ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[trainspotter139]

[Canard]

1/2 - Saturady, February 16, 2019

   
Coupled testing of 510 and 513, along the Fairway Hydro Corridor.

   

   
Get a room!

   

   

[Canard]

2/2 - Saturday, February 19, 2019

   
Fairway Terminus.

   
The smartcard stanchion here is different from other stations, in that it has buttons and a display. All the other ones are just a flat plate of metal.

   
The screen is on!

   
...as I got closer, I guess my wallet got close enough that it tried to read one of the cards in my pocket.

   
510 and 513 at Kitchener City Hall.

[clasher]

It's sweet seeing them coupled together.

[trainspotter139]

2/2 - Saturday, February 19, 2019


Fairway Terminus.


The smartcard stanchion here is different from other stations, in that it has buttons and a display.  All the other ones are just a flat plate of metal.


The screen is on!


...as I got closer, I guess my wallet got close enough that it tried to read one of the cards in my pocket.


510 and 513 at Kitchener City Hall.

Yeah they need to apply the stickers to those readers before the end of March

[KevinL]

The flat metal plate is a space filler, there's no electronics under it. By system launch they will all look like the ones you picture here.

[Spokes]

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

[trainspotter139]

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

[Spokes]

Is that expected to be actually reached, or just that's what they're allowed to go?

[trainspotter139]

Is that expected to be actually reached, or just that's what they're allowed to go?

In some sections of the ballasted track they will be going that speed, others they will come close. The speed in the embedded sections is restricted to 50 km/h maximum.

[danbrotherston]

Is that expected to be actually reached, or just that's what they're allowed to go?

In some sections of the ballasted track they will be going that speed, others they will come close. The speed in the embedded sections is restricted to 50 km/h maximum.

Now is that the speed when it's at the side of the road with a roll curb?  Or when it is in the middle of the road?  I question why the speeds are so low, in some cases, lower than the speed limit for cars, even when separated by a curb.

[Canard]

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

70 km/h on the Fairway Corridor, Mill Spur, and Waterloo Spur!

[Canard]

Now is that the speed when it's at the side of the road with a roll curb?  Or when it is in the middle of the road?  I question why the speeds are so low, in some cases, lower than the speed limit for cars, even when separated by a curb.

The speed limits in the city are the road speed limit (“RESUME SAFE SPEED”) unless specified otherwise by a yellow diamond sign. Where yellow diamond signs are present, this represents the maximum permitted speed due to curve geometry. All of these limits are visible in the charts on the Functional design Plans available on the Region’s Site.

[Canard]

When do the ION-related documents come out today, and where will they be? I hate that they’re so hard to find.

[ijmorlan]

Now is that the speed when it's at the side of the road with a roll curb?  Or when it is in the middle of the road?  I question why the speeds are so low, in some cases, lower than the speed limit for cars, even when separated by a curb.

The speed limits in the city are the road speed limit (“RESUME SAFE SPEED”) unless specified otherwise by a yellow diamond sign. Where yellow diamond signs are present, this represents the maximum permitted speed due to curve geometry. All of these limits are visible in the charts on the Functional design Plans available on the Region’s Site.

They really should do at least speed limit + 10km/h. Areas with a 50km/h limit normally have motor traffic at 60km/h, on top of which the LRVs are running on tracks mostly in a centre reservation far from any pedestrians so there is no need to limit their speed so much. O well. It should still do pretty good time with signal priority.