Posts: 1,521
Threads: 13
Joined: Aug 2014
Reputation:
123
Rave takes over LRT train: A group of artists turned an LRT train into an all-out rave Saturday night
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video/c2834...-lrt-train
Posts: 100
Threads: 12
Joined: May 2019
Reputation:
12
Hi There, a group of students from the University of Waterloo and some long time Tritag members are trying to rebuild the TriTag Organization. Such an organization can bring awareness to important urban issues that were identified in this forum (those regarding cycling infrastructure/ local and regional bus/train service and the airport). Please DM me on WRC if you want a link to the organizational group chat.
Posts: 1,481
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
42
Dare I ask how the Ion is holding up in this storm? Or is no news good news?
Posts: 608
Threads: 13
Joined: Apr 2019
Reputation:
72
(01-12-2024, 11:18 PM)nms Wrote: Dare I ask how the Ion is holding up in this storm? Or is no news good news?
Based on the service alerts there has been 2 cancelled trips on the LRT tonight but those happened right around the heaviest snow so it appears that it's held up so far. Not having any freezing rain has certainly helped.
Posts: 784
Threads: 5
Joined: Nov 2015
Reputation:
62
(01-13-2024, 12:27 AM)ZEBuilder Wrote: (01-12-2024, 11:18 PM)nms Wrote: Dare I ask how the Ion is holding up in this storm? Or is no news good news?
Based on the service alerts there has been 2 cancelled trips on the LRT tonight but those happened right around the heaviest snow so it appears that it's held up so far. Not having any freezing rain has certainly helped.
If you look at TransSee.ca
https://www.transsee.ca/operatechart?a=g...y=on&ok=OK
You can see that it was the same tram, the light blue line that starts going horizontally instead of diagonally upwards and ending at Fairway station in time to leave
If you click on that line to view the trip path you can see the one that should have left Conestoga Station at 7:55pm went to the barn, and then went back out to be the 9:40pm tram leaving Conestoga and was 5 minutes late doing so.
That seems like some weird failure that was fixed, but who knows why they didn't send out a replacement tram from the barn to start a R&T Park instead of having that 30 minute gap in there.
That decision is kinda tone-deaf after the clear community anger at a suggested reduction to 30-minute evening service.
Posts: 3,864
Threads: 63
Joined: Jul 2015
Reputation:
204
It appears there were some cancelled trains again last night. Something caused trips between Fairway and GRH to be cancelled, then 50 minutes later the entire system went down.
Waiting for them to Tweet out something like "Route 301 ION light rail leaving Fairway Station on July 20, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. towards Conestoga Station is cancelled due to beautiful clear skies and sunshine."
Posts: 1,481
Threads: 5
Joined: Sep 2014
Reputation:
42
Last week (Saturday morning?) I happened to see a southbound train at Victoria/Charles that had it's rear hitch cover open. It wasn't clear it had simply been left open, or if the unit had used the hitch for some reason.
Posts: 608
Threads: 13
Joined: Apr 2019
Reputation:
72
(01-15-2024, 10:18 PM)nms Wrote: Last week (Saturday morning?) I happened to see a southbound train at Victoria/Charles that had it's rear hitch cover open. It wasn't clear it had simply been left open, or if the unit had used the hitch for some reason.
It definitely wasn't just that one LRT, I was on 4 different ones on the weekend and every single one had the coupler panel in the open position on both ends. The only thing that I could think of is if the trains lost power in the event of ice build up on the catenary lines it would allow Keolis to easily tow the trains back since the coupler is accessible. However if one can open the coupler panel without the train having any power then that ideas completely wrong.
Posts: 671
Threads: 2
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
24
They open those when we have heavy snow. Maybe that the panels don't break?
Posts: 810
Threads: 5
Joined: Nov 2015
Reputation:
39
01-16-2024, 09:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-16-2024, 09:39 AM by Bob_McBob.)
During severe weather, it seems to be standard practice to couple LRVs for extra traction, or to recover them with the shunter, so I assume they open the access panels preemptively now. The night of that huge ice storm last February, they were all running coupled just to limp back to the OMSF.
Posts: 4,407
Threads: 15
Joined: Aug 2014
Reputation:
125
I guess so they don't ice over when in the lower position, in case access to the coupler is needed.
Posts: 784
Threads: 5
Joined: Nov 2015
Reputation:
62
(01-14-2024, 07:30 AM)ac3r Wrote: It appears there were some cancelled trains again last night. Something caused trips between Fairway and GRH to be cancelled, then 50 minutes later the entire system went down.
Waiting for them to Tweet out something like "Route 301 ION light rail leaving Fairway Station on July 20, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. towards Conestoga Station is cancelled due to beautiful clear skies and sunshine."
This is a normal Saturday (the 6th) evening/night service pattern.
This was this past Saturday (the 13th).
You can see that the 503 was taken out of service, for some reason, at Grand River Hospital station at 10:35pm and not replaced. That particular trip leaves Conestoga Station at 10:10pm then turns around and leaves Fairway Station at 11:00pm and arrives back at Conestoga Station at 11:44pm and then goes out of service and back to the barn.
At this time of night on a Saturday only two more trams leave Fairway Station, and they both did, but you can see that something happened to the penultimate tram from around Central Station. Then neither those two nor the final tram into Fairway Station completed their final loop.
Posts: 1,330
Threads: 23
Joined: Apr 2016
Reputation:
102
Posts: 1,330
Threads: 23
Joined: Apr 2016
Reputation:
102
Waterloo Regional Police Arrest an Impaired Driver After a Collision with LRT Train
The driver was observed striking a fire hydrant, hitting roadway curbs, and driving on the LRT tracks where a collision occurred with an occupied LRT train. Police were able to locate the vehicle and stop the driver.
Posts: 382
Threads: 4
Joined: Sep 2022
Reputation:
38
Looking through the 2024 Preliminary Budget document, and there is a line item for 'Rolling Stock LRT Future Vehicles" with $70,000,000 earmarked for 2029-2033, so we can reasonably expect additional trains within 10 years.
"Stage 2 LRT Project Development" is another line item, with the majority of the money also blocked out in that 2029-2033 window, so I would assume that's the timeframe the region would like to actually be building Phase 2.
|