I posted this a few pages back. Jhenifer at Buzzer blog said this -
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For the hardware that will be installed at in downtown Vancouver later this month, the new station entrance name signs (at Expo/Millennium Line stations) will be lit.
Most of the T beacons in downtown Vancouver, however, will not be illuminated at first because we have yet to secure agreement on where we’ll be allowed to draw the power from in most cases, and there are some issues with conversion of voltage to be resolved depending on the power source. It’s more complicated than a person might think. We’re working towards resolution, but didn’t want these issues to hold up the installation in the meantime.
à propos . . . . do the Sytrain cars still have names like "Spirit of Vanderhoof" painted on the side? Looking at the photos, I see the overall design has changed to Translink white with blue (correct)? But, I always thought that those "Spirit of ..." labels were a bit corny. Some people like them, I realize.
I like it as a way to identify each car but they are only on the original MkI cars. They stopped using the "spirit of..." labels when they went to the MkI½ cars .
I used to like seeing which City's car I was riding. It also raises awareness that these places exist... prompting people to look them up or at least be familiar with them, even those that spend their entire waking life inside the city. ( Some people are so sheltered )
It could be expanded to things like famous mountains and lakes.
It doesn't have to be "Spirit of..." but I like the idea.
Axe has been suspended for obvious reasons.
The Canada thread is closed, it was discussed why way back when it came into service. Feel free to talk about it here, do not talk about re-opening the thread ,it will not happen and will annoy the mods.
I was on the new Mark II trains for the first time today....I quite like them and would prefer them anyday over the Rotem Canada Line trains. And the acceleration/deceleration is incredible.
I was on the new Mark II trains for the first time today....I quite like them and would prefer them anyday over the Rotem Canada Line trains. And the acceleration/deceleration is incredible.
One thing I don't understand is their stops. It's way more rough and abrupt compared to the older generation MKIIs, even compared to the Canada Line at times.
One thing I don't understand is their stops. It's way more rough and abrupt compared to the older generation MKIIs, even compared to the Canada Line at times.
My theory is that it's because the Canada Line trains come into a stations with a slow crawl, possibly to reduce the likelihood of overshooting as there's little room for error with the platforms/train lengths being the same, while Translink has the Mark II's programmed to rush into the stations. The rough/abrupt difference might not be mechanical.
One thing I don't understand is their stops. It's way more rough and abrupt compared to the older generation MKIIs, even compared to the Canada Line at times.
I believe that this may be because of their length and wanting to be more efficient to keep their timings.
I think that the programmed motions for the trains could be improved. There are some rough stops, I agree. Also, I don't know why the southbound trains decelerate and then accelerate abruptly right before stopping at the southbound Commercial-Broadway platform. Hasn't anyone else felt that?
There are several other strange accelerations and decelerations across the system that don't appear to be as smooth as they could be.
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