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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(01-08-2019, 10:40 AM)MidTowner Wrote:
(01-06-2019, 08:29 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: @Canard  Thanks!  Great summary.

Also keep in mind, operators still seem extremely cautious at intersections, I saw LRVs crawling through a few, even though they had right of way.

Was out walking the line today, showing my sister from Calgary, I was amazed how much testing there was on a Sunday.

Cautious everywhere, and for good reason! I saw a train stopped (with abundant room) for a parent and a few kids crossing the tracks in front of King Edward school yesterday morning.

Not trying to make this a train vs pedestrian issue, but are pedestrian crossings timed to give LRVs priority to avoid this?
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@ert86: they are still having all sorts of problems sending trains out of Fairway. It seems about 50% of the time, they can’t properly set the route, and they ask the LRV operator to proceed to the intersection very slowly, triggering the gates and arms via the backup inductive loops placed right there. Then the LRV must wait for the arms to come down and be fully down before proceeding.
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I'm not sure I understand the question. This was not at a crosswalk, anyway (though very close to one with a beg button).
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Oh I thought this was at the cross walk.

So essentially my question is that if at the crosswalk, the button is pushed and a train is coming, will the lights know this and wait until the train has passed to activate the crossing lights?
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(01-09-2019, 09:39 AM)Spokes Wrote: Oh I thought this was at the cross walk.

So essentially my question is that if at the crosswalk, the button is pushed and a train is coming, will the lights know this and wait until the train has passed to activate the crossing lights?

At an actual crossing yes.
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I have a vantage point to see the north bound train leave Frederick Station. I notice that once the train has a bar at Duke Street, soon after the lights are in it's favour at Queen and then Ontario in quick succession.
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I observed another incorrect signal setting today. An ION train came north past Waterloo Town Square. The no-right-turn signs on Caroline southbound south of Erb came on. Those control movements that only conflict with the southbound track, not the northbound one.
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(01-11-2019, 08:44 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I observed another incorrect signal setting today. An ION train came north past Waterloo Town Square. The no-right-turn signs on Caroline southbound south of Erb came on. Those control movements that only conflict with the southbound track, not the northbound one.

That no right turn light even comes on when the nightly chemtrain comes up northbound. Evidently for simplicity they just treated north and southbound movements the same through Erb & Caroline (& pretty much everywhere else both tracks cross). And seems that no right turn light is hard wired to that intersection
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(01-11-2019, 08:48 PM)jason897 Wrote:
(01-11-2019, 08:44 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I observed another incorrect signal setting today. An ION train came north past Waterloo Town Square. The no-right-turn signs on Caroline southbound south of Erb came on. Those control movements that only conflict with the southbound track, not the northbound one.

That no right turn light even comes on when the nightly chemtrain comes up northbound. Evidently for simplicity they just treated north and southbound movements the same through Erb & Caroline (& pretty much everywhere else both tracks cross). And seems that no right turn light is hard wired to that intersection

Sloppy.

Although to be fair, the no-right-turn is a smaller concern than the fact that Caroline doesn’t get a (mostly) green when only a southbound train comes through. At rush hour I think that would make a noticeable difference to congestion around that intersection.
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Yup, quite sure that's the spot (as well as the other side of the shelter, presumably).
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I thought they at least had the rail signals sorted out at the University Ave crossing, but this morning I watched a train approach the intersection on a red light, then have stop and wait for a while until the arms eventually went down. It passed through the intersection, which then went into the usual error cycle of being stuck on red for several minutes. Traffic backed up all the way to Westmount. There was a police car at the intersection for some reason, not sure what they were up to.
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(01-16-2019, 01:04 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: I thought they at least had the rail signals sorted out at the University Ave crossing, but this morning I watched a train approach the intersection on a red light, then have stop and wait for a while until the arms eventually went down. It passed through the intersection, which then went into the usual error cycle of being stuck on red for several minutes. Traffic backed up all the way to Westmount. There was a police car at the intersection for some reason, not sure what they were up to.

They were doing FIE testing on the Waterloo Spur so they put the crossings at Columbia and University in Island-Only mode so they wouldn't interfere with the testing being done. Part of that testing involves parking a vehicle in the "island" of the crossing which for University and Columbia would require police escort.
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(01-16-2019, 02:10 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote: They were doing FIE testing on the Waterloo Spur so they put the crossings at Columbia and University in Island-Only mode so they wouldn't interfere with the testing being done. Part of that testing involves parking a vehicle in the "island" of the crossing which for University and Columbia would require police escort.

What is “Island-Only mode”?
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(01-16-2019, 03:07 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:
(01-16-2019, 02:10 PM)trainspotter139 Wrote: They were doing FIE testing on the Waterloo Spur so they put the crossings at Columbia and University in Island-Only mode so they wouldn't interfere with the testing being done. Part of that testing involves parking a vehicle in the "island" of the crossing which for University and Columbia would require police escort.

What is “Island-Only mode”?

It is a mode where the crossing only activates when a vehicle enters the crossing island (the space that covers the width of the crossing) rather than by using its track circuits to gauge approach timing.
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