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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 22, 2018 12:12:44 GMT -8
Here is some Alberta transit, seen by me in September 2018: A bus in Banff: - I like the wildlife artwork on the buses (I also wanted to type the phrase "on the buses") DSCF3329 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr The CTrain LTR in Calgary: . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr - I won't try to describe the LTR cars/carriages/train-containers, because that would just confuse the more learned people. But I do think they look pretty neat-o. View of the CTrain corridor on 7th Ave, seen from the Hyatt hotel . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr
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Post by timmyc on Dec 24, 2018 12:05:32 GMT -8
Ahh, shame about the weather this year! Usually September, like the rest of the year, is quite sunny and dry.
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 29, 2020 9:56:51 GMT -8
Was in San Francisco last week and utilized BART between SFO and the city. Hadn't been on BART for many years. The trains I rode on were pretty old, but BART is replacing those with newer Bombardier cars. I grabbed a couple of pics of the newer train at Embarcadero Station in downtown SF. This is an older train, the type which ferried me to and from SFO.
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Post by Starsteward on Feb 29, 2020 15:38:49 GMT -8
So glad to see Bombardier still makes 'something'!
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Post by northwesterner on Mar 1, 2020 10:06:48 GMT -8
So glad to see Bombardier still makes 'something'! As of a few weeks ago, they don't make train cars any more.
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Post by Starsteward on Mar 1, 2020 12:43:04 GMT -8
So glad to see Bombardier still makes 'something'! As of a few weeks ago, they don't make train cars any more. I stand corrected. I forgot their main enterprise now is their business jets. Thanks for keeping me on my uh, toes?
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Mar 1, 2020 16:33:22 GMT -8
So glad to see Bombardier still makes 'something'! As of a few weeks ago, they don't make train cars any more. Actually no that is misinformed statement because EU needs to have it approval for Alstom to take over of Bombardier transportation. This in my opinion is highly unlucky to get approved because Alstom wanted to combine force with Seimens which EU disapproved.
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Post by Mike on Mar 1, 2020 17:27:20 GMT -8
Actually no that is misinformed statement because EU needs to have it approval for Alstom to take over of Bombardier. This in my opinion is highly unlucky to get approved because Alstom wanted to combine force with Seimens which EU disapproved. I think you're the one who's misinformed. Alstom is only buying Bombardier's rail car division, not the whole company.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 2, 2020 18:08:57 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Apr 2, 2020 21:07:28 GMT -8
One inaccuracy I noted in that story was the reference to free transit drying up the main revenue source for transit systems. Perhaps transit experts can correct me on this, but I've understood that fares account for considerably less than half of most systems' revenue. Even in metro Vancouver, with a heavy usage, I don't think it's above 40%. Subsidies account for most of what'e needed, and in smaller systems, fares can recoup 20% or less. By comparison, BC Ferries' farebox revenue approaches 80% of total costs, and WSF is in the same neighbourhood.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Apr 23, 2020 11:12:33 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 18, 2021 22:26:49 GMT -8
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Post by Mike on Sept 20, 2021 11:03:19 GMT -8
Did you mean to type 2021? The 100th anniversary was this year.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 20, 2021 12:00:21 GMT -8
Did you mean to type 2021? The 100th anniversary was this year. I did mean to put 2021.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Feb 15, 2022 23:50:47 GMT -8
Bay Area Rapid Transit will now operate five lines, seven days a week now with all five lines run from start to 9 pm on Monday to Sundays starting February 20, 2022 which was previously only Monday to Saturday. BART will now have regular service hours with restored Sunday service to 12 am: www.bart.gov/news/articles/2022/news20220110-0
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 16, 2023 23:47:31 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jun 19, 2023 22:33:40 GMT -8
Winnipeg Transit is in charge operation of Winning. The fleet is made up from New Flyer Industrial which is based in Winnipeg. I am posting these photos because we don’t have any photos of Winnipeg Transit. 731 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 845 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 354 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 392 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 395 by Blue Bus Fan , on Flickr 376 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr The Blue Line is like TransLink RapidBus for part an on street aBRT system then it as Southwest Transit Corridor which is transit only road.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Aug 6, 2023 21:18:51 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Nov 8, 2023 16:22:20 GMT -8
Interesting news story on BART's declining ridership. I think safety is the number one reason ridership has declined in the system.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Mar 5, 2024 13:35:32 GMT -8
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