• MisterD@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Would this also make the LRT go faster? I always thought it was going to be much faster. Instead it crawls at 30 klicks in that S-bend.

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      1 year ago

      It would probably help a lot, even if the trains had the same top speed AND acceleration being able to go around tighter corners would help a ton. There’s a lot of weird turns in the system, especially Lees - Hurdman - Tremblay. Hurdman - Tremblay is actually where it derailed for a month or so.

      Here’s what it looks like currently:

      and I understand why they wanted it to go to Hurdman, it’s a large bus station.

      But I wish instead it looked like this:

      Then maybe they could have made some a busway where the tracks are now and maybe make Tremblay’s LRT station underground and then on the ground it’s a bus loop.

      Source for maps: https://otrain.railfans.ca/system-map