ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Section ThirtyOne]

Now if we could get Wellington re-opened @ King...

[Canard]

While we're waiting for our trains, here's a great video behind-the-scenes at Bombardier in Dandenong, Australia, where they build Melbourne's FLEXITY trams.

[KevinL]

Can confirm that Benton/Frederick/King/Duke are all set to open. Signals are active, roads are clear, they just need to do a small bit of tidying and move some barriers and signs.

[Canard]

Frederick/Duke fully re-open, all movements?

[KevinL]

Presumably will be, yes. It's the spot that needs the most polish; there's some clumps of sand/snow that looked problematic. But the signals are functional and remaining construction zones cordoned off.

[boatracer]

Oopsie

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a friendly reminder that there is No pickup window at this pizza place. Please park on the street and get your nails done. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/uptownopen?src=hash">#uptownopen</a> <a href="https://t.co/Qb1Bwuh0L3">pic.twitter.com/Qb1Bwuh0L3</a></p>&mdash; All My Nails Salon (@AllMyNailsSalon) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllMyNailsSalon/status/809190958634041348">December 15, 2016</a></blockquote>

Saw another person stuck on the spur line during the lunch hour today.  Police were on scene, looked like they were just waiting for a tow.  They didn't get nearly as far at the car in the above photo.

[Viewfromthe42]

First time I saw that photo, I thought that the tow truck was the focus, could barely make out the guy who had gone waaaay back.

[Section ThirtyOne]

Since the changes, I almost pulled in there myself before realizing there is no roadway there any more!

[Canard]

They did it!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">King Wellington open. YES YES <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wrLRT?src=hash">#wrLRT</a> <a href="https://t.co/XzQwAJWHd5">pic.twitter.com/XzQwAJWHd5</a></p>&mdash; Tom Galloway (@tomjgalloway14) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/status/812066364621987843">December 22, 2016</a></blockquote>

[KevinL]

In other news, I have it on good authority that the project's Wikipedia presence has significantly increased - every station now has its own article. The list is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_rapid_...t#Stations

[tomh009]

Nice work!

[MidTowner]

In other news, I have it on good authority that the project's Wikipedia presence has significantly increased - every station now has its own article. The list is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_rapid_...t#Stations

In the list of stations, Northfield is identified as a "Park and Ride station." I'd forgotten about that. Does anyone know if that's accurate and, if so, how exactly parking will work there?

[MidTowner]

hahaha Good answer! That's my suspicion, too. So is it a park-and-ride, or what? Does Grand River Transit think it's a good idea to identify a station as a "park-and-ride" when the only parking around is private? Or is it a defunct idea...?

[KevinL]

Can confirm that Benton/Frederick/King/Duke are all set to open. Signals are active, roads are clear, they just need to do a small bit of tidying and move some barriers and signs.

Et voila.

[MidTowner]

hahaha Good answer! That's my suspicion, too. So is it a park-and-ride, or what? Does Grand River Transit think it's a good idea to identify a station as a "park-and-ride" when the only parking around is private? Or is it a defunct idea...?

Rideion.ca does say about Northfield that "A Park n’ Ride facility will be located here." I agree that it's a logical station to host one, location-wise. I have no sense of how they will accomplish it.