Confederation Line (Stage 1) | In Service 1.0

[Gat-Train]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

From that, Tunney's station looks terribly congested. With only one main entrance and exit, it is worse than Hurdman Station was in the old days. I will be waiting for the videos when in live operation.

Tunney's currently has two exits, why are they closing the other one?

[roger1818]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

From that, Tunney's station looks terribly congested. With only one main entrance and exit, it is worse than Hurdman Station was in the old days. I will be waiting for the videos when in live operation.

My hope is that they were stress testing the station to see how many buses the station can handle before becoming congested and what is shown is beyond normal operation. If so, that would be valuable information to have to know at what point alternate routes are needed (or Stage 2 West).

[OTownandDown]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

From that, Tunney's station looks terribly congested. With only one main entrance and exit, it is worse than Hurdman Station was in the old days. I will be waiting for the videos when in live operation.

So you're telling me from this video that the main station for bus transfer is not directly adjacent to the station, but a short walk diagonally away from the station?

All it takes is one bus to stop at the wrong place, and the whole thing comes to a cascading halt. Again, I feel sorry for my kanata peeps.

Also, with regards to drainage and leakage:

Its not necessarily an issue, as long as the stations have enough drain pumps to handle incoming water. We can choose to live with it. Example: Stockholm T-Bana. Unfinished shotcrete. Leaks all over the place. Very creative solutions. I can't find a photo of the particular solution, but they have these trees composed of vertical drain lines, sculptural, and each line ends with a sheet metal pan tight to the ceiling, to catch the drips. Very amazing and beautiful solution!


https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.co...s-longest-art-gallery-21.jpg?w=800&h=583

[McC]

Originally Posted by roger1818

My hope is that they were stress testing the station to see how many buses the station can handle before becoming congested and what is shown is beyond normal operation. If so, that would be valuable information to have to know at what point alternate routes are needed (or Stage 2 West).

That's the way it was described in the announcement on Jeff Leiper's website:

This test will involve approximately 80 out of service buses and will help staff prepare and confirm operating plans for one of the busiest O-Train Line 1 transfer stations. Test buses will be circulating through Tunney’s Pasture Station and will be stopping at platforms, with staff observing bus dwell times and bus traffic flow under various simulated conditions. We successfully ran a similar test at Hurdman Station in October 2018, and we also be running a test later on at Blair Station, the third of the major transfer stations.

http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/updat...erational-testing-tunneys-pasture-feb-24

[Kitchissippi]

Interesting that the stations without occupancy permits are all tunnel stations. Lyon already had thousands of people in it two years ago!

[kmcamp]

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

Interesting that the stations without occupancy permits are all tunnel stations. Lyon already had thousands of people in it two years ago!

It has something to do with paperwork around the ventilation systems, which isn't a requirement for the above ground ones.

[kmcamp]

So I've been around stations lately when trains arrive and the voice says, after the train stops, "the next train is arriving, please stand back from the platform edge."

Shouldn't it say this like a minute before the trains arrive?

[Richard Eade]

I don't think that the two events (timers/announcements and the train operations) are linked yet. They appeared to be running independently when I was watching. Since most of the train movements are likely testing and/or operator training, they are happening on an ad-hoc basis.

[Uhuniau]

Walked over the subway grille on the north side of World Exchange the other night. At night, with the high contrast between ambient outdoor dark and the illuminated interior of the shaft, you can easily see all the way to the bottom.

she deep.

[McC]

^^^ that's neat. I've heard trains softly rumbling by underneath my feet on the vents between Lyon and Bay. It fills this metro train geek's heart with gladness.

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

Walked over the subway grille on the north side of World Exchange the other night. At night, with the high contrast between ambient outdoor dark and the illuminated interior of the shaft, you can easily see all the way to the bottom.

she deep.

Very cool. The downtown stations are quite deep, 60-80 feet depending on the station.

[TheMatth69]

Good day,
New to this forum. I've been following very closely the contruction of Stage 1 and I wan't to share with you guys some video spottings I did recently.
I'm planning on making more in the next weeks as we approach delivery day.
Here's the last one I did around (uOttawa) :

https://youtu.be/4UWL91F6Yz8

P.S: Have some more spotting on my channel :
https://youtu.be/4kljNsRDoc4
https://youtu.be/q03ZCE_PlL4

[lrt's friend]

Originally Posted by TheMatth69

Good day,
New to this forum. I've been following very closely the contruction of Stage 1 and I wan't to share with you guys some video spottings I did recently.
I'm planning on making more in the next weeks as we approach delivery day.
Here's the last one I did around (uOttawa) :

https://youtu.be/4UWL91F6Yz8

P.S: Have some more spotting on my channel :
https://youtu.be/4kljNsRDoc4
https://youtu.be/q03ZCE_PlL4

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the board.

[rocketphish]

Originally Posted by TheMatth69

Good day,
New to this forum. I've been following very closely the contruction of Stage 1 and I wan't to share with you guys some video spottings I did recently.
I'm planning on making more in the next weeks as we approach delivery day.
Here's the last one I did around (uOttawa) :

https://youtu.be/4UWL91F6Yz8

P.S: Have some more spotting on my channel :
https://youtu.be/4kljNsRDoc4
https://youtu.be/q03ZCE_PlL4

Welcome to the forum!

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by TheMatth69

Good day,
New to this forum. I've been following very closely the contruction of Stage 1 and I wan't to share with you guys some video spottings I did recently.
I'm planning on making more in the next weeks as we approach delivery day.
Here's the last one I did around (uOttawa) :

https://youtu.be/4UWL91F6Yz8

P.S: Have some more spotting on my channel :
https://youtu.be/4kljNsRDoc4
https://youtu.be/q03ZCE_PlL4

Thanks. These trains are so quiet! Will be so much better to have this running along the parkway than the buses.

[PHrenetic]

Originally Posted by O-Town Hockey

Thanks. These trains are so quiet! Will be so much better to have this running along the parkway than the buses.

Good Day.

And in the Scott St. trench.

yep - big time. I can honestly compare the buses in the Scott St. trench .vs. the Bombardier DMUs in the trench north of Dow's Lake,
and the DMU's were quieter than the buses. The Lints are quieter than the Bombardiers, and the Spirits are quieter than the Lints.
As I suspected, and expected, and hoped. IE: all the nimbys who were screaming about the noise of trains.... can go stuff themselves.

And the same goes for the diesel fumes. The buses are - BAD.
The DMUs are not so bad, but they run far less frequently in comparison. The air has a chance to clear.
The Spirits will be a joy!

This part will indeed be an..... ENJOY!

and to TheMatth69 - indeed welcome !

[bikegypsy]

Originally Posted by TheMatth69

Good day,
New to this forum. I've been following very closely the contruction of Stage 1 and I wan't to share with you guys some video spottings I did recently.
I'm planning on making more in the next weeks as we approach delivery day.
Here's the last one I did around (uOttawa) :

https://youtu.be/4UWL91F6Yz8

P.S: Have some more spotting on my channel :
https://youtu.be/4kljNsRDoc4
https://youtu.be/q03ZCE_PlL4

I love these.. Great shooting and a big thank you for doing this. Welcome to the forum!

[Kitchissippi]

Originally Posted by O-Town Hockey

Thanks. These trains are so quiet! Will be so much better to have this running along the parkway than the buses.

Let's revisit this thread, shall we? LOL.

The Citadis Spirit trains do have a nice swishing sound to them and none of the clacking or shrill squealing of metal on metal that you hear a lot in Toronto's subway and streetcars. Could be something with the new design of the bogies? The way they pull into a station relatively fast and stop so smoothly with controlled automation is also very impressive compared to the lumbering Talents and LINTs.

With all the testing so far, I was expecting the rails to start to get shiny but they still seem surprisingly rusty-brown.

[TheMatth69]

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

With all the testing so far, I was expecting the rails to start to get shiny but they still seem surprisingly rusty-brown.

Well I can tell you one thing, around uOttawa & Lees where I usually spot trains, the rails are now very shiny!

[Truenorth00]

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

Let's revisit this thread, shall we? LOL.

People on that thread are clueless. I live right behind Cyrville. These trains are substantially quieter than all the buses I had to hear pulling into the station. I was routinely woken up by buses revving up as they pull out of the station or pass through. With the trains I really have to make a concerted effort and stand right by the window to hear anything.