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Nothing! But to add more capacity the length of the platforms has been doubled to ~80m, while the lints are only ~40. We wouldn’t have enough coupled LINTs to serve the line so we might as well buy some new 80m trains anyway. Single LINTs will run on the airport line

@@alexjhorner that's nice to hear, Lints are everywhere in my country and actually pretty nice to ride

@@ajfrostx Some parts are still single tracked- a remnant of the original line before it was closed. Which is too bad, since it greatly limits frequency

@@alexjhorner The tunnel under Dow's Lake isn't wide enough for two tracks nor high enough for a catenary system, so they've gone with diesel electric trains. I had the opportunity to walk through the tunnel one hot summer day in 2001. It was very cool, both literally and figuratively.

@@alexjhorner The line starts off as 2 tracks at Greenbank then converges back into single track at Leitrim, then continues as a Single track line till it reaches South Keys where the Airport Extension meets up, Then stays as a Single track through Greenboro, Walkley and Mooney's bay and then goes to a double track station at Carleton U, then it travels through the Tunnel under Dow Lake and Continues as Single track until Corsa Italia and then the rest of the Way to Bayview is double track

Mine, too

@@zakaridebreyne1362 Where do you live in Ottawa?

Beacon Hill

Deisel electric.

@@rollingthunderinho The FLIRT trains (the long white ones) are easily converted to electric later on. We unfortunately didn’t electrify the line just yet, but it is future proofed for it!

no.

Distances between stations are too short for 100km/h operations without electrification/EMUs. This line serves an entirely different purpose than the other "modern" systems you speak of, which are particularly intercity (which by extent, has less stations at more spread out distances allowing for higher speeds). The money we spent on this line is a bargain if anything. I hope we continue the model on the other abandoned freight lines. As far as modernity goes, this is just as modern as those other systems (other than electrification) and it does reach speeds of 80km/h which is enough for stops that are closer together. Keep in mind that these trains are nearly brand new from Switzerland and Germany respectively. Not a scam, 110% worth it, and it serves a different purpose as not all trains do the same job.

@@octranspo_owl For the southern stations, it does have the spacing to go 100kmh, but the issue is the speed wouldn’t be very useful since the overall end to end time and frequency is held back by the single track sections. You can go 100kmh, but you’ll be dwelling for longer at stations waiting for sections of track to clear- so wouldn’t make a difference

@@alexjhorner maybe... just maybe... we shouldn't. have cheaped out and singletracked those sections

Ikr... why is it going so slow on straight stretches haha. Engineering fail.

Ali did you know I'm coming to your house right now

everyone knows you gotta sprint to get the shot

The overhead wires weren't the problem with the first the other lines. The trains themselves were the problem.

There's two stations on Earl Armstrong. One has a huge park and ride lot and is across from a soon to be built recreation centre, and the other is in the middle of what will soon be a high-density residential and commercial hub. It's planned to get the transit in before the development... what a novel concept! They may be in the middle of nowhere now, but not for long.

@ccudmore what has this to do with my previous comment? Also, the new (and older) diesel-electric rail lines of the O-train network will have clearance for electrification. This will be able to be done without that much hassle as the new trains have a swappable power-pack (options for diesel-electric, battery-electric, catenary-electric, hydrogen-electric and Bi-mode variants).

@@StefanWithTrainsin response to the “in the middle of nowhere” comment made by @eartraffic

@ccudmore Guess it got removed

The trans Canada railway was built quicker than this.

@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 And it killed hundreds of slave workers.

It will

@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835lol

@@PatrickRKay Spoiler alert: it won't.

They do what I assume is operator training from 9-5, and then do higher frequency system testing into the evening, safe for weekends; they don’t run

These are the old Trains that will be used exclusively for Line 4 between South Keys and the Airport. The new ones are much nicer.

Those Bombardier Talent trains were great. They still had lots of life in them but the city cut them up!!! Shame on you Watson. They could have brought people into Ottawa from nearby towns.

Thanks! I know where you live!

@@alexjhorner😨

Haha where did you think you saw me? I’m normally wearing a black jacket and brown hat

@@alexjhorner Presumably after you got one the shots like this with the FLIRT going north 5:36 I saw someone with glasses and maybe a dark jacket from a double decker 10 bus about where this shot was. Roughly 6pm iirc

@@tiernanstrains That was me then! I do remember seeing a DD route 10

@@alexjhorner Nice

it’s only the first clips that is missing sound!

or the overhead clips, i mean