12-07-2020, 12:15 AM
I'm a little late to this discussion, but I talked and overheard people from day one on the ground...it took longer in morning commute for those coming from Cambridge that usually had the iExpress - Cambridge Centre to Charles St. Terminal and beyond? Vs Cambridge bus --> Fairway station switch to LRT --> downtown or beyond ie. Waterloo Conestoga Station. Plus no switching. Sit in your seat close your eyes and forget it.
I had to switch at the mall from the 110 or 10 to the 22 or the 7 (discovered this a bit later - lots of stops oof) so switching to LRT instead wasn't as big a deal. I liked the LRT more - smooth, almost guaranteed a seat, not stinky and felt cooler as it's on a track. But generally this was +8 to 10 mins total commute for me if I wasn't fortunate enough to make a train earlier + walk time slightly longer to workplace from LRT station on other end.
Now, I figured out another route to drop off at Block Line station, but it was more nip and tuck - lucky if we beat the train coming from Fairway And didn't get trapped at a crossing, or otherwise a brutal 9 minute wait in the cold as the one just left...no coordination whatsoever and the 10 mins intervals b.w. trai s are not the target 8 originally set out...
I had to switch at the mall from the 110 or 10 to the 22 or the 7 (discovered this a bit later - lots of stops oof) so switching to LRT instead wasn't as big a deal. I liked the LRT more - smooth, almost guaranteed a seat, not stinky and felt cooler as it's on a track. But generally this was +8 to 10 mins total commute for me if I wasn't fortunate enough to make a train earlier + walk time slightly longer to workplace from LRT station on other end.
Now, I figured out another route to drop off at Block Line station, but it was more nip and tuck - lucky if we beat the train coming from Fairway And didn't get trapped at a crossing, or otherwise a brutal 9 minute wait in the cold as the one just left...no coordination whatsoever and the 10 mins intervals b.w. trai s are not the target 8 originally set out...