O-Train Line 2 [Stage 1 | Bayview to Greenboro] | In Service - Page 103

IntoTheCore · #**2041** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by rocketphish

How far is this from the beach, or the dragon boats?

Google Maps puts it at a 1.6 km / 20 minute walk.

1overcosc · #**2042** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 6:59 PM**

Heron Junction, Brookfield, or Riverside Park would have all been better names.

TransitZilla · #**2043** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by PHrenetic

Good Day....

.... a REALLY loooonnnng walk.....

more like a bus transfer up Riverside or PoW !

To name this station Mooney's Bay is fraudulent advertising at best - more like an outright lie !

IMHO.

First of all... Mooney's Bay is the name of the closest neighbourhood located just south of Brookfield. Mooney's Bay is not just the name of the park/beach.

Secondly, the O-Train station is located right beside the Canada Post complex, which is considered close enough to Mooney's Bay Park that the Dragon Boat festival parking is located there.

lrt's friend · #**2044** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Mooney's Bay Station.

https://twitter.com/rail613/status/951036690725994497

Somebody should put up a sign saying "Good Luck if you actually think you are close to Mooney's Bay" or "Where is Mooney's Bay from here?"

lrt's friend · #**2045** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 7:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by bradnixon

First of all... Mooney's Bay is the name of the closest neighbourhood located just south of Brookfield. Mooney's Bay is not just the name of the park/beach.

Secondly, the O-Train station is located right beside the Canada Post complex, which is considered close enough to Mooney's Bay Park that the Dragon Boat festival parking is located there.

The area south of Brookfield is called 'Riverside Park', not exactly easy to access on foot from the station location even if many call the area Mooney's Bay.

roger1818 · #**2046** Posted **Jan 19, 2018, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by lrt's friend

Why was it necessary to rename the station in the first place? Confederation for Confederation Heights seemed a good choice all along.

I suspect it is because they didn't want confusion with the new Confederation Line (not that the new name is without confusion

).

Catenary · #**2047** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by roger1818

I suspect it is because they didn't want confusion with the new Confederation Line (not that the new name is without confusion

).

That is the reason for the change.

OCCheetos · #**2048** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 3:12 PM**

There are still a couple of trains that will announce the stop as Confederation.

eltodesukane · #**2049** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 6:00 PM**

"Mooney's Bay Station"
-- Name is very wrong, considering the location of the station. "Heron" would be better.

TransitZilla · #**2050** Posted **Jan 20, 2018, 9:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by lrt's friend

The area south of Brookfield is called 'Riverside Park', not exactly easy to access on foot from the station location even if many call the area Mooney's Bay.

Why is it hard to access on foot? There is a pathway that goes right to the Brookfield & Flannery roundabout.

Catenary · #**2051** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 2:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by eltodesukane

"Mooney's Bay Station"
-- Name is very wrong, considering the location of the station. "Heron" would be better.

It couldn't be called Heron as that already exists. I contemplated Heron West, but that probably doesn't meet some guideline about similar names. Bronson would be reasonable, even though Bronson itself ends on the other side of the road.

c_speed3108 · #**2052** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 3:16 AM**

Even Vincent Massey or Hogs Back would be closer than Mooney's Bay location wise

J.OT13 · #**2053** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 1:37 PM**

How will they handle Orleans Boulevard and Place d'Orleans?

rocketphish · #**2054** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 2:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

How will they handle Orleans Boulevard and Place d'Orleans?

Just rename one or the other to Petrie Island. It's close enough. And why would the beachgoers care anyway?

Kitchissippi · #**2055** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 5:39 PM**

Place d'Orleans should be Champlain if they are consistent with naming most stations after cross streets.

1overcosc · #**2056** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 10:03 PM**

I'd name Orleans Boulevard 'Bilberry' after the nearby park.

kevinbottawa · #**2057** Posted **Feb 1, 2018, 6:15 PM**

The old Trillium line trains are for sale. Let's pool our money and buy one.

https://www.govdeals.ca/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=97&acctid=6620

Kitchissippi · #**2058** Posted **Feb 1, 2018, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by kevinbottawa

The old Trillium line trains are for sale. Let's pool our money and buy one.

https://www.govdeals.ca/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=97&acctid=6620

Those would be perfect for a Smiths Falls run. The Cannabis Line? The J-Train? Roach Coach?

PHrenetic · #**2059** Posted **Feb 1, 2018, 6:54 PM**

Good Day.

They have been up for sale for some time now... almost (if not all of) a full year.
I guess they did not get any fixed-price interest, since this link is now a for-auction notice.

An impromptu commuter service would be << Most Excellent >>. But probably not (sigh).
esp. with only 2 and a half fully working trainsets. (I know it says three, to sell them, but read the details of the status of the trainsets!)

Thx kevinbottawa for the catch. Good one.

roger1818 · #**2060** Posted **Feb 1, 2018, 7:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

Those would be perfect for a Smiths Falls run.

But they aren't officially approved to share tracks with heavy equipment.