ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[JJTL]

Just finished a late lunch at the Duke Food Block and within a less than 30 min span I saw 3 different trains out. Last one I saw was 511. Before that might have been 507 or 505. Certainly looks like lots of activity today.

[tomh009]

Just finished a late lunch at the Duke Food Block and within a less than 30 min span I saw 3 different trains out. Last one I saw was 511. Before that might have been 507 or 505. Certainly looks like lots of activity today.

I saw 505, 507 and 509 yesterday. The odd trains are definitely doing more testing!

[JJTL]

Just finished a late lunch at the Duke Food Block and within a less than 30 min span I saw 3 different trains out. Last one I saw was 511. Before that might have been 507 or 505. Certainly looks like lots of activity today.

I saw 505, 507 and 509 yesterday. The odd trains are definitely doing more testing!

Oh for sure! Trains 5, 7 and 11 I saw today are... prime...examples of that   .

[trainspotter139]

Just finished a late lunch at the Duke Food Block and within a less than 30 min span I saw 3 different trains out. Last one I saw was 511. Before that might have been 507 or 505. Certainly looks like lots of activity today.

I saw 505, 507 and 509 yesterday. The odd trains are definitely doing more testing!

The even-numbered trains (506 & 508) I think are unavailable for testing at the moment.

[KevinT]

I noticed this at the University Ave crossing on two separate occasions a few weeks ago, and there the pedestrian signal continued to block both pedestrians and cars for an extended period of time, like 3 or 4 extra minutes.

There's clearly integration between the rail signals box and the street signals box, but they're probably under two different jurisdictions which means getting it sorted out is going to be painful.  I fear that each side will simply finger point to the other before grudgingly agreeing to sit down together and work it out.  Hopefully that won't be the case.

I tried calling the region to report the University one, but all they would say is 'testing is active in that area'.  Not even a thank you, or a "we'll take that under advisement". 

I think that's been fixed? I was checking how long the gates and signals were blocking this week and it seemed just right.

Glad to hear it.  I know from the radio that they were doing signal timings in the University area earlier this week with 511, I think the Automatic Train Protection signalling is layered on top of traditional rail predictors, so where before they were dialing in the traditional system which will probably remain as backup, now they're dialing in the stuff based on communicated train positions and speeds.  That should give us a much tighter system, a boon to car drivers when the LRV headways are short during peak time.

[Pheidippides]

No word of an ion delay in the planning and works agenda. Lots of news on other things though (hub, Bridgeport signal relocation, GRT pccs, 2017 collision report, road construction season update, etc.).

[Canard]

Could you please provide a link to the document? Thanks in advance.

(Is this the document which will be discussed on Tuesday?)

[trainspotter139]

No word of an ion delay in the planning and works agenda. Lots of news on other things though (hub, Bridgeport signal relocation, GRT pccs, 2017 collision report, road construction season update, etc.).

It won't be included in the agenda until the morning of the meeting, as per usual practice.

Could you please provide a link to the document? Thanks in advance.

(Is this the document which will be discussed on Tuesday?)

https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Cou...202018.pdf

[GtwoK]

Could you please provide a link to the document? Thanks in advance.

(Is this the document which will be discussed on Tuesday?)

https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Cou...202018.pdf

How do you go about finding this? It's not in the city's calendar, searching through public records for this exact file name gives me no result, and the folder structure only shows committees for Audit, Comm & Infra, Fin & Corp, and Plan & Strat - none of which contain this document

[trainspotter139]

https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Cou...202018.pdf

How do you go about finding this? It's not in the city's calendar, searching through public records for this exact file name gives me no result, and the folder structure only shows committees for Audit, Comm & Infra, Fin & Corp, and Plan & Strat - none of which contain this document

https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Council has all the agendas for the Regional Committee and Council meetings that have been posted.

[tomh009]

No word of an ion delay in the planning and works agenda. Lots of news on other things though (hub, Bridgeport signal relocation, GRT pccs, 2017 collision report, road construction season update, etc.).

It won't be included in the agenda until the morning of the meeting, as per usual practice.

That's the usual practice for iON delays? Or for iON discussion in general?

[Pheidippides]

It won't be included in the agenda until the morning of the meeting, as per usual practice.

That's the usual practice for iON delays? Or for iON discussion in general?

That's usually the practice for the monthly vehicle report; other reports tend to show up on the agenda beforehand. The vehicle report is expected on the 14th.

[trainspotter139]

That's the usual practice for iON delays? Or for iON discussion in general?

That's usually the practice for the monthly vehicle report; other reports tend to show up on the agenda beforehand. The vehicle report is expected on the 14th.

It's the usual practice for the reports to be left off the agenda until the day of the meeting so that it is kept out of the press cycle until it is discussed at the meeting. The media (and the ion twitter account) are saying it will be at the P&W Committee meeting

[Canard]

I think 511 is out today!

(...with low windshield washer fluid! Lol)

505 is out already too!!

AND! They’re going all the way from Conestoga to Mill Crossover today! (Normally they just go to Cameron).

[trainspotter139]

I think 511 is out today!

(...with low windshield washer fluid! Lol)

505 is out already too!!

Time for an in-field refill

the others (507 & 509) are out now too