This is a massive psychological change for Ottawa. Residents will view their city as a large urban area and will expect and demand bigger things. Thanks for posting and a fantastic job on your port.
@@user-tl5ec2po1b lol... this is the first real big city project Ottawa gets. Since the Confed line is obviously a great success, Ottawans will expect more of the same and the series of projects which are in the works for the region will be viewed more optimistically.
As a former uOttawa student, I couldn't even tell you how the Confederation Line LRT would have greatly benefited me as the list would be very long. I was actually planning to come up to Ottawa to ride the LRT, but can't as I have a job interview tomorrow morning. Will definitely be on board the next time I'm in the capital!
Wonderfully shot video and WOW, what an amazing new piece of transit infrastructure! As you mentioned in a previous video, it really does feel like a heavy rail line run with light rail vehicles. It looks very sleek and modern. Well done Ottawa!!
This is so awesome. I wish cities here in Texas could have such public transportation infrastructure this beautiful and well built. While cities like Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Austin have something similar, it’s nowhere near this massive or beautiful. The only time we decide to have infrastructure this beautiful is when we have a 12-lane freeway expansion. Sorry for the wall of text, but keep up the good work, I absolutely love watching your videos. Makes me want to do big things once I get my Masters in Urban Planning, plus the music is very peaceful!!
I agree. The station anchors are evident. One can sense a real destination in these designs from the git-go. You know the station is a comfortable transition. Denver has nice layouts and designs but these large expansive awnings provide a further comfort.
I remember complaining when the earlier north -south line through Carleton University was opened not long after I went back and graduated. The impact of this on students at UofO won't be quite as much as that was, but it will be significant. This might also let people shop at retailers in the downtown again without having to fight bus passengers.
Excellent vid and well-shot. Thank you for allowing us to get a feel of enjoying this ride at different stops. I'm glad Ottawa has this before infrastructure gets out of hand, as in the GTA now. This would've been so nice back in my University days. The sound mixing was a nice touch too and not distracting.
Reece Martin I was thinking all along if this would be similar to Eglinton Crosstown? Two noticeable differences: grade separation on Confederation Line; platforms also seem to be higher than what Eglinton would get?
The trains are nice and comfortable but the problem is when they break down, and they do, the people who are payed to take care of them for 35 years are complete idiots. Suppose to have 13 trains everyday and 2 spare but they seem to break down with rain, snow and cold. So we pray alot for nice, sunny day. LOL Yes i live in Ottawa.
We spent a few hours riding and visiting a few stations today. Really nice! My favourite station is Rideau, though Bayview ans Parliament are close second. Hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Ottawa!
Extremely well-done filming and sound mixing! The trains and public artwork in the stations are very pleasing to look at. Very excited for the future extensions.
Congrats to all our good friends in Ottawa. A nice piece of infrastructure befitting our capital city. Well done to all those folks that worked on this project! Thanks for posting Mr. Martin.
Great work! Ottawa's lrt looks great. I wish Toronto had something like this in this nature. This could be a great case study of what to do with the SRT in Scarborough, by using what we have and build on top of it
Hi! Fantastic production quality!! Feels like I am watching this in real. The stations have turned out really well! The Via Rail interchange at Tremblay is top class; this is how interchanges should be!! Can't wait to experience it. Congrats Ottawa!!
ImgursDownvote4Love Line 3 (Trillium) is already in operation but is as exciting as it goes through less populous parts of the city with slower diesel trains on mostly a single track. But the line is getting extended and upgraded with new trains and stations. It will be ready in 2022. BTW phase 2 of Confed line is already in progress.
I love the trains themselves! Fast and more Quieter than the Flexity's. Pretty sure they're the longest light rail vehicles in North America. Look forward to seeing them on Finch and Hurontario.
I know its purely aesthetic, but I wish they had built one train out of 8 car modules, instead of two trains coupled. It would have advantages, mainly more passenger room, and the ability to walk through the entire train. Maybe in the future when the line reaches capacity they will consider it
Not even purely aesthetic. It's totally a reasonable ask, and as you say I'm sure we will see it long term. That being said it would probably be one of the longest if the not the longest LFLRV when that happens and we get a 120m long single train. With that in mind this setup is probably better from a reliability pov as they've had issues, at least this way they can split trains if only one half has issues
I'm coming to you from Ottawa, March 2020. The LRT isn't doing really good. Cables have broken, trains derailing, a gross stench in Rideau station, and doors not closing. They really need to fix it. Soon hopefully. I love the LRT still 🙂
The LRT system on Line 1 (Confederation Line) had issues when it launched in September 2019, but since then with better maintenance and working out the bugs, the system is much more reliable. When phase 2 is done, it will truly be a great system.
It’s kind of funny reading back on these comments, because wow did we hate this train when it was first launched. It would have horrible breakdowns on a daily basis and because they funnelled all of the major bus routes to force us onto the LRT you would get to either Tunneys or Blair Station to a MASSIVE congestion of people. During rush hour people didn’t have enough time to get on and off at the major stations (Ottawa U, Parliament) and would hold the doors open which caused them to break alllllll of the time.
I'm amazed how a metro system uses tramway rolling stock! Well, it's not the first, Porto metro in Portugal, is almost the same; underground parts in city centre but they don't have too many grade separation and on street there's a lot of traffic lights.
There is a day pass for $10.50, though I think the regular $3.50 fare with the 90 minute transfers is more useful for most people unless you intend on spending an extended period somewhere along the line.
You can ride them all day as much as wanted, as long as you stayed in the payed area no limit...once you leave any of the stations is really only time you need to worry about the 90 minutes
This is so cool! I was in Ottawa about 8 years ago and never remember seeing any traces of construction on this. Always thought it was weird that they didn't have rail transit in their center core. Great to see! When did construction start?
That is basically 1.5 years behind schedule, which I wish it had been opened a bit earlier this year so the commute from Trim to Baseline is less stressful in the morning.
@@RMTransit Britannia Park was originally an amusement park built in 1900 by the old Ottawa Electric Railway Company, OC Transpo's ancestor. Many privately-owned streetcar systems built similar "electric parks" to boost weekend ridership.
We are expecting to have one here in Miami. The roads are unbelievably congested and we desperately need additional transportation. The county government says that we will have one up and running by the year 2031! That is what I love about this sinking crap hole, we are sophisticated and real movers and shakers!!
Great video! Interesting LRVs, the Citadis Spirit cars seem very similar to the Bombardier Flexity vehicles. However these cars seem to look very narrow at least from what I'm used to... Not sure how they compare to the Siemens S70s
I'm really hoping for a Line 3 down Bank St and Montreal Rd but that's a very big ask. An at grade Carling LRT was in the books but I'm not sure if that's still going ahead.
@@RMTransit Most likely it will be a part of Trillium Extension, a shuttle service with trains turning back at South Keys. Nice video btw! Really like to ride the train one day
Yessss....tu peux être sûr !!! J'habite non loin d'Ottawa, lorsque j'étais plus jeune, j'ai déjà passé 2 semaines et je faisais du ski nautique sur le canal Rideau !!! Que de bons souvenirs que je garde encore de cette magnifique ville ! Mais je préfère ma grande ville de Mtl et ce, même si j'adore Ottawa ! 👀👍😎
Do you know if there was any advantage for Ottawa to use Low-floor LRT as opposed to High-floor LRT (like what Calgary uses)? The Ottawa LRT won't run on Streets and I'm guessing High-floor vehicles could carry more passengers.
While you’re at it, you can check out the decadent new subway stations in the just-opened extension to the MRT Blue Line. www.findthaiproperty.com/thailand-investment-news/mrt-stations-bangkok-artwork/
Train sets are Alstom Citadis Spirit; Ottawa was the first system to use this low floor light rail vehicle. They have a high top speed for future longer connections to suburban communities.
This looks better than Kitchener's. Ours goes from one mall to another and crosses all the streets in weird places , sometimes down the middle and other times right or left side. No right turns , no left turns everywhere. Single lane traffic all over and even less parking. Old bus stops with shelters moved to new spots with just a stick saying bus stop. People wait longer for the bus and spend more time on the bus. It's a real cluster fuck. Region doesn't have a clue what it's doing. Good luck with your new train system.
This is a massive psychological change for Ottawa. Residents will view their city as a large urban area and will expect and demand bigger things. Thanks for posting and a fantastic job on your port.
Like forcing Melnyk to sell the Sens? One can only dream.
You dont need to put a train in for us to demand for stuff man lmao
We do that free of charge
@@user-tl5ec2po1b lol... this is the first real big city project Ottawa gets. Since the Confed line is obviously a great success, Ottawans will expect more of the same and the series of projects which are in the works for the region will be viewed more optimistically.
BikeGypsy we’ll see they still didn’t confirm if they fixed the derailing issues from trials
As a former uOttawa student, I couldn't even tell you how the Confederation Line LRT would have greatly benefited me as the list would be very long. I was actually planning to come up to Ottawa to ride the LRT, but can't as I have a job interview tomorrow morning. Will definitely be on board the next time I'm in the capital!
It caused to be late at my midterm lol
Ugh SAME! I was at OttawaU during the construction so I didnt have the convience of having busses going through campus or the fricken train
Yeah the LRT was SUCH a massive inconvenience when it first launched.
I love how long the platforms are! (cries in Canada Line)
They're actually built oversized (at least the underground ones are) to accommodate 3-car trains, which will run after stage 2 extension, I think
They’re like 80m long or so
@@magnabaddelta-thriller5603 the double trains are 80m, if we ran triples they'd be 120m
@@yukaira nice, it would be great 4 of them tbh
Well Canada day will be useful.
Wonderfully shot video and WOW, what an amazing new piece of transit infrastructure! As you mentioned in a previous video, it really does feel like a heavy rail line run with light rail vehicles. It looks very sleek and modern. Well done Ottawa!!
Absolutely killer ambient music. Great job on that! Love the cinematics!
Great Video. Congratulations to Ottawa. Absolutely love it.
This is so awesome. I wish cities here in Texas could have such public transportation infrastructure this beautiful and well built. While cities like Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Austin have something similar, it’s nowhere near this massive or beautiful. The only time we decide to have infrastructure this beautiful is when we have a 12-lane freeway expansion. Sorry for the wall of text, but keep up the good work, I absolutely love watching your videos. Makes me want to do big things once I get my Masters in Urban Planning, plus the music is very peaceful!!
I agree. The station anchors are evident. One can sense a real destination in these designs from the git-go. You know the station is a comfortable transition. Denver has nice layouts and designs but these large expansive awnings provide a further comfort.
I remember complaining when the earlier north -south line through Carleton University was opened not long after I went back and graduated. The impact of this on students at UofO won't be quite as much as that was, but it will be significant. This might also let people shop at retailers in the downtown again without having to fight bus passengers.
Excellent vid and well-shot. Thank you for allowing us to get a feel of enjoying this ride at different stops. I'm glad Ottawa has this before infrastructure gets out of hand, as in the GTA now. This would've been so nice back in my University days. The sound mixing was a nice touch too and not distracting.
Fantastic train system. Good job Ottawa and thanks for the terrific footage.
Awesome video!! This is huge for Ottawa and wow those trains are nice!
Reece Martin I was thinking all along if this would be similar to Eglinton Crosstown? Two noticeable differences: grade separation on Confederation Line; platforms also seem to be higher than what Eglinton would get?
The trains are nice and comfortable but the problem is when they break down, and they do, the people who are payed to take care of them for 35 years are complete idiots. Suppose to have 13 trains everyday and 2 spare but they seem to break down with rain, snow and cold. So we pray alot for nice, sunny day. LOL Yes i live in Ottawa.
We spent a few hours riding and visiting a few stations today. Really nice! My favourite station is Rideau, though Bayview ans Parliament are close second. Hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Ottawa!
awesome !
Dang. Might have to drive there from Toronto just for a joyride
@@RMTransit Or you could get a deal on a Via Rail fare, save yourself the driving, and test the connection at Tremblay Station.
5hrs to get here? I'm here in Ottawa being jealous about the TTC!
And if you do make sure to bring your Presto card cuz we have it too!
Extremely well-done filming and sound mixing! The trains and public artwork in the stations are very pleasing to look at. Very excited for the future extensions.
Congrats to all our good friends in Ottawa. A nice piece of infrastructure befitting our capital city. Well done to all those folks that worked on this project! Thanks for posting Mr. Martin.
This I really awesome ! Such a great addition to our Capitol City !! O-Train inside
yes sir
Great work! Ottawa's lrt looks great. I wish Toronto had something like this in this nature. This could be a great case study of what to do with the SRT in Scarborough, by using what we have and build on top of it
Hi! Fantastic production quality!! Feels like I am watching this in real. The stations have turned out really well! The Via Rail interchange at Tremblay is top class; this is how interchanges should be!! Can't wait to experience it. Congrats Ottawa!!
And first bilingual rapid transit system in North America ❤️
Los Angeles Metro Rail has signs and announcements in both English and Spanish...
Jaime Brown true. speaking of LA metro, why is the ridership so anemic 🤔
T D what do you mean?
What about Line 2?
ImgursDownvote4Love Line 3 (Trillium) is already in operation but is as exciting as it goes through less populous parts of the city with slower diesel trains on mostly a single track. But the line is getting extended and upgraded with new trains and stations. It will be ready in 2022. BTW phase 2 of Confed line is already in progress.
Fantastic video! Love how your capture each station and the music choice is nice !!
Fantastic video! I adore the architecture style of every single one of the stations. St Laurent seems to be my initial favorite.
Can’t wait to ride the Eglinton Line in 2021
@@RMTransit Yea that's why I liked the Ottawa LRT more
If the delays on this line were any indicator we should be excited to be riding it in 2031.
@@CJSHM Harris canceled the old Eglinton West subway.
@@CJSHM Definitely won't be delayed that long
2050* ;) (judging by the pace of activity, looks like it may take that long)
Stunning videography and a lovely example of new transit views. Thanks!
I am proud to say I helped built this.
:)! Thank you!
I love the trains themselves! Fast and more Quieter than the Flexity's. Pretty sure they're the longest light rail vehicles in North America. Look forward to seeing them on Finch and Hurontario.
I personally will side for my beautiful city, Toronto and say the Flexitys are the best.
@@ttcclrvfan7027 I come from Toronto and I also consider the flexities good too.
@@mrrobot5963 I kinda like these too, they are made by Alstom. We are getting them for the Finch West LRT I believe
@@ttcclrvfan7027 Yep
@@paname514 Yep
We need a mass transit like this in Winnipeg
Wow, surprised it wasn't super busy! Great video and very quick editing!
It was very busy.
A pleasant smooth ride !
Congrats to Ottawa! First class transit for a first class city.
This look so wonderful and i know the people of Ottawa will appreciate it very much blessings to you all.
I know its purely aesthetic, but I wish they had built one train out of 8 car modules, instead of two trains coupled. It would have advantages, mainly more passenger room, and the ability to walk through the entire train. Maybe in the future when the line reaches capacity they will consider it
Not even purely aesthetic. It's totally a reasonable ask, and as you say I'm sure we will see it long term. That being said it would probably be one of the longest if the not the longest LFLRV when that happens and we get a 120m long single train.
With that in mind this setup is probably better from a reliability pov as they've had issues, at least this way they can split trains if only one half has issues
So excited to be moving back to the city! I was there for the entire time they built the LRT - but moved away just as it was opening..
Just took it for a ride this thing is incredible!
I'm coming to you from Ottawa, March 2020. The LRT isn't doing really good. Cables have broken, trains derailing, a gross stench in Rideau station, and doors not closing. They really need to fix it. Soon hopefully. I love the LRT still 🙂
@@RMTransit exactly
The LRT system on Line 1 (Confederation Line) had issues when it launched in September 2019, but since then with better maintenance and working out the bugs, the system is much more reliable. When phase 2 is done, it will truly be a great system.
Thank you for taking us along & showing us your new train. It all looks great. We have Bart in California, but they have a time keeping it running.
It’s kind of funny reading back on these comments, because wow did we hate this train when it was first launched. It would have horrible breakdowns on a daily basis and because they funnelled all of the major bus routes to force us onto the LRT you would get to either Tunneys or Blair Station to a MASSIVE congestion of people. During rush hour people didn’t have enough time to get on and off at the major stations (Ottawa U, Parliament) and would hold the doors open which caused them to break alllllll of the time.
I live in Ottawa baby let’s goooooo
Another ottawa citizen Here!
@The Princess Life beacon hill
I was also in Ottawa and checked out the new line on launch day Saturday. Very cool experience. Thank you for the presentation.
This is very relaxing.
Very nice video. Great transit project. Keep up the good work
This shit was due in Toronto like 15 years ago.
Has it opened yet?
Interesting to see the similarities and differences between this and my local Seattle Link Light Rail
Wow, this is a really great tour! Awesome video :-)
Wow... very nice Video!
It was amazing I loves it got to Blair in 26 minutes
Very impressive! Are the trains Alstom Citadis? Frankfurt will introduce that type next year as the newest generation of tram cars.
It looks great! I am surprised by the lack of riders on the line. Perhaps it will increase come Monday.
or people like me who had no idea
Enjoyed riding the old part of the Transitway, but I'll relish riding this the next time I visit beautiful Ottawa.
Great vid
I'm amazed how a metro system uses tramway rolling stock! Well, it's not the first, Porto metro in Portugal, is almost the same; underground parts in city centre but they don't have too many grade separation and on street there's a lot of traffic lights.
This is an amazing corner or mile stone for the city of Ottawa and Canada
Lookin' good Ottawa! Warm wishes from Vancouver.
uottawa♥️♥️ alumni here 🙋🏻♀️ sad I couldn't make it =\
Reece Martin lol I know. I need to be there in person
Don't worry, I'm on the exact same boat. Also a fellow Gee-Gee.
I hope they had some sort of day pass. You were on and off those trains a lot. Thanks for the video.
There is a day pass for $10.50, though I think the regular $3.50 fare with the 90 minute transfers is more useful for most people unless you intend on spending an extended period somewhere along the line.
You can ride them all day as much as wanted, as long as you stayed in the payed area no limit...once you leave any of the stations is really only time you need to worry about the 90 minutes
This is so cool! I was in Ottawa about 8 years ago and never remember seeing any traces of construction on this. Always thought it was weird that they didn't have rail transit in their center core. Great to see! When did construction start?
2013 when the section between camus and lauier got realigned
Looks like money well spent! Congrats Ottawa..
The metro looks really good, can’t wait to see it extended. Do you think it might take over all the transitways and the trillium line in the future?
Trillium Line won't be going anywhere - its being extended (along with the Confederation Line) by 2022.
It hope they'll extend line 2 to Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport!!
@@MIKEJ788, it will be...
01:09 I saw myself lol
Thank you for this great vid.
I was there! I saw you filming but was too anxious to talk to you
@@RMTransit when's the next time Canada will have a major transit event happen...
@@yukaira Toronto's Eglinton crosstown, Montreal's REM, Edmonton LRT and more
@@yukaira Valley Line LRT
@@yukaira phase 2... lol
I moved from Ottawa to BC. I still miss everything. 😢
@@RMTransit Yep, I still kinda miss having no feeling in my nose while going to school though
Nice work. Good coverage.
Hurdman is my personal favourite, I did a couple bus transfers there when the system was still being tested
Very nice and well made video!
Cool footage from this capital city system.
Looks great, Canada should be proud. Does Ottawa have the population density to make this viable without subsidies?
That is basically 1.5 years behind schedule, which I wish it had been opened a bit earlier this year so the commute from Trim to Baseline is less stressful in the morning.
i hope when toronto is going to make another metro make it elevated, i hate it when its underground cant really see the beautiful city.
Let's hope the Ontario Line is built then
All the stations look really nice!
Reece Martin 0:05 what’s the song I really like it
Do you have any type of stabilizer? This seems really smooth for a DJI..
Awesome ride; I got the first train at Tunney’s Pasture at 1:58PM
The first train at Tunney's Pasture left at 1:49 pm
great video :)
Next, let's build a huge Amusement park in Ottawa :) yayyyy
@@RMTransit Britannia Park was originally an amusement park built in 1900 by the old Ottawa Electric Railway Company, OC Transpo's ancestor. Many privately-owned streetcar systems built similar "electric parks" to boost weekend ridership.
We are expecting to have one here in Miami. The roads are unbelievably congested and we desperately need additional transportation. The county government says that we will have
one up and running by the year 2031! That is what I love about this sinking crap hole, we are sophisticated and real movers and shakers!!
Hopefully it lasts the winter.
Winnipeg is next for this.
Haha, good joke
What's the max speed on the line?
I was your first sub...jk I was from 250
Need more public transit
Great video! Interesting LRVs, the Citadis Spirit cars seem very similar to the Bombardier Flexity vehicles. However these cars seem to look very narrow at least from what I'm used to... Not sure how they compare to the Siemens S70s
I found the new trains have a smell that is reminiscent of a barnyard, especially on the 1st day
That's probably is the tunnel, not the trains themselves.
Are these things going to be any good in the winter?
I've been on the train . Very quick and fast .
We have Lines 1 and 2. Will we have other lines in the near future for Ottawa?
@@RMTransit Nope it'll be a branch of Line 2 using the Alstom vehicles.
Perhaps the Gatenau LRT will connect with Ottawa.
I'm really hoping for a Line 3 down Bank St and Montreal Rd but that's a very big ask. An at grade Carling LRT was in the books but I'm not sure if that's still going ahead.
@@RMTransit Most likely it will be a part of Trillium Extension, a shuttle service with trains turning back at South Keys. Nice video btw! Really like to ride the train one day
We will have lines 3 and 4 after phase 2 is done.
Quel magnifique train ! 👍
@@RMTransit ...Je suis fier que mon pays ait un aussi beau train ! Et surtout Ottawa ! ;-)
Yessss....tu peux être sûr !!! J'habite non loin d'Ottawa, lorsque j'étais plus jeune, j'ai déjà passé 2 semaines et je faisais du ski nautique sur le canal Rideau !!! Que de bons souvenirs que je garde encore de cette magnifique ville ! Mais je préfère ma grande ville de Mtl et ce, même si j'adore Ottawa ! 👀👍😎
European here... so... basically.... a metro but with tram trains ?! wtf ?! North America doing... North American things... haha
I rode the original O-Train in 2004. I have this on my bucket list.
Do you know if there was any advantage for Ottawa to use Low-floor LRT as opposed to High-floor LRT (like what Calgary uses)? The Ottawa LRT won't run on Streets and I'm guessing High-floor vehicles could carry more passengers.
They don't have to dig the tunnels as tall?
Low floor Let's can run on streets.
LRTs
I’m glad it’s here but its still not servicing my area (Nepean/@lgonquin at least, Barr haven.?) so I’m still sceptical haven’t tried it yet
The stations look a lot like the Bangkok ARL line. I guess that’s the architectural fashion at the moment.
While you’re at it, you can check out the decadent new subway stations in the just-opened extension to the MRT Blue Line. www.findthaiproperty.com/thailand-investment-news/mrt-stations-bangkok-artwork/
The montreal lrt will have line up doors at stations so no one or anything can fall on tracks
Its not LRT but yes it will have PSD!
Hopefully these trains are OK in winter
@Reece Martin I’m thinking that these trains will get stuck on the track due to heavy snow
@Reece Martin The reason why I think that way is because in the winter time the subways in Toronto always get stuck in the snow
Looks nice, who supplied the train sets?
Train sets are Alstom Citadis Spirit; Ottawa was the first system to use this low floor light rail vehicle. They have a high top speed for future longer connections to suburban communities.
This looks better than Kitchener's. Ours goes from one mall to another and crosses all the streets in weird places , sometimes down the middle and other times right or left side. No right turns , no left turns everywhere. Single lane traffic all over and even less parking. Old bus stops with shelters moved to new spots with just a stick saying bus stop. People wait longer for the bus and spend more time on the bus. It's a real cluster fuck. Region doesn't have a clue what it's doing. Good luck with your new train system.
My favourite one is Saint-Laurent
Lyon is a great station as well. Wish I could have visited but I’m stuck in Montreal hehe, well at least I’ve seen the full ride thanks to OTrainFan
GOD I want to move to Canada sooooo bad.
Nice infrastructure, have the problem's with the doors been solved?
I was able to take it on my way home from school this evening and it’s so cool!! It’s so weird being able to take a train in Ottawa now.