 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
The line ran 3/4 to the main gate at 2 pm with about 90 minute wait. When I left, 1,000 had past through the car and exceeding the expectation for the turn out that some of the handout material was go...
   drum118 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,649,087 04-10-2017, 09:40 AM

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