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OC Transpo has a lot of double decker buses which helped get road shots. I'll talk to then about bike parking, all stations are zoned for high density development

Cutting bus frequency is really not good, trains have to be easy to access to get ridership!

Thanks, will keep working on audio quality!

The issue isn't the microphone it's the echoey room. Need to hang up more soft stuff like sheets to reduce reverb

Part of the Trillium Line platform at Bayview is covered by the bridges for the Confederation Line and Albert Street. You can transfer between lines 1 and 2 without getting wet.

A couple of stations probably could've warranted larger canopies, but overall, I think the amenities in these stations are a lot better

Why are you even watching if you're so jaded?

there hasn't been an unplanned closure of line 1 in over 6 months.

@@yukaira My favourite was April 2024, middle of exams, and the train was shut down at St-Laurent station. The replacement bus was so late that I decided to just run back to my car and drive into uni to just barely make it to my exam on time. I'm glad to hear it hasn't had problems sice then by the soudns of it.

soon every large canadian city will have a DIRECT airport link. (no newark your uncovered outdoor plank of wood that requires a ride on the airport people mover doesn’t count)

Ironically, 3 cities

Line 3 is part of Phase 2, and will interline with much of Line 1. Note that the Confederation Line has two western legs. One is Line 1, the other Line 3

@ I think he means that as of next week there will be three Canadian systems without a 3, irregardless of the future

In Montréal Line 3 was owned by the Canadian National who refuse to sell the Tunnel we had to wait the the year 2000 when the last client of the CN left which mean the CN did not have no reason to keep the line open. They sold it to the AMT which sold it to CPDQ-Infra for the REM project. There is a possibitlité that Line 2-Orange will be split in two at Bonaventure The Western Branch will become Red line 3 an the eastern will be keeping to be the Orange Line 2

The problem is the railways they're building in Stage 2 are just as slow as Stage 1, so it's actually turning even more people away from transit rather than attracting them

probably not, Line 2 relies on an old freight rail tunnel to cross under dow's lake, which is why the frequency can't be better than every 12m. It's the only remaining single-track section north of south keys station. line 1&3 are fully double-tracked.

@@yukairayou can double track almost every segment and just have switches at either of the tunnel and have proper communication signalling to do so. It will be a bottleneck for sure but can drastically increase frequency

@@yukaira Can the freight tunnel be widened?

A generation or two, if ever. We have already seen that Line 2 had to close for over 4.5 years with few upgrades to the original section and no time savings or frequency improvements resulting. How can the line be double tracked without another substantial closure? Will the public tolerate this? I doubt it. The replacement bus service for the last 4.5 years has been horrible.

@@lovehandr In theory a second tunnel could be built under Dow's Lake but it would be a very expensive undertaking.

This is an important point, no improvements to frequency, and soon reductions in frequency on some connecting bus routes. This is great for Carleton students but if bus transfers are unreliable, the overall experience for non-students will be worse.

Wholeheartedly agree. TT is definitely one of the big up and coming transit TH-camrs in Canada and I'm excited to see what else he puts out. Good luck and keep going TT!

These are Swiss trains, so they should handle the winter very well!

Unlike the line 1 trains, the line 2 and 4 trains have small snowplows on the front. The LINT trains operated just fine through the winter for almost 20 years.

With the previous Trillium service you could hear the bells from Brewer Park.

Even if a project has it's issues, a new transit line is still an improvement, which is very exciting!

I'd expect much better reliability. The Stadler trains are Swiss, and designed for winter weather, and have operated smoothly during testing

Re: "...our current train that doesn't like the cold...", perhaps the OC authorities may consider to "retire" such rail equipment to Florida?

The LINT and FLIRT trains are diesel, so they don't have the problem of ice buildup on catenary wires like the Alstom Citadis Spirit trains. They also have snowplows.

There hasn't been an unplanned outage on line 1 for over 6 months. Stop complaining.

@ I will complain as that train added an extra 40 minutes on my commute, used to be 50 minutes Terry Fox to Metcalfe/Slater then a short walk now if I’m lucky it’ll take an hour and a half going but generally 2 hours coming home hence I don’t work downtown anymore. I see the new train system ran into problems today with the info systems breaking down.

Will try to do one in a month or so. Getting out to film is challenging and takes a lot longer though!

Sure, if covid didn't cause massive delays.

@@tycanuck In case of doubt blame it on COVID. LRT phase 1 had no COVID yet it was almost 2 years late. The delay issues are more deeper than COVID. You need incentives in the contract. If your late there are penalties. Just like when they built the Champlain bridge, which was not late. Hey how does $100K/day sound? Do you think they would be late?

@@tycanuck If it makes you feel good, than go ahead believe that !

Better late than never, right? (-:

Line 3 is still under construction, should be open by 2027

Funny, 'cause it's true!😂

Down from 18 to 9 months

Isn’t it insane, you’d think that in a city known for snow, covered and/or heated walkways would have been the norm by design!

They actually use calcium chloride for the lines. It's the contractor that seemed to have not instructed the staff on how much to use as I've seen some stations with insane amounts and some with a reasonable amounts

12 minute headways. The single track sections limit headways, so more frequent service isn't possible without further double tracking.

The issue is it would sacrifice frequency, because line 4 is short it's able to operate every 12 min, but lengthening the line would require more trains. If line 2 was branched it would have to reduce service towards limeabank which is where there's higher projected ridership than the airport

Basically lack of double tracking of the line on the north half, which is due to limited budget and some expensive bottlenecks (widening Dow's lake tunnel, the trench near Carling, bridges over the Rideau and Via tracks, tunnels under Heron and Walkey, etc). They can get around the issue in the future by double tracking where ever possible, or having one of the lines diverge, such as towards Hurdman/Billings Bridge along the other existing transitway.

The Uplands and Airport stations have shorter platforms that can only accommodate single-length LINT trains. Line 2 will mostly have FLIRT trains or double-length LINT trains.

Doug Ford killed them 😢

I was just about to vent about the same thing. Eglinton is still yet to announce an opening date

@@tokyogamer5825 Not that impressive. Most of ottawa's system is on existing rail beds, and it's been a pretty major clusterfuck trying to get the system to run.

The extension of the REM in MTL before the Eglinton Crosstown 😂

@ Saigon Vietnam launched its metro yesterday. Construction started in 2009.

@@krisjones74 Incorrect. Line 1 was previously a BRT and the underground tunnel downtown did not exist. Keep being negative, though!

Ottawa’s LRT construction was a slow and painful mess but I’m glad to see transit is improving !