Barnaby
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Atleast at Muttart they do. Basically saying "The Millwoods bound train will arrive in 30 seconds", or something to that effect. Frequency is 15 minutes.
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chrisvazquez7
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I could be wrong, but I think the railways have an obligation to allow crossings if the municipality so chooses (at the municipality’s expense). However if the crossing would effect their operations, they would definitely appeal it with Transport Canada.
I think in this case, I would rather a pedestrian underpass or overpass to keep conflicts between freight trains and pedestrians to a minimum. I would also love to see a grade-separated path where 76 Ave is cut off by CPKC’s line as I see lots of people shortcutting there and have had a few close calls myself.
whatchyyc
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Down here we've got pathway crossings across two of CP's lines so there's precedence for CP to allow these
Seamusmuldrew
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Cool! I gotta check that out
Didama
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^ yes they also had them going at churchill station yesterday
CplKlinger
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I saw a southbound 2-car train pulling into Muttart at around 9:30 pm last night.
I captured some PA announcements in a video last April (first announcment is at 0:33): https://streamable.com/g353en
occidentalcapital
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Sounds like computer generated voice. Wonder if this will be updated at some point
The_Cat
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The_Cat
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More LRT:
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Kosy123
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I was driving down most of the line here yesterday, and they seemed to be going full speed on simulating 6 min frequencies during peak hours. Super nice to see! No one doing dumb right turns on red were spotted for my entire trip.
Honestly, it's a pretty line. Aesthetic wise.
Honestly, it's a pretty line. Aesthetic wise.
Barnaby
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The city manager just needs to smarten up to fix a few of the vehicle conflicts. Swapping circular lights for arrows, move back stop lines, and removing vehicles from areas like 102 ave. Adding some modal filtering DT would probably fix some of the vehicle wandering that leads to dumb decisions by people unfamiliar with what a tram is.
It'll be a great line, and should add considerable amount of foot traffic to the east side of DT.
It'll be a great line, and should add considerable amount of foot traffic to the east side of DT.
Kosy123
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Exactly! I know we're jaded here by the constant delays and the screw ups, but I guess I'll be going ahead with optimism as to what this line will bring and how nice and transforming it'll be for the urban fabric of this city.
We'll have TWO LRT lines that aren't in the middle of freeways (take that Calgary!) and these will be immensely nice steps forward toward having a city that's built more around trains.
City of Champions? Nah City of Trams.
We'll have TWO LRT lines that aren't in the middle of freeways (take that Calgary!) and these will be immensely nice steps forward toward having a city that's built more around trains.
City of Champions? Nah City of Trams.
Barnaby
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The Valley West will make it desirable to ditch a car for the first time in Edmonton. Being able to reach every attraction in the city will be a big thing.
The_Cat
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I remember taking a bus from Downtown to University before the U of A had an LRT station. It was 20 minutes. The LRT cut the time down to 5-7 minutes.