Metro Vancouver Transit Discussion - Page 694

Express691 · #**13861** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 6:47 PM**

Im rather excited to see how big that front space is from the inside!

SOSS · #**13862** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 8:58 PM**

I'm surprised they're not being shipped by rail.

officedweller · #**13863** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 9:11 PM**

Great shot of the front!

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**13864** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by xd_1771

New image from Bombardier's Twitter showing the front of the vehicle...

it looks like a full train is ready. you can see the other 3 pieces in the background.

SFUVancouver · #**13865** Posted **Oct 16, 2015, 11:14 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

it looks like a full train is ready. you can see the other 3 pieces in the background.

Good eye. I didn't notice the other three cars at all.

Meraki · #**13866** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 2:00 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Good eye. I didn't notice the other three cars at all.

401-404 perhaps?

Mac Write · #**13867** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 2:37 AM**

Looking at the front, looks like there is a drivers cab with a door behind it. So much for sitting at the very front.

SOSS · #**13868** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 2:48 AM**

To me it looks like a couple of rows of bench seating with a railing going down the middle.

TransitJack · #**13869** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 3:59 AM**

Looks like they moved back to round RED LED marker lights vs the LED red light strip we see on the current Mark II and II.5

You can faintly make out the circular shapes up at the top of the window, similar to the Canada Line Rotem Cars

jsbertram · #**13870** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mac Write

Looking at the front, looks like there is a drivers cab with a door behind it. So much for sitting at the very front.

Not sure why these would need to have a secured drivers cab on an automated system.

Kisai · #**13871** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 10:39 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Write

Looking at the front, looks like there is a drivers cab with a door behind it. So much for sitting at the very front.

I think that's just a reflection, you can see the window position doesn't show a drivers cab.

Mac Write · #**13872** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 2:37 AM**

Zoom right into the picture and there is definitely something across the area that leads to the front cab area. it's the same colour as the front cab walls and even looks like a railing is on top of it in gray as well. it's definitely not a reflection.

Kisai · #**13873** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 2:41 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Write

Zoom right into the picture and there is definitely something across the area that leads to the front cab area. it's the same colour as the front cab walls and even looks like a railing is on top of it in gray as well. it's definitely not a reflection.

I'm pretty sure that's a reflection of the building it's facing.

Sheba · #**13874** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 5:54 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by xd_1771

New image from Bombardier's Twitter showing the front of the vehicle...

After zooming in it's obvious to me. There's the inside wall and then there's the side window and you can see part of the hubcap of the car parked beyond it. There's no walled in drivers cab.

aberdeen5698 · #**13875** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 12:36 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheba

After zooming in it's obvious to me. There's the inside wall and then there's the side window and you can see part of the hubcap of the car parked beyond it. There's no walled in drivers cab.

'nuff said!

Millennium2002 · #**13876** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 9:09 PM**

I see people are out in force protesting against the 49 reroute from the Champlain Heights area... Little signs held up by orange tape have gone up asking people to send comments to TransLink.

Frankly, I'm not surprised that this is happening... It happened the last time TransLink tried to reroute the 49 a few years ago...

Express691 · #**13877** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 9:28 PM**

Was there a point in time where every few 49 trips would make the Champlain Heights diversion?

Millennium2002 · #**13878** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 9:45 PM**

It's always been around iirc. There are a few peak hour trips that bypass Champlain Heights but those only started after the UPass came into play for both Langara and UBC.

Sheba · #**13879** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:49 AM**

Transit Network Consultation

This should be all the more reason for people here to fill out the survey. It's a vocal minority who want the 49 to stay the same and divert through Champlain Heights. If enough people say they want it changed, it'll happen this time. Personally I thought the change to the 26 make the route even more convoluted than it is now and suggested an alternate route for it.

Reecemartin · #**13880** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 2:49 AM**

"Expo Line (station upgrades, for example), should assume that the line will one day be used at its maximum capacity (5-car operations)."

Can the Expo Line not be expanded past 5 cars for some, reason? Are the platforms not long enough for 5 car trains at present?

Where does Translink plan on storing the new rolling stock and have considerations been made for building a second yard? With the great potential for future expansion it seems this will become necessary, where would be the optimal location>