05-04-2021, 01:49 PM
(05-04-2021, 12:14 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Yes, I'm not expecting this to save minutes here, but the idea that the train, in the middle of a road of traffic going 70-90km/h (with a limit of 60km/h) is restricted to 50km/h is the kind of idiotic insanity that our engineers have implemented.
Courtland it appears that there are physical problems that are justifying the absurdly low limit, and those are being corrected. The same is not true on Northfield, it's just a normal expectation that the LRT will be 20-40% slower than driving for no reason.
So, embedded track is restricted to 50 km/h and ballasted track (as on Courtland, for example) to 70 km/h. Here us the old post from a few years ago; click on the link to read the rest of the discussion.
(02-19-2019, 09:37 AM)trainspotter139 Wrote:(02-19-2019, 09:31 AM)Spokes Wrote: When the trains are in a totally isolated area (not in mixed traffic) what kind of speeds will they do? I'm thinking between Mill and Block Line for example
Maximum of 70 km/h
This is the specification for the speeds, from the original iON RFP documentation set:
https://rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca...ersion.pdf
Quote:(e) The Signal System will be designed to comply with the civil design and restrict speeds to comply with corridor conditions as follows:
(i) The maximum operating speed for the street running section between Conestoga Mall and the Waterloo Spur is 60 km/h.
(ii) The maximum operating speed on the Waterloo Spur section between Northfield Drive and Erb Street is 80 km/h.
(iii) The maximum operating speed on the street running section between Erb Street and Mill Street is 50 km/h.
(iv) The maximum operating speed on the Huron Spur section between Mill Street and Haywood Avenue is 80 km/h.
(v) The maximum operating speed for the side running alignment along Haywood Avenue is 50 km/h.
(vi) The maximum operating speed for the side running alignment along Courtland Avenue is 60 km/h.
(vii) The maximum operating speed for the Hydro One Corridor between Courtland Avenue and Fairview Mall is 80 km/h.
Calculations for the speed at curves or turns can be found in this document:
https://rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca...ersion.pdf