ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[KevinL]

I'll try to swing by a platform and look for myself.

[Canard]

Looks like someone already did:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/81680629...477804051/

[KevinL]

Nice!

[bgb_ca]

Looks like someone already did:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/81680629...477804051/

You beat me to it. I was about to post that same picture here (I was the one that took that about 15-20 mins ago)

[Spokes]

Looks like someone already did:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/81680629...477804051/

You beat me to it. I was about to post that same picture here (I was the one that took that about 15-20 mins ago)

Feel free to post it.  It's nice to not have to follow a link to see it.

[Canard]

The HMI on the TVM on the Borden SB platform has been destroyed.

[JoeKW]

What do those acronyms mean?

[KevinL]

What do those acronyms mean?

"The HMI (Human-Machine Interface, ie the touchscreen) on the TVM (Ticket Vending Machine) on the Borden SB (southbound) platform has been destroyed."

[bgb_ca]

You beat me to it. I was about to post that same picture here (I was the one that took that about 15-20 mins ago)

Feel free to post it.  It's nice to not have to follow a link to see it.

Here ya go.

Edit: it don't seem to want to attach

[chutten]

It worked for me, here we go:

   

[KevinT]

ION LRV 511 Arrival and Offload:



Note: 508 and 509 appear in this video as a pair at 6:20 into the clip, with both pantos up and each fully powered.

[nms]

When the LRVs are acting as pair, will there only be one driver, or will there be a need a driver in the trailing unit?

[taylortbb]

When the LRVs are acting as pair, will there only be one driver, or will there be a need a driver in the trailing unit?

Just one driver. Their controls will control the motors/doors/etc in both vehicles. The vehicles support longer trains too, up to 6 vehicles I think, not that we have the platforms for that.

[ijmorlan]

When the LRVs are acting as pair, will there only be one driver, or will there be a need a driver in the trailing unit?

Just one driver. Their controls will control the motors/doors/etc in both vehicles. The vehicles support longer trains too, up to 6 vehicles I think, not that we have the platforms for that.

This is why almost all subway expansion proposals for Toronto are idiotic. Any underused subway could be built as LRT for less, but later expanded gradually as traffic levels increase. The only exceptions would be places where the demand almost immediately will require long trains and grade separation. At present as far as I can tell that means the Relief line and only the Relief line. Certainly not the Richmond Hill extension, Scarborough, or Sheppard. Or even Vaughan, for that matter, but that construction project is an unrecoverable sunk cost.

[Canard]

I think that's the first I've seen of a concrete number.

We also finally have dates for the art installations:

• Spinal Column at the Hospital (June)
• Tall Tales of Mill St. at Mill St. (June)
• Because Cats Can’t Fly at Kitchener Market (June)
• Three Sisters at Block Line (June)
• Shaping Residency at Fairway (June)
• Continuum at Conestoga (June)
• Fabric of Place at Old Albert St. (June)
• Arras at Fairway (July)
• The Passenger at Research and Technology (September)
• The Network at Research and Technology (October)

An upcoming event where the public is being invited to help out and try their hand at blacksmithing reminded me of the above.  So, we've blown past basically all of these.