The Great Canadian Transit Thread - Page 149

Chadillaccc · #**2961** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 2:50 AM**

A couple of quick snaps taken this morning at 5:30 am at Crowfoot Station (NW terminus of line 201)

... and a decent pic I shot of a downtown station last week.

shreddog · #**2962** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 3:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Not sure where to put this, but the Italian cruise ship AIDAbella docked today in Old Montreal. The 69,000 GT , 2,500 passenger ship is the biggest cruise ship ever to dock in Montreal.

by peekay on mtlurb

Okay, I'll admit it, I'm not a cruise ship kinda person, but holy — that boat is — ugly!!

Good on Montreal getting this puppy in harbour. Regarding Acajack's comment, is Mtrl now getting leafers by boat??? If yes, F'ng Eh!!!!!

ssiguy · #**2963** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 4:20 AM**

Now the the WLRT and NE extension done and Tuscany in the NW next year, is there any other LRT construction going on in Calgary or about to start?

Chadillaccc · #**2964** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 4:29 AM**

The SETWAY is in the pipeline, and the extension of the South Line.

I imagine, with all of the major businesses moving down to Quarry Park, that there may eventually be talk of just building the SETWAY as the Southeast LRT without having the BRT right of way built first.

Studies are also ongoing as to the location of the future North Central Line.

Chadillaccc · #**2965** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 10:58 PM**

Calgary has begun a study into the feasibility of a future streetcar network. Here is a personal vision done by Calgary forumer WIGS:

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Originally Posted by WIGS

I've been thinking about this since shortly after moving here in 2009.
Here's my fantasy Beltline/EV streetcar proposal. just for fun/fantasy but I think Beltline and East Village would benefit greatly from having at least 1 streetcar line (after all Beltline was named after a former streetcar line!)

Calgary-Beltline-EV-streetcar-FullSize by OneAndOnlyWigs, on Flickr

Rico Rommheim · #**2966** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 11:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by shreddog

Okay, I'll admit it, I'm not a cruise ship kinda person, but holy — that boat is — ugly!!

Good on Montreal getting this puppy in harbour. Regarding Acajack's comment, is Mtrl now getting leafers by boat??? If yes, F'ng Eh!!!!!

Yeah that boat is —' ugly. I'll say that much.

As for the 'leafers', I don't know how long it's been done here, but yeah, it's been many years since the Europeans flock here by boat to look at falling leaves and —.

Rumour has it that after Montreal, the Euros travel down the 401 to look at another sort of falling leafs.

caltrane74 · #**2967** Posted **Oct 4, 2013, 11:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Rumour has it that after Montreal, the Euros travel down the 401 to look at another sort of falling leafs.

leafs falling into number #1?

Beedok · #**2968** Posted **Oct 5, 2013, 12:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Calgary has begun a study into the feasibility of a future streetcar network. Here is a personal vision done by Calgary forumer WIGS:

We need a Great Canadian Transit Fantasies thread.

Chadillaccc · #**2969** Posted **Oct 5, 2013, 4:10 PM**

It's not a fantasy though, they have started the study for it. Or do you just mean for maps and stuff like what wigs did? That's a good idea.

eemy · #**2970** Posted **Oct 5, 2013, 4:24 PM**

Urban Toronto has one, and it can be fun, though after awhile they all begin to look the same.

Innsertnamehere · #**2971** Posted **Oct 5, 2013, 6:29 PM**

That's because they are all of Toronto!

Beedok · #**2972** Posted **Oct 5, 2013, 7:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

It's not a fantasy though, they have started the study for it. Or do you just mean for maps and stuff like what wigs did? That's a good idea.

Maps and stuff.

Chadillaccc · #**2973** Posted **Oct 7, 2013, 2:31 AM**

Incredible Calgary pics by our very own SurrealPlaces!

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

A few Friday afternoon pics for the LRT fans

Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility by tallisrh, on Flickr

Storage Lanes by tallisrh, on Flickr

CTrain Service Lane by tallisrh, on Flickr

CTrain Wash by tallisrh, on Flickr

Calgary LRT at night by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Coldrsx · #**2974** Posted **Oct 7, 2013, 2:30 PM**

Awesome full build out by lightrail on C2E

(http://members.shaw.ca/david.marlor/downtown-lrt.jpg)

The_Architect · #**2975** Posted **Oct 7, 2013, 3:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Rumour has it that after Montreal, the Euros travel down the 401 to look at another sort of falling leafs.

...he ironically says as said Leafs beat some other terrible team a week ago.

Chadillaccc · #**2976** Posted **Oct 8, 2013, 1:01 AM**

I know that it's because both lines run downtown, but I just experienced a headway between trains of less than 40 seconds. That is probably the quickest I've ever seen it though. Surprisingly, there was no extended stop at any of the stations to compensate. This is also the end of rush hour as well.

Chadillaccc · #**2977** Posted **Oct 8, 2013, 7:47 PM**

Platforms are now in place at Lions Park Station.

By Chadillaccc, on Flickr

and a shot of University Station's extension with a beautiful guy in it by Rusty!

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Originally Posted by Rusty van Reddick

Head in a hole, University LRT station:

Innsertnamehere · #**2978** Posted **Oct 8, 2013, 11:41 PM**

Toronto City Council just passed a 1.6% tax hike to pay for the Scarborough Subway. The LRT is now officially dead.

GlassCity · #**2979** Posted **Oct 9, 2013, 2:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Toronto City Council just passed a 1.6% tax hike to pay for the Scarborough Subway. The LRT is now officially dead.

I hope Surrey can dodge the LRT bullet too.

Kibb · #**2980** Posted **Oct 9, 2013, 12:48 PM**

Ottawa new TMP includes massive fasttracking of LRT construction and additional length to lines added to Phase 2 instead of a post 2031 Phase 3. Also a split at Lincoln Fields to Bayshore (don't know if that's a new line) They believe they can get it done 5 years after Phase 1 finishes.

19 new stations, new 35km in Phase 2 now.

"we will shift LRT up an entire generation...to spread it east, west, south together"