Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada
perishthethought@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Did ... Did they close stations on the Eastern line in Toronto?
Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada
perishthethought@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Did ... Did they close stations on the Eastern line in Toronto?
mercano@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah. Line 3 used different rolling stock than the other three lines, unusual linear induction motor powered equipment, which was reaching the end of its service life. The plan was to shut it down in November 2023 and temporarily replace it with bus service while they built a Line 2 extension to serve the neighborhoods Line 3 used to. Unfortunately, a train derailed in July 2023, which resulted in the system shutting down four months sooner than expected.
The Line 2 extension is going to take a different route to eventually arrive at Line 3’s old terminus. I think there’s plans to covert the old line 3 viaduct into a Bus Rapid Transit guideway.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If I’m not mistaken, the rolling stock (cars/trains) from the, now closed, Scarborough line is actually in use in Detroit because they used the same systems.