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RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 03-06-2019
To put that in perspective, Toronto is looking at paying nearly that much for an extended subway tunnel to Scarborough, and one new station.
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 03-07-2019
So what does the $4.7B cover? Construction only? Additional rolling stock? Operations? Something else?
RE: Ottawa LRT - danbrotherston - 03-07-2019
(03-06-2019, 11:45 PM)KevinL Wrote: To put that in perspective, Toronto is looking at paying nearly that much for an extended subway tunnel to Scarborough, and one new station.
God I hope not.
But yeah, it's a big bill, but it's a huge project, seems like good value, although some of the stations are extremely suburban, looks like they could generate more sprawl, unless the zoning is done right.
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 03-07-2019
(03-07-2019, 11:01 AM)tomh009 Wrote: So what does the $4.7B cover? Construction only? Additional rolling stock? Operations? Something else?
The whole shebang - new track and stations, additional trains, all other associated one-time work, plus 'maintenance' (though I can't seem to find a timeframe on that part of the contract).
Full details here: https://www.stage2lrt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Contract-Award-of-Ottawas-Stage-2-LRT-Project_Final.pdf
RE: Ottawa LRT - Spokes - 03-07-2019
For reference, I think phase one was 2.1 billion
RE: Ottawa LRT - timio - 03-07-2019
(03-07-2019, 11:43 AM)Spokes Wrote: For reference, I think phase one was 2.1 billion
Including the tunnel through downtown.
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 03-07-2019
(03-07-2019, 11:30 AM)KevinL Wrote:(03-07-2019, 11:01 AM)tomh009 Wrote: So what does the $4.7B cover? Construction only? Additional rolling stock? Operations? Something else?
The whole shebang - new track and stations, additional trains, all other associated one-time work, plus 'maintenance' (though I can't seem to find a timeframe on that part of the contract).
Full details here: https://www.stage2lrt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Contract-Award-of-Ottawas-Stage-2-LRT-Project_Final.pdf
Thanks. The timeframe makes a huge difference, though (and also what is included in "maintenance").
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 03-17-2019
Lots of awesome footage in this video! The trains are really flying.
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 03-17-2019
All that night footage shows off that these have a third headlight at the top of the frame. Just a design quirk, or due to the number of tunnels and bridges in the system?
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 03-17-2019
I think it's just a design quirk.
Someone thought it looked cool. Lots of LRV designs have funky headlights.![[Image: cq5dam.web.750.750.jpeg]](https://www.bombardier.com/content/dam/Websites/bombardiercom/Projects/flexity-tram-marseille-4018.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.750.750.jpeg)
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 03-18-2019
Cyclops!
![[Image: saftyx-1.jpg]](http://sbiii.com/smottpix/saftyx-1.jpg)
RE: Ottawa LRT - tomh009 - 04-03-2019
Still no service launch date in Ottawa, either.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/all-lrt-trains-built-and-in-testing-but-still-no-launch-date
Quote:Manconi said it looks like a handover by the end of June is possible, based on some good progress lately. RTG has suggested it can deliver the LRT system in the second quarter of the year.
The city will need some weeks after the handover before service can start.
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 04-13-2019
Amazingly, this is a fan-made video. Very well put together!
RE: Ottawa LRT - bgb_ca - 05-03-2019
Minor derailment in Ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-train-derailed-friday-1.5121546
RE: Ottawa LRT - plam - 05-03-2019
(05-03-2019, 01:44 PM)bgb_ca Wrote: Minor derailment in Ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-train-derailed-friday-1.5121546
I bet we've had something like that too (kind of heard about it on the ION radio) but it didn't make the news. Probably pretty routine.