30-40 min service interval on the LRT.
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"wild train"?
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@EdwinG The first display you showed, had a big "next train to Bois Francs" with no time on screen, but list of next trains only included trains to Deux Montagnes. Suspect list on right doesn't include trains to Bois Franc. (perhaps they are not designated as A4 between Gare Centrale and Bois Franc?)
Second display did show train bound for Bois Francs in 1 minute, but had no line number associated to it.
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"wild train"?
As in unauthorized? Is someone out highjacking trains and joyriding?@SnowyCA No… as in, it wasn’t on the board
These trains are automated, so no one is on-board driving them
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@EdwinG The first display you showed, had a big "next train to Bois Francs" with no time on screen, but list of next trains only included trains to Deux Montagnes. Suspect list on right doesn't include trains to Bois Franc. (perhaps they are not designated as A4 between Gare Centrale and Bois Franc?)
Second display did show train bound for Bois Francs in 1 minute, but had no line number associated to it.
@jfmezei The part on the left is an advert.
It has nothing to do with departures. And the part on the right does show Bois-Franc departures, even if they’re not coded with a destination code.
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@SnowyCA No… as in, it wasn’t on the board
These trains are automated, so no one is on-board driving them
It scares the shit out of me when they start announcing the wrong stations (off by one usually)"no one is driving them"
Now *that* would "scare the shit out of me"!
Wait a minute, now that I think about it, since no one is in the cab of the train, how would you know if someone was taking you for a "wild" ride?
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"no one is driving them"
Now *that* would "scare the shit out of me"! Wait a minute, now that I think about it, since no one is in the cab of the train, how would you know if someone was taking you for a "wild" ride?
Don't answer that last part, I'm just over-tired and being silly.@SnowyCA There’s no real cab.
The front window is completely open. I’ll send a picture (gallery maybe) when I get home
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@jfmezei The part on the left is an advert.
It has nothing to do with departures. And the part on the right does show Bois-Franc departures, even if they’re not coded with a destination code.
@EdwinG Have to wonder How trains doing Gare Centrale to Bois Franc are coded. Wondering if they have to be manually added to system that drives those "next train" screens and this would happen only once they arrived Gare Centrale before they depart to McGill.
Once fully done, do you know if any A4/A3/A2 trains will terminate at Gare Centrale or will they all end up at Brossard?
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@SnowyCA There’s no real cab.
The front window is completely open. I’ll send a picture (gallery maybe) when I get home
I think my imagination is working overtime....
I have a mental picture of someone sitting in an easy chair, using a combination of a screen and joystick, set up to control the train.
Having a sudden urge for a piece of cold pizza, he abandons the apparatus, and wanders over to the fridge. As he opens the door to peek inside, a toddler picks up the joystick....And Edwin is joyriding through Montreal
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@EdwinG Have to wonder How trains doing Gare Centrale to Bois Franc are coded. Wondering if they have to be manually added to system that drives those "next train" screens and this would happen only once they arrived Gare Centrale before they depart to McGill.
Once fully done, do you know if any A4/A3/A2 trains will terminate at Gare Centrale or will they all end up at Brossard?
@jfmezei I do not know.
There will for sure be trains departing from Central Station in the morning. But I don’t know for terninating.
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I think my imagination is working overtime....
I have a mental picture of someone sitting in an easy chair, using a combination of a screen and joystick, set up to control the train.
Having a sudden urge for a piece of cold pizza, he abandons the apparatus, and wanders over to the fridge. As he opens the door to peek inside, a toddler picks up the joystick....And Edwin is joyriding through Montreal
@SnowyCA I just realized I don't have any pictures of my own.
I'll try to take one tomorrow, if it's not too crowded.
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@SnowyCA I just realized I don't have any pictures of my own.
I'll try to take one tomorrow, if it's not too crowded.
Don't worry if you you are too busy and forget
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Don't worry if you you are too busy and forget
@SnowyCA This is what looks at the front of the LRT car.
There are no barriers. If a train needs to be driven by a human, there are controls on the right… locked away.
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@SnowyCA This is what looks at the front of the LRT car.
There are no barriers. If a train needs to be driven by a human, there are controls on the right… locked away.
Very interesting, Edwin.
Thank you for sharing the photo.
Is the passenger area kept as clean as the cab area in your photo?I don't think I would want to be in the driver's seat of a train cab like this because it reminds me of sitting in the type of transport truck cab called a "cab-over".
It's the style where the driver's cab it fixed above the engine, instead of behind it like a long-nose Peterbuilt, Western Star, or FreightlinerThe problem with a cabover, or in your case a flat train front, is the driver is always the "first on the scene of an accident, and the very last to leave".
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Very interesting, Edwin.
Thank you for sharing the photo.
Is the passenger area kept as clean as the cab area in your photo?I don't think I would want to be in the driver's seat of a train cab like this because it reminds me of sitting in the type of transport truck cab called a "cab-over".
It's the style where the driver's cab it fixed above the engine, instead of behind it like a long-nose Peterbuilt, Western Star, or FreightlinerThe problem with a cabover, or in your case a flat train front, is the driver is always the "first on the scene of an accident, and the very last to leave".
@SnowyCA A couple of things to know:
- The system is usually driverless
- The whole train is kept that clean (private company operator).
- There is no cab area. The angle is set to give a better view, but as a passenger, you have access to that area.
- The whole network is physically isolated. There are fences or tunnels to prevent risks of intrusion
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@SnowyCA A couple of things to know:
- The system is usually driverless
- The whole train is kept that clean (private company operator).
- There is no cab area. The angle is set to give a better view, but as a passenger, you have access to that area.
- The whole network is physically isolated. There are fences or tunnels to prevent risks of intrusion
- They’re electric trains -
@SnowyCA The most slippery seats though.
The network was inaugurated in July 2023
