Ottawa LRT

[KevinL]

Oh. Oh dear.

[Spokes]

The fact they have so few vehicles available is what’s alarming.

We actually have a higher percentage of our fleet available for testing and training.

And that's the thing.  It was one thing when their stations weren't totally done.  But they require a certain number of testing hours.  I get the impression we are WAY ahead in that regard.  They can't just bypass this.

[Canard]

Here is a nice PDF Presentation of the Stage 2 design, including gobs of renders of all the stations!

https://www.stage2lrt.ca/wp-content/uplo...222_EN.pdf

A nod to Kiewit, one of the consortium partners, and ION as an example of their work.

The Trillium Line renders suggest an all-new paint scheme for the new Stadler FLIRT trains, more in-line with the LRT and Bus paint schemes.  Sharp!

   

Though later they show an alternate scheme:

   

So who knows.  They are still using the Stadler Variobahn tram design models for all the other renders (not Alstom Citadis Spirit).

[KevinL]

Love those station renders! Thanks for the link.

[Spokes]

Beautiful! That's some big growth

[Canard]

[KevinL]

Maybe half the signs have the English spelling, and half French? (Not sure why they then subtitle with both, though.)

[clasher]

Seems like an oversight, that's the right French spelling and there is enough room to put parliament on that sign too.

[Canard]

WOWWWWWWWwwwwwwwch.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5038832

[kps]

Interesting. Looking at the Googles and Wikipædiæ, it seems the only previous cold-climate Citadisises are in Moscow & St Petersburg where they run on local non-Alstom bogies.

[KevinL]

That's very concerning, wow.

I have to wonder how Metrolinx will react given these were ordered as a backstop...

[Spokes]

Wow.

As a former Ottawa resident, their winters are cold but not THAT cold. Man.

I hope we don't experience anything like that

[jeffster]

Wow.

As a former Ottawa resident, their winters are cold but not THAT cold.  Man.  

I hope we don't experience anything like that

We won't. The trains we got are actually tested for cold weather with a track record in Toronto.

As for Ottawa, this is quite shocking. How surprised am I that SNC-Lavalin is involved in all this? Not at all. SNC-Lavalin has always had friends in the right places, so crap like this continues to happen.

Looking like the ION might be in service before the O-Train.

[jeffster]

Quote: "France-based company Alstom, a member of Rideau Transit Group — the SNC Lavalin-led consortium building the 13-station Confederation Line —  is supplying the trains for the project."

Well....what could possibly go wrong?

And welp, we have our answer.

[ijmorlan]

Now can Toronto stop prevaricating and extend the Bombardier streetcar order? They need about 100 cars over the current order to have a really good equipment complement.