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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Sounds like at the above time they were trying to send CN through but had some glitch with the derail on the line. Heard right now on the scanner they’re holding 504 at Waterloo Public Square to try a...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 02-25-2020, 01:31 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

One day I was sitting on board, and near me a wasp was buzzing around the window. The fare inspector came aboard and check my card, then I pointed at the wasp and asked if he was going to check its fa...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 11-26-2019, 12:56 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Coke6pk Wrote: (11-13-2019, 12:33 PM) -- I think this is a poorly designed intersection. I was at that intersection a month or so back, and noticed that a majority of times the railway crossing ga...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 11-13-2019, 01:30 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

I just saw a railterm plow truck come down the tracks on Charles, so looks like they’re monitoring that
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 11-11-2019, 12:24 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Maybe stuff about the fare payment system needs to be split into a separate thread now :P
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 09-01-2019, 04:08 PM
  Thread: SSL
Post: RE: SSL

Spokes Wrote: (08-13-2019, 06:00 PM) -- jason897 Wrote: (08-13-2019, 02:02 PM) -- Have a look at https://www.godaddy.com/community/SSL-And-Security/quot-Your-connection-is-not-fully-secure-quot-Goog...
  jason897 Forum Issues 39 16,029 08-13-2019, 06:32 PM
  Thread: SSL
Post: RE: SSL

Have a look at https://www.godaddy.com/community/SSL-And-Security/quot-Your-connection-is-not-fully-secure-quot-Google-Chrome/td-p/50372 I think there should be a setting somewhere in your forum ad...
  jason897 Forum Issues 39 16,029 08-13-2019, 02:02 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Yep, as of today 501 is definitely still naked. 503, 504, 507 could possibly have them but haven't been spotted out yet.
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 05-29-2019, 10:19 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

bgb_ca Wrote: (05-29-2019, 08:45 PM) -- Not sure if it was reported but 505 has full decals now -- hi  :D [twitter]https://twitter.com/mrjasonli/status/1133828920288120832[/twitter]
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 05-29-2019, 08:55 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

bgb_ca Wrote: (05-27-2019, 08:50 PM) -- I just saw an idiot in uptown blocking the track turn lane heading into waterloo public square blocking a train (501? It had no number) from going though, desp...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 05-28-2019, 09:57 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

kalis0490 Wrote: (05-21-2019, 09:49 PM) -- Has anyone made a fleet of the paper models that they give during ION train and station showings? -- Something like this? :P 
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 05-21-2019, 10:02 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

The CN train talks with LRT control when they need to use the spur and they will coordinate. You can hear them on the scanner too :)
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 05-21-2019, 03:17 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

here's my fun sighting today :P [twitter]https://twitter.com/mrjasonli/status/1126908267618291712[/twitter]
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 05-10-2019, 09:29 PM
  Thread: Ottawa LRT
Post: RE: Ottawa LRT

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/confederation-line-lrt-update-may-10-2019-1.5130789 This seems to say late July at earliest?
  jason897 Outside Waterloo Region 393 228,358 05-10-2019, 09:27 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

tomh009 Wrote: (04-18-2019, 11:53 AM) -- However, doing the burn-in/testing (with 501 or otherwise) will get somewhat more difficult once revenue service starts! -- overnight burn-in/testing? :P
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 04-18-2019, 11:58 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Disappointing news for Canard - staff member at the ION event today said there will not be a special EasyGO farecard design for ION launch as it would be too costly.
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 04-11-2019, 01:50 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

plam Wrote: (04-04-2019, 03:15 PM) -- I heard a platform announcement today at the University of Waterloo station. Couldn't quite tell what it was saying. -- I heard an announcement at Victoria Par...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 04-04-2019, 10:44 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Canard Wrote: (02-21-2019, 06:34 PM) --  Is there an ION logo on it? -- Close enough?  :D
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 03-14-2019, 07:55 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

danbrotherston Wrote: (03-08-2019, 10:29 AM) -- I cannot seem to register since I get the error "The Card is not issued." and I don't know what that means or how to fix it, but I figure waiting might...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 03-08-2019, 07:29 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

From the radio and my own observations it seems we have 504,505,508,509,511 out today! Indication of progress with more than 4 LRVs? :P (I’ve been told my Dec observation was likely inaccurate, whic...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 03-01-2019, 02:07 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Update: Just tried registering my card again and it worked. Guess it can take a bit of time then. Good to know...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 02-22-2019, 08:25 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (02-22-2019, 12:21 PM) -- Spokes Wrote: (02-22-2019, 11:35 AM) -- So does that mean they CANT actually handle 4, or just that no one would? -- More-or-less.  If no customer has asked...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,469,210 02-22-2019, 06:29 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Yeah I agree, design could be better on both sides, and something involving ION. I wonder if they could possibly be planning a better design for after ION launch? Otherwise people might be like - I se...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 02-22-2019, 08:25 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

bgb_ca Wrote: (02-21-2019, 07:26 PM) -- jason897 Wrote: (02-21-2019, 06:27 PM) -- The EasyGO Farecards are available now! :O I was just at Charles terminal and bought one -- Monthly pass? BTW Than...
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 02-21-2019, 09:51 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Do they look the same as the betas? Don't recall if anyone shared pics.  (serial number blocked for obvious reasons  :P  )
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 02-21-2019, 07:46 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit

Yeah just at the ticket booth on the second floor. Unfortunately there is no ION logo on it
  jason897 Transportation and Infrastructure 4,297 3,212,833 02-21-2019, 06:40 PM

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