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Originally Posted by dpogue
Train 602 (6011-6025) was the first to arrive but is being used for special system testing and has not (to my knowledge) started its non-revenue testing.
Train 604 (6031-6045) was doing non-revenue testing but I haven't seen it lately. It's possible it had some sort of fault that requires re-starting the testing and they opted to just keep going with the next train.
Train 606 (6051-6065) has completed its non-revenue testing and is now in revenue service testing. This is the train that was used for the promotional event on Thursday.
Train 608 (6071-6085) is somewhere in the yard. I don't think it's been out for non-revenue testing yet.
Train 610 (6091-6105) just arrived this month.
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It's just me but it's kind of alarming how there's only 2 trains that arrived since April, and we need at least 16 more trains over the next 29 months to reach the end of 2027 if they want a 1 for 1 replacement of mark 1s AKA reach 25 Mark V trains delivered.
If we read off the current pace of 1 train every 3 months, there will only be 14 trains by the end of 2027, not accounting for those undergoing testing. This also assumes 66 mk1 cars are left.
Assuming that 18 mark V has the same capacity of 25 Mark 1, they can operate the Expo Line with 7 less total trains online. If you go and transfer 66 mark 1 to the Millennium Line for 16 mark 2 (11 6-car mark 1s for 8 4-car mk2s), that's a total of 10 less trains on the expo line while still at more or less the same capacity.
if I were TL I would store additional Mark 2 in Coquitlam on the overnights and dedicate S10 (track lane) at OMC1 to mk1 storage instead of scrapping.
New yard opens 2027
Broadway Subway opens 2027.
That's not enough time to stockpile rolling stock to run the network.
((please I don't want to do anymore mental gymnastics))
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