03-24-2016, 01:48 PM
(03-24-2016, 11:24 AM)Canard Wrote: It's a little bit higher, with a ramp that gently slopes upward toward the platform level. The rails are flush with the roadway of course, so whatever the step-in height of the train is above rail height (~300 mm?), that's how high the platform is.
I have a bit more information I can share about the trains:
- The first two FLEXITY Freedom trains are "Pilot Trains" that Bombardier is building for Metrolinx. Those two trains are in production, and will go to Millhaven (Kingston) for high-speed testing as I've mentioned before along the MOVIA test line on the North side of the site, where the Toronto Rocket (TR) trains were tested.
- FLEXITY Freedom train 3 is for Waterloo Region, and comes straight from Thunder Bay to Waterloo.
- When that happens, it'll run on the "test track" section of our line, from just South of Northfield, down to just North of the Erb/Caroline intersection. GrandLinq is on track to have this finished in June.
- Train 3 (our first) has a burn-in period where it will run for quite a while, back and forth, along the spur (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
- Colours: Rendering is accurate, but the grey is a little lighter. Doors on the inside are the same blue as the outside, and seats are light blue with grey accents.
- Chime will be "TTC Chime" (3-tone) as Metrolinx wants a uniform, consistent look and feel to all trains on all projects going forward.
- Voice will be the same Text-to-Speech system on the FLEXITY Outlook LRV's (streetcars) that Toronto is taking delivery of right now. Voice may be slightly different but tech module is the same (Yay!).
What amazing news to take into a long weekend! Cheers.