Fastest TTC Rider Alive

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 369

  • @JacksonBetz
    @JacksonBetz Рік тому +460

    Does the title of this video imply that there are faster TTC riders who are dead

    • @JonathanCabot
      @JonathanCabot Рік тому +69

      yes and the deaths are unrelated to the activities of transit youtubers

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican Рік тому +34

      Jackson is always asking the real questions

    • @danschrute5646
      @danschrute5646 Рік тому +34

      Uh oh, someone better check up on Reese…

    • @DuluthTW
      @DuluthTW Рік тому +7

      That's an astute observation. Now I'm a little concerned.

    • @yourearent
      @yourearent Рік тому +10

      Miles is ALWAYS the fastest rider alive.

  • @kelvinc
    @kelvinc Рік тому +23

    Reese's expression looks like you ambushed him for a surprise interview

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +11

      I did take him by surprise with that shot, but we had been hanging out the whole time!

  • @Islington_Express_Bus
    @Islington_Express_Bus Рік тому +38

    More Toronto content! I hope you come back to Toronto when the Finch and Eglinton LRTs open.
    Another fun fact: Most of the stations on line 2 have a twin on the other side of the line with the same tile pattern. That tile pattern you like at Warden is also present at Islington.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +9

      Whoa, that's really cool! Line 2 is just the best

    • @Islington_Express_Bus
      @Islington_Express_Bus Рік тому +4

      @@MilesinTransit I actually think Line 2 is very boring, lol. I'm definitely a Line 1 kind of guy.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Рік тому +96

    My favorite TTC station is probably Museum and it's because of the columns. The columns were designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects and constructed by Jeviso Construction Corporation as part of renovations to the station's platform level in April 2008. You have Forbidden City columns, Parthenon columns, Osiris columns, Toltec columns, and even Pacific Northwest-style columns, and they're just so chef's kiss! The name of that viaduct after Castle Frank on Line 2 is the Prince Edward Viaduct and it opened in October 1918. It's a three hinged concrete-steel arch bridge with a total span of 494 m/1,620 feet, at 40 m/131 feet above the Don River (named after the River Don in Yorkshire).
    Its lower deck was futureproofed to include rail. Its upper deck once had streetcars! It was controversial at the time to have a lower deck for rail because of the high cost, but the designer Edmund W. Burke (who also designed many churches in Toronto) and the commissioner of public works at the time RC Harris were able to have their way and the lower deck eventually proved to save millions of dollars when the Bloor-Danforth subway opened in 1966. It was named after the then Prince Edward, Prince of Wales who would become King Edward VIII in January 1936. His reign ended up being one of the shortest in British history as it only lasted until December of that year.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +2

      I do enjoy the gaudiness of Museum!

    • @E-sterOfficial
      @E-sterOfficial 10 місяців тому +1

      @@MilesinTransitit’s a cool design at the station but surprisingly it’s one of the least used stations, only about 10,000 people use it everyday (2019)

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  10 місяців тому +1

      @@E-sterOfficial I love how 10,000 riders a day makes a station among the least used in Toronto...in Boston, that'd make it one of the most used!

    • @E-sterOfficial
      @E-sterOfficial 9 місяців тому +1

      @@MilesinTransit The former least used station on the entire TTC was Ellesmere on Line 3, now its Downsview Park on Line 1, 2000 people used Ellesmere everyday but now that line 3s gone, its downsview park, 3000 people use D. Park everyday. The least used station in the entirety of toronto is the York University GO Station, 225 people use it everyday, it was basically replaced by the York University station on Line 1.

  • @amy4kaseykahne
    @amy4kaseykahne Рік тому +12

    The words were on the screen longer. I appreciate it.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +3

      Oh, I'm glad to hear that! I never know how long is long enough!

  • @Aaron-cs9rt
    @Aaron-cs9rt Рік тому +17

    where did the official milesintransit stopwatch go

  • @MrGpButler
    @MrGpButler Рік тому +22

    Thanking bus drivers like a Canadian. Well done sir!

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Рік тому +32

    Castle Frank was a concession of land in the colonial town of York, purchased by John Graves Simcoe in the name of his son, Francis, in 1793. Funny you questioned if it was a real person's voice doing the announcements, because while it is a real person's voice on the T series, on the newer trains, it's NOT! All of the "Next stop" and "The next station is…" announcements were once recorded by Cheryl Bomé (for bus and streetcar) and Sue Bigioni (for subway), but that changed as the Rocket trains have a built-in computer-generated voice. It also makes sense as it's easier to do a robot voice whenever a new station opened. When it comes to the door chimes, I'm Team Neither, because the New Mexico Rail Runner has the best chime BY FAR as the door closing sound is the Road Runner from the Wile E Coyote cartoons!
    The handwriting you saw at Leslie is called Ampersand. It was created by Micah Lexier and consists of 17,000 ceramic tiles each with a printed ampersand and above and below it the words "Sheppard" and "Leslie", based on 3,400 different pieces of handwriting from the community collected in 1997. According to the artist's statement posted in the station, this piece of artwork "acknowledges the duality of being both an individual and part of a larger community".

    • @Crushery
      @Crushery Рік тому +9

      Praise the supreme leader, you really do know a lot about your enemy countries

  • @davidsp5936
    @davidsp5936 Рік тому +49

    Pitting Toronto vs Montréal. That always ends well.

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 Рік тому +5

      It ends with Leafs fans being disappointed yet again.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Рік тому +48

    Dufferin station is named for the third Canadian Governor General, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood or Lord Dufferin. The tiles at Dufferin station are like that because it's part of a piece called Something Happens Here by Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanksi. What they did was they engaged the entire wall surface of the existing architecture by programming the ceramic glazed brick system with images from neighborhood celebrations and culture. It's a cool concept, though my favorite subway tile job remains 81st Street-Museum of Natural History because of how much it embraces the museum with replicating the ocean or Earth's strata! Though I like that Don Mills station does the strata and fossils too.
    My all-time favorite subway chime will always be the iconic NYC Subway one, but I love how Montreal matched the door closing sound to the starting motor traction sounds. So I'm Team Montreal! Also, Toronto has the same chime as the Detroit People Mover. The seating arrangement is similar to the R46! Used to take the R46 a lot on the R as growing up, my mom would take me on the R to Forest Hills and Queens Center mall in Elmhurst a lot because she briefly lived in the area before I was born. Crossing Queens Blvd from Woodhaven Blvd station to Queens Center can be quite dangerous though...right up there with Philly's Roosevelt Boulevard.

    • @ianweniger6620
      @ianweniger6620 Рік тому +2

      pls start your own channel! This post could be the first episode! ❤

  • @nickanand8087
    @nickanand8087 Рік тому +35

    Miles is miserable in Vaughan. You're now a real Torontonian.

  • @dadcelo
    @dadcelo Рік тому +24

    Weird farfetched dream, but would love to see you ride the São Paulo transit system!

  • @teecefamilykent
    @teecefamilykent Рік тому +5

    Awesome video, great cameo from Reece!

  • @HarryPotter-kd3bh
    @HarryPotter-kd3bh Рік тому +4

    Love it! I've been following adventures since miles-with-mtba days!

  • @JayDoranTO
    @JayDoranTO Рік тому +5

    I was planning to do this myself, but then the derailment of Line 3 happened. Really wanted them to restore service to the SRT before the planned shutdown in November, but sadly that wasn't to be. Unfortunately, when Line 5 (the Eglinton Crosstown) opens that'll make riding the whole thing quickly far more difficult. Pretty sure it would involve going out from Sheppard/Yonge to Don Mills and then right back.

  • @Zoompai
    @Zoompai Рік тому +3

    The best subway chime is the distorted one the old orange line cars had. I miss that sound

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc Рік тому +32

    As a life long New Yorker, getting off the airport rocket in 2007 and onto the TTC at Kipling and seeing padded seats was weird. (Then again my first time on the London Underground seeing armrests between the seats was even weirder, “Personal space, WHAT!”)
    Edit: line 3 loud, BART in the tunnel sections LOUDER.

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 9 місяців тому +2

      Not anymore. BART switched to a new wheel profile and new trains with good soundproofing. They've also started using some super weird new track lubricant that frankly smells like what I imagine a reasonably radioactive dead skunk on fire smells like.
      But it's made the noise basically completely go away. It's kind of magical to see BART be so quiet. Truly uncanny.

    • @GordonSlamsay
      @GordonSlamsay 6 місяців тому +1

      My first time in the Yamanote line as a TTC rider was wild. I was tripping balls

  • @lewnwdc
    @lewnwdc Рік тому +12

    Sorry you lost Miles. 😦
    I'm quite astounded that Canada's most populous city has such a small subway system that it can be completed in 3.5 hours or less. Contrast that to Washington Metro, which took me 8:20 to complete when I set the speed record in July.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +11

      And yet the Toronto subway gets well over double the ridership!

    • @lewnwdc
      @lewnwdc Рік тому +5

      @@MilesinTransit Amazing! Guessing that's because Toronto is a much denser city, with lots of residential skyscrapers -- something that by law doesn't exist in Washington. Also the Toronto subway covers a smaller core area, whereas WMATA has really long lines into the suburbs that basically function like commuter rail. So many Washington Metro track miles and stations are in transit unfriendly burbs.

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit That's because the DC Metro and BART are not real subways. They're more similar to S-bahns with much sparser station spacings and 2x subway speeds. WMATA tried to make their system more like a traditional subway/metro in recent decades, but it's still an S-bahn-like thing under the hood.

  • @benjaminmitchell2389
    @benjaminmitchell2389 Рік тому +8

    My friends and I did this when we were 13, we didn’t tell our parents, we all got grounded.

  • @jeffwiseman3840
    @jeffwiseman3840 Рік тому +7

    I am a lifelong Toronto resident, so it’s interesting to hear an outsiders impressions. Line 2 doesn’t go anywhere near downtown? Yonge and Bloor might not pass through the financial district, but it sure is downtown!

    • @jeffwiseman3840
      @jeffwiseman3840 Рік тому +3

      By the way, no one who lives here calls them line 1, line 2 etc. It’s the Yonge Subway, the University, Subway, the Bloor subway, etc.

    • @sarahvalerie4307
      @sarahvalerie4307 Рік тому

      @@jeffwiseman3840 nobody I know calls them that lol

  • @Lanes100
    @Lanes100 Рік тому +11

    Torontos falling beep is nice but Montreal's rising beep just feels magical for me. Cant beat the "prochaine station" either.

    • @hugoboyce9648
      @hugoboyce9648 Рік тому +6

      Not only that, but Montreal's chime comes from the MR-73 stock's current choppers hum. Which itself is allegedly from the first 3 notes of "Fanfare for the common man", which was the theme of the Montreal Universal Expo, which is why the metro got built.

  • @starzing9043
    @starzing9043 Рік тому +2

    It’s a great day when Miles posts a new video

  • @chibivesicle9612
    @chibivesicle9612 Рік тому +4

    Ah a full run of riding the rocket! I always wanted to do this when I lived in TO but all my friends thought it was silly. I may have found all of my saved TTC passes over the years with my income taxes since you had to keep them in case being audited by Revenue Canada a few years ago and saved a few of the coolest ones. Thanks for the nostalgia of my old home station of Jane heading to Spadina. Five years of making sure I was on the eastbound platform by 7:40am to make sure I could get a door well for my commute since seats were already not an option by that point. The beauty of it was by getting off at Spadina, I didn't face the standing in the door paradox when it would switch to the left side at St. George.
    I absolutely love the TTC font and realized there was an actual pattern to the main tile and contrasting tiles on the Bloor-Danforth line, with a few oddities mixed in and the mismatched accent tile in Christie. I was happy when Dufferin was renovated but sad that it meant it lost the original tile. I'm not 100% sure, but Main Street likely is referring to East York's Main Street, and before the amalgamation of Toronto (Toronto, Etobicoke, York, North York, East York and Scarborough).
    Back when I first moved to TO, the Bloor-Danforth line was still running older subway cars with wood paneling and orange vinyl seats - they were my personal favorites but were retired from service after having a long and successful run.
    The lower level Bay subway station is neat having seen it for an art instillation during Nuit Blanche.
    Lastly, the GO trains also have the same doors closing chime making it not only a TTC subway thing but GO train thing as well.

  • @lightplane
    @lightplane Рік тому +10

    Regarding Chimes. I actually much prefer Vancouver's door close Chimes. The same Chimes are also used on rapid buses too.

    • @wattsnottherms
      @wattsnottherms Рік тому +3

      SkyTrain chimes are the GOAT.

    • @chrisjohnson7929
      @chrisjohnson7929 11 місяців тому

      Having used all 3 I'd have to agree. Vancouver's chime is the best.

    • @billsinkins361
      @billsinkins361 2 місяці тому

      I preferred the OG whistle system. The guard would blow his whistle once to indicate doors about to close. Second whistle meant doors are closing NOW.

  • @spingus510
    @spingus510 Рік тому +9

    At 12:21, that weird stretch on Yonge Street was decked over. That's why it looks strange, since it's still the original landscape (it's said that if you look hard enough, you can still see the trunks of the trees and bases of lampposts from where they were cut to make way for the decked roof). The decked over parts were redeveloped into housing and commercial places. So what you saw is the old surface route that was built in a trench, like the rest of Yonge Street between Rosedale and Eglinton :)

    • @OntarioTrafficMan
      @OntarioTrafficMan 10 місяців тому

      When I last commuted by subway (2019) there was a tree growing in the "tunnel" on the east side of the tracks just north of Summerhill station, surviving just on the lamps.

  • @GojiMet86
    @GojiMet86 Рік тому +6

    Love hearing the first three notes from the Sesame Street song as the door-closing chime.

  • @trainman1971
    @trainman1971 Рік тому +1

    Considering that the yard for Line 2 is between Donlands and Greenwood, I'm surprised that the crew relief point is at Coxwell.
    Side note.... Warden Station is about to undergo a total rebuilding in order to make it accessible (subway platforms and bus bays).
    Union station... where both directions are northbound....

  • @sblack53
    @sblack53 Рік тому +4

    The TR trains are still very new, considering the T1s have been around for 20-25+ years at this point, and the trains the TRs replaced are from the 70s and 80s

  • @highway2heaven91
    @highway2heaven91 Рік тому +1

    Nice cameo by Reece at the end!

  • @AlexGetsAroundTO
    @AlexGetsAroundTO Рік тому +3

    Great job dude! New subscriber here. We have nice stations but not as aesthetic as the STM but overall as a local I love them.
    A few things to note, Bay is the one that has the abandoned station platform once used for interlining (just to confirm). North York Centre may look different as it was added as an infill station between Sheppard and Finch in 1987. Line 4 is indeed the "newest" subway line in the system, even though it was completed nearly 21 years ago. This video was very well done, hope you can come back for the respective openings of Lines 5 and 6!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +1

      STM is really hard to beat when it comes to station design! Thanks so much for watching and for the extra info!

  • @AllycatlovesAG
    @AllycatlovesAG Рік тому +5

    Very fun video! I went to Toronto a few years ago and rode the line that goes into downtown (1 I believe). I watch a lot of videos about the TTC, but I wish I got to ride it more when I visited, or try the streetcar as my city doesn't have one. Still waiting for you to come to Vancouver and challenge Reece (or another person's) speedrun on our Skytrain! Never have experienced a backlog like you did in this video as Vancouver's system is automated. Trains are always on time and very frequent due to that as well!

  • @hughbarringer184
    @hughbarringer184 Рік тому +5

    Having done the same challenge in Chicago twice, I feel your pain there at the end. At least Toronto's terminal ops are bad for the right reason!

  • @rlp132
    @rlp132 Рік тому +6

    Montreal's chimes win because they are based on the noise the MR-73 cars make when they accelerate.
    I also love the Vancouver Skytrain chimes.

  • @zekharye1
    @zekharye1 3 дні тому

    The first time I visited Toronto (1982) I recall that a real, live subway train conductor blew a whistle to notify passengers that the doors were about to close. I’m not sure if the trains also used chimes then for the same purpose.

  • @OntarioTrafficMan
    @OntarioTrafficMan Рік тому +5

    3:46 The bridge really is the interesting part! It is the oldest piece of infrastructure on the subway network, built in 1918. They expected that Bloor-Danforth would get a subway eventually so they included a subway deck when they built the bridge, which saved a ton of money when the subway was eventually built.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +3

      I was hoping someone would leave a comment like this and you delivered! Thank you!!

    • @ThomasJM
      @ThomasJM Рік тому +2

      The bridge is called the Prince Edward viaduct. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaduct

  • @ratedpz9461
    @ratedpz9461 Рік тому +2

    Honey wake up! another fastest rider alive video just dropped! But seriously I love this serious, possibly even more than the least used amtrak series, and Toronto is a great city to do for this one. I’ve also found the Toronto subway so strange, with the layout, short distances between stations, short station names, and the different rolling stock on every line (except the 4 which is the same as the 1). Not to start a fight, but I personally like the Montreal Metro’s door chime better, I just love how it comes from the acceleration sound. Speaking of that, the line 2 deceleration and acceleration noise is really weird, and I would love to know why it’s like that.

  • @CnekYT
    @CnekYT Рік тому +1

    You should do a video of visiting every station, as someone who's been not just passed but on every station in Calgary and Edmonton, station layouts and designs have always interested me

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +1

      I definitely wouldn't have had time to do that on this trip! I did do it for Line 3 though.

  • @danegerous24
    @danegerous24 Рік тому

    Love the video. Glad you’re able to see all of TTC. Enjoy my hometown:

  • @cameronarchibald7213
    @cameronarchibald7213 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video! I was really lucky to ride line 3 when I visited TO in February. I also remember old mill station being pretty cool.

  • @harlander-harpy
    @harlander-harpy Рік тому +2

    Honey wake up, new miles in transit speedrun just dropped

  • @mendelkahn8639
    @mendelkahn8639 Рік тому +2

    You should do every NYC subway station challenge

  • @riceexe
    @riceexe Рік тому

    Something about the line 3 service alert makes me chuckle. It says "No service between Kennedy and McCowan due to being permanently closed. Shuttle buses are running between Kennedy and McCowan."

  • @jl2604
    @jl2604 Рік тому +4

    the fact you nailed the pitch on the stm jingle makes me think you have perfect pitch lol

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +4

      I have it in the sense that I can recall the pitches of things! But if you give me a note (e.g. "sing a D sharp!"), I have to start from B flat (my frame of reference as a brass player) and work my way there.

    • @computerdl
      @computerdl Рік тому

      ​@@MilesinTransitI've heard it described as "true pitch" and I think it's pretty common for musicians to develop it

  • @apluto12-z3e
    @apluto12-z3e Рік тому +1

    For the billions they spent on the Line 1 extension, they should have created a 3rd track at the last stop, a side or pocket track to avoid these delays at the end of the line.

  • @sashiniranjannair922
    @sashiniranjannair922 Рік тому +1

    Best series on UA-cam continues!

  • @Unmannedperson
    @Unmannedperson Рік тому +3

    8:30: I'd like to think the "thank you" was not to the bus driver, but rather to the conspiracy theory bus boi

  • @jeffwiseman3840
    @jeffwiseman3840 Рік тому +1

    The secret to a better time is to do it in the reverse order! For whatever reason, the trains pulling into the north west corner of line 1 sit for longer than at any of the other terminals, however, pulling out is very direct and with no stalls.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому

      Ahh, yeah, that makes sense!!

    • @jeffwiseman3840
      @jeffwiseman3840 Рік тому

      @@MilesinTransit they do wait around a bit getting into Kipling, but not nearly as much.
      Thank you for paying attention to Canada as much as you do! Americans frequently know about as much about Canada as they know about Botswana.

  • @felixtv272
    @felixtv272 Рік тому +6

    I guess for trains not bunching up at the end of the line you would need a turning loop or some other way to not have trains crossing the tracks the next train will use, so a flyover of sorts. But I don't know what the track layout currently is, and putting extra infrastructure at the terminal doesn't make a lot of sense if you may want to extend it later.

    • @apluto12-z3e
      @apluto12-z3e Рік тому +1

      They should have built a 3rd track at the end of the line

  • @DavidCranney-q8l
    @DavidCranney-q8l Рік тому +1

    I've never tried to visit all stations on the extensive Sydney suburban network (Australia). However about 60 years ago when I was a teenager at school, you could buy a cheap ticket in two parts - (1) from your home station to any station within a large defined area and (2) return to your home station. The trick was to travel as far as possible without having to surrender part (1) of the ticket and remembering to show any ticket inspector part (1) or part (2) according to which direction you were travelling. By definition of course, you were always travelling away from or towards your home station.

  • @crispybacon420
    @crispybacon420 3 місяці тому

    It's hard to believe the line 1 trains have been around since 2011, and the oldest of the line 2 trains is almost 30 years old.

  • @BirbarianHomeGuard
    @BirbarianHomeGuard Рік тому +5

    Boston red line has the most…. stimulating door chime.

  • @Flushing2Fishtown
    @Flushing2Fishtown Рік тому +6

    I would say a solution to the too many trains problem would be to short turn some of the trains so that not all of them would end up turning around at the end of the line. That way you can keep frequency high on the core section of the line where it's really needed while also not overwhelming the terminal.
    Also Toronto's Main Street station is far from central but New York's Main Street is literally a terminal at the end of the 7 train!

    • @bkark0935
      @bkark0935 Рік тому +1

      The MTA’s Main Street 7 Line terminal is that way because it’s Flushing’s Main Street, for when it was its own suburb. Chicago also has some quirks like that, for instance Chicago Ave. (800 N) does not lead into the Loop nor does Central Ave. (5600 W) [denotes the North-South center line of Cook County.] Some may assume Chicago Ave. once indicated a northern boundary of the City, but no, that was the logically named North Avenue (1600 N). And yes, a historic western city boundary was once Western Avenue! (2400 W)
      Also, the Blue Line in Chicago does just that, with the brand new but heavier 5000 series being short run from Jefferson Pk to UIC-Halstead. Both the Kennedy and Congress Branch within medians of Expressways get a ton of wear and tear due to snow and salt.

    • @MichaelStasiv
      @MichaelStasiv Місяць тому

      I know that years ago they used to sometimes turn back at Glencairn, but I think that was only when extra trains heading into the city were needed during the morning rush.

  • @harrisonhschan
    @harrisonhschan Рік тому +5

    Glad to see you in Toronto again! As a Vancouverite in Toronto the Skytrain has a better chime ;)... anyways if you're interested in the subway tiles BlogTO posted an interesting article on it a few weeks ago, it used to be a common scheme when the subways first built, but then years of renos changed it all up... interesting history there

  • @ABRouleauville
    @ABRouleauville Рік тому +4

    While watching this I was sure that you HAD set the record - but waited to release this video (showing you as the forever-after record holder) until the Line 3 was shut down.

  • @otterotterotter
    @otterotterotter Рік тому

    Miles of the UA-cam channel Miles in Transit, now I’m not gonna stop thinking about the fabulous Toronto transit song Spadina Bus by the Shuffle Demons! You’re welcome

  • @MakeItWithCalvin
    @MakeItWithCalvin Рік тому +1

    Customs guy: What's the nature of your visit?
    Miles: Try to ride the TTC as fast as I can.
    Customs guy: Welcome to Canada, eh.

  • @Critical_Hit
    @Critical_Hit Рік тому +1

    I like better the Montreal doors closing chime because it is based on the engine noise of the MR73 trains as they depart

  • @bhadbhris
    @bhadbhris 6 місяців тому

    the presto sound is unbeatable

  • @tkdbrother1977
    @tkdbrother1977 Рік тому +2

    Having lived in Toronto for many years, as a Montreal born, I prefer TTC by far. Oh yes, Ottawa has a different door chime. TTC has the best service of all three transit services.

  • @cullenpeterson
    @cullenpeterson Рік тому

    Been watching Reece for two years and just realized the RM in RMTransit stands for his initials lol

  • @fenderbender4294
    @fenderbender4294 Рік тому +3

    I always love the "fastest ___ rider" videos! you should come to pittsburgh and do a "fastest prt light rail rider alive" vid (maybe even throw the inclines in there!)

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +3

      Aleena and I were really close to doing that last time I was in Pittsburgh but we couldn't find the time to do it...

    • @fenderbender4294
      @fenderbender4294 Рік тому

      @@MilesinTransit that's too bad! I'm still waiting on just riding the light rail myself but I'm looking forward to it!

  • @trainman1971
    @trainman1971 Рік тому

    "Arriving at Ossington. Ossington Station" said the sexy computer voice...

  • @acarr506
    @acarr506 Рік тому +1

    I love watching your videos. Good job Miles

  • @Leonardo-cs9ij
    @Leonardo-cs9ij Рік тому +4

    neither toronto or montreal, chicagos beeping is iconic, as well as the absolute JAMS Japan has. Someday you need to get to japan and do a challenge of riding the whole tokyo metro system in a day lol

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +3

      Is that even possible??

    • @Leonardo-cs9ij
      @Leonardo-cs9ij Рік тому +1

      @@MilesinTransit probably not but no one has ever attempted a PR even if it’s more than one day. The record is still out there!!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому

      @@Leonardo-cs9ij Good point!

    • @gabri_maybe
      @gabri_maybe Рік тому

      What if instead of Tokyo Metro,you can do all rail lines in Tokyo (assuming that's possible)

    • @Leonardo-cs9ij
      @Leonardo-cs9ij Рік тому

      @@gabri_maybe hmmm I think the most reasonable option is all stops in the metro area then draw out what counts as “Tokyo area”

  • @thyagarajannatarajan6234
    @thyagarajannatarajan6234 Рік тому +1

    @MilesinTransit Ride the Entire Albuquerque Rapid Transit

  • @davidpearlman8845
    @davidpearlman8845 Рік тому

    The lettering on the signs/cars is custom-made for all the low budget movies where Toronto is substituted for New York.

  • @pelkasdunnoa
    @pelkasdunnoa Рік тому

    The door bell is the same sound as the ones used on supermarket baking oven units to let the employees know that the baked goods are done

  • @thisisstuart7951
    @thisisstuart7951 Рік тому

    Got excited when you got to Islington because that's where I live in London UK

  • @reptongeek
    @reptongeek Рік тому +1

    Another one you could do is Vienna U Bahn. I've done it myself and it was so much fun. Your time to beat is 5 hours and 4 minutes

  • @rob448
    @rob448 Рік тому

    Line 4 used to run every 5-6 minutes before the service cuts, used to be 4 trains on the line now it's just 3 :(

  • @railsand
    @railsand Рік тому +19

    rip l3 you will be missed

  • @cedricye1767
    @cedricye1767 Рік тому

    Great video! I'm partial to Montreal's door chime...

  • @LewisYamanoteAintReal
    @LewisYamanoteAintReal 7 місяців тому

    I actually did this a few months before this came out. Took me about a day minus a few minutes since I arrived at Union station from Montreal at 6:30pm. Great trip overall.

  • @moho472
    @moho472 Рік тому

    12:28 Oh man, you got really unlucky. I'm not sure when you recorded this, but I do remember a slow-zone being in place between Bloor-Yonge and Rosedale for track maintenance with the crossover junctions.

  • @ProkNo5
    @ProkNo5 Рік тому

    Montreal Metro wins the door chime game any day. Montreal's door chime is a beautiful and unique historic nod to the Jeumont propulsion systems that used to echo through the stations when the MR-63s would depart.

    • @ProkNo5
      @ProkNo5 Рік тому

      Best sounding trains in history.
      ua-cam.com/video/E5WSYBDueVA/v-deo.htmlsi=0eR7aTa86XrVH2YY

  • @subparnaturedocumentary
    @subparnaturedocumentary Рік тому

    never been to toronto but would definitely visit. the sound @6:30 reminded me of where the L goes underground in west philadelphia

  • @nnadir__
    @nnadir__ Рік тому +4

    Montreal using the sound a current chopper would make as the train leaves the station as the base for their chime puts it ahead of TTC for me. On top of that, the descending tones of the TTC give me PA chime vibes, as if i'm supposed to listen closely not to miss that my plane started boarding or something, while I've been conditioned to associate the ascending tones with doors closing thanks to the SkyTrain chime, which might have been around for longer than both of these, unless Line 3 (RIP) has been using a chime since day one as well. Those Innovia ART 100s have an iconic acceleration sound as well, but instead of a door closing chime they got featured on a death grips song lol.

  • @DuluthTW
    @DuluthTW Рік тому +1

    Very enlightening video. I'm sure you'll beat the record on your next attempt. I accidentally watched one of your videos to the very end and saw your final clip. It's kind of like what Alie Ward does at the end of every Ologies podcast. She tells a secret. Of course, now I need to rewatch your videos to see the final clips. Inquiring minds need to know that kind of trivia. Thanks for sharing!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +1

      They're always kinda dumb, but maybe you'll find something funny!

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 Рік тому +1

    These trains are like ... New York City MTA trains but also Boston MBTA Red Line Silverbird trains with the old seating arrangements. 🤔

  • @BenTheDuck
    @BenTheDuck Рік тому +1

    Next week hopefully see miles and jet lag! Transit Wednesday!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +2

      Haha, I have to spoil that I'm not in the season unfortunately! Maybe one day...

  • @supersam3148
    @supersam3148 Рік тому

    I knew you gotta make a third one, huh!!

  • @R0botWoof
    @R0botWoof Рік тому

    The bridge on line 2 over the Don Valley is called the Prince Edward Viaduct or the Bloor Street Viaduct

  • @ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45

    The answer to that "Which is better" question is Boston's Orange Line "boOOoonG BoOoooNg"

  • @Yeppo_
    @Yeppo_ Рік тому +1

    This is a great vid!

  • @WBTravels
    @WBTravels Рік тому

    @Miles in transit do oe here in Buenos Aires the trains spend no more than 20 seconds at a station and usually no more than 10 there is a bunch of different trains, EPIC stations, and its super cool!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +1

      You won't believe where I'm going later this year...

  • @P0w2you
    @P0w2you Рік тому

    I assume what the TTC needs to address the backing up of trains at the end of the line is more station tracks, and platforms at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. My experience for high frequency end terminal, at least 3 tracks for a 8min headway. I'm really surprised it only two tracks, must been cheaper. (Must be the money!)

  • @ahmadfrw1
    @ahmadfrw1 Рік тому

    Nice collaberation

  • @Doseplays1
    @Doseplays1 9 місяців тому +1

    So I put all of the stops and time it takes to go between stops, including the express buses and the streetcars (you never know), into a python library (networkx) and ran a few tests. It came out with this crazy line for the current system. Looks like The express bus from Kennedy to Don Mills is just way too slow now, more effecient to back track literally half the subway system.
    985 Sheppard East Express: 50 minutes compared to Backtracking: 46 minutes, lol I never would have found that. Thankfully we have technology
    Line 1 Line 1
    Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ------> Union ------> Finch (11:00 - 11:43/11:43 - 12:13, 1h 13)
    Line 1 Line 4
    Finch ------> Sheppard-Yonge ------> Don Mills (12:17 - 12:20/12:24 - 12:32, 15 min)
    Line 4 Line 1
    Don Mills ------> Sheppard-Yonge ------> Bloor-Yonge (12:36 - 12:44/12:45 - 13:01, 25 min)
    Line 2 Line 2
    Bloor-Yonge ------> Kennedy ------> Kipling (13:02 - 13:25/13:29 - 14:20, 1h 18)
    Waiting time: 16 min
    Total time: 3:20

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      Only 10 minutes faster despite a whole line being gone? That's so sad!

  • @aidankelly5853
    @aidankelly5853 Рік тому +1

    Will you be doing the Vancouver Skytrain network? that door chime is like a higher pitched Montreal metro door chime and actually just like the Scarborough rt minus being dead (R.I.P Scarborough RT 1985 - 2023 Forever a part of Toronto's transit History. You will be deeply missed)

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +1

      Not at the moment, but I definitely want to at some point.

    • @nnadir__
      @nnadir__ Рік тому +1

      ​​@@MilesinTransit I'm patiently waiting for the record to be reset by the new infill station opening sometime in "early 2024", making runs feasable again (mostly because the trains slow down going through that station while it's under construction)

  • @perry968
    @perry968 Рік тому

    On the topic of door chimes. The New Mexico railrunner has the meep meep. The sound the road runner makes

  • @CityOfGravella
    @CityOfGravella Рік тому +2

    Did you happen to visit Little Canada while in Toronto? That place is amazing if you like model railroads. I went there just after it opened in 2021.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  Рік тому +1

      No, I'm not familiar! That sounds awesome though.

  • @nascarnicky2497
    @nascarnicky2497 2 місяці тому

    7:53 this is probably the only time that there a durham region transit bus 6117 which was lost in a depot fire

  • @SkysTrains
    @SkysTrains Рік тому +1

    gonna do this with the otrain when line 2 opens

  • @user-mrfrog
    @user-mrfrog Рік тому

    The latest ridership numbers put New York City with the busiest subway / metro system, followed by Montréal, then Toronto and in fourth, Vancouver! *North America, excluding Mexico!

  • @nikolasvahrusev8407
    @nikolasvahrusev8407 Рік тому

    man you hit those notes!

  • @alistairlogie1815
    @alistairlogie1815 Рік тому +1

    The bride at 3:50 is called the Prince Edward Viaduct or Bloor St Viaduct, and it spans over the Don river.

  • @chromebomb
    @chromebomb Рік тому

    great job miles you are the best

  • @mygins5820
    @mygins5820 Рік тому +1

    I don't know why, but Warden reminds me of Newark Penn

  • @AC3FACE
    @AC3FACE Рік тому

    Watching this video after seeing Jeb's Queen Mary 2 video to reconnect with the common man

  • @CP9712
    @CP9712 Рік тому

    Torontos chime is the first three notes of sesame street same chime as the fry machine at mcdonalds