ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[taylortbb]

CTV article has been updated. Apparently the van ran a red light.

[JCnb]

From CTV's updated article...

"According to police, the van was driving north on Water Street when it failed to stop for a red light. It struck an LRT vehicle on Duke, which had the right of way."

Well blowing through a red light.. could have been far worse ...

[bgb_ca]

Who had May 31st in the pool?  Much earlier than I had thought.....

I was way off.. I had Feb 15, 2018 as that was the first time I saw one move under its own power

[KevinT]

My friend has a scanner and texted me at 12:50 about it, I managed to catch 514 at the R&T Park station returning to the OMSF at reduced speed::



The missing coupler cover is the only obvious damage, hopefully all of the non-obvious damage is minor.

Edit to add: Unlisted video shared exclusively here, don't re-post to other forums or social media sites.

[kalis0490]

Quote from CTV: "The LRT vehicle had about $40,000 in damage done to it"

There must be some internal damage

Could a coupler cost that much?

[GtwoK]

Quote from CTV: "The LRT vehicle had about $40,000 in damage done to it"

There must be some internal damage

Could a coupler cost that much?

Out of curiosity, who pays for that? The van driver's insurance, I'd assume, because damn, I feel like a $40,000 payout is gonna raise their insurance cost by a pretty penny

[Bob_McBob]

The Record says Keolis anticipates the train will be back in service by tomorrow.

[ijmorlan]

But how long until the sides are plastered with giant adverts, obscuring the view from the inside haha...

Actually I think the Region has already taken a considered decision not to do that. It may even be at the level of “no external ads at all”.

[jamincan]

Quote from CTV: "The LRT vehicle had about $40,000 in damage done to it"

There must be some internal damage

Could a coupler cost that much?

Out of curiosity, who pays for that? The van driver's insurance, I'd assume, because damn, I feel like a $40,000 payout is gonna raise their insurance cost by a pretty penny

Not to be insensitive, but running a red light could have been far far worse. A bump in insurance premiums is probably a pretty light consequence.

[ijmorlan]

Quote from CTV: "The LRT vehicle had about $40,000 in damage done to it"

There must be some internal damage

Could a coupler cost that much?

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. There may be various components, not all obvious, which are somewhat damaged. Also there will be several hours’, at least, labour to install the new pieces and do whatever testing is needed afterward. Also, unlike car components, these are low-volume items, so everything is more expensive than the same exact part would be if it was on your car.

[KevinT]

Interesting quote in this article, https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-new...sh-1483536:

He says they currently have ten trains testing each day, which will be about the same amount that will be on the tracks when the service launches on June 21.

He being Thomas Schmidt, the region's Commissioner of Transportation and Environmental Services. I thought I heard more than six trains acknowledging an 'All LRVs' message on the radio today, but they came so fast and furious that I wasn't keeping accurate count...

[panamaniac]

Oh no!

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/lrt-vehicle...-1.4446021

Is this the first time there has been an accident?

First but not the last ....

[bgb_ca]

Interesting quote in this article, https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-new...sh-1483536:

He says they currently have ten trains testing each day, which will be about the same amount that will be on the tracks when the service launches on June 21.

He being Thomas Schmidt, the region's Commissioner of Transportation and Environmental Services.  I thought I heard more than six trains acknowledging an 'All LRVs' message on the radio today, but they came so fast and furious that I wasn't keeping accurate count...

Notice they didn't say testing at the same time...

[embe]

Is this the first time there has been an accident?

First but not the last ....

Unfortunate agreement on this point.  Traffic in town has been getting worse lately (seems like permits come in cereal boxes).

[Acitta]

Interesting quote in this article, https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-new...sh-1483536:

He says they currently have ten trains testing each day, which will be about the same amount that will be on the tracks when the service launches on June 21.

He being Thomas Schmidt, the region's Commissioner of Transportation and Environmental Services.  I thought I heard more than six trains acknowledging an 'All LRVs' message on the radio today, but they came so fast and furious that I wasn't keeping accurate count...

I was out on my bike and hanging around Mill Station, Borden St. and Ottawa on Thursday after 8 PM and I timed trains going by at 15 minute intervals. Tonight, I was cycling along Duke St. just after 7 and saw a couple of trains pass by at about an 8 minute interval. I think that they are testing at service level frequency.