Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialRail Fans Canada @railfans.ca · 01/05/2026Troy Charter has assumed the role of Associate General Manager (AGM) of Transit Services at OC Transpo. Congratulations Troy! www.railfans.ca/news/troy-ch... 041
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialTransport Action Canada @transportaction.ca · 01/05/2026Transport Action members and supporters are gathering in Ottawa this weekend. Join us in person at the Bronson Centre on online by Zoom for discussions of passenger rail, motorcoach, and pubic transit advocacy. www.transportaction.ca/events/2026-...transportaction.caAnnual Public Meeting 2026 and 50th Anniversary CelebrationOur annual public meeting with guest speakers and updates on our public transport advocacy efforts nationally and from each of our chapters regional chapters across Canada will be held in Ottawa on… 093
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Where did you get that screen grab? A station at Greenboro makes a lot of sense (Line 2 in both directions and extended Line 4 shuttle to YOW. Plus it saves time for Montreal - Toronto travel. 110
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialAndy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Updating my LEGO White House 7814691010958
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialJeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Listening this morning to Dr. Jazz at Hurdman station! They’re here till 11 thanks to OMIC and @envirocentre.bsky.social. Felicity is surveying riders. 1248
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 29/08/2025ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-... Sadly the city/OCT, in a cost-cutting measure, towed them to a remote works garage in Cumberland and won’t let volunteers finish streetcar restoration work.ottawacitizen.comWill Ottawa's last remaining 600-series streetcar ever ride again?Volunteers spent decades trying to restore Streetcar 696. But the project stalled when the city locked the streetcar away in storage. 032
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialJohn Redins @johnredins.bsky.social · 21/07/2025The LRT Inquiry statement at the press conference said the people of Ottawa deserve better. How much of tax dollars was spent to keep this out from the city councillors and public knowledge? The mayor promised transparency. Is this transperancy? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlstom report blamed soft tracks, design flaws for LRT derailment | CBC NewsThe consortium that oversees Ottawa's LRT system and the French subcontractor that built its trains have long disagreed over a simple issue: Why did a train derail four years ago? 375
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 24/06/2025And how many employees the railways had in the 1960s versus today! Mechanization and automation of track work and signaling takes far less labour. 020
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialLong Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I don't bet for $, but I'd like to set up a pool of which Canadian transit line will open next: TO's Finch West LRT or Eglinton Crosstown, Montreal REM, or Ottawa O-Train East Extension. Or the longshots, Broadway SkyTrain Extension, & Edmonton/Calgary LRT lines. Winner gets bragging rights. RSVP 363
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 24/06/2025What is lifted? Rehabilitated or repaired? 🇨🇦 This sidewalk has been”lifted” by heat. 000
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 21/06/2025They didn’t bury hydro on Bank St a decade ago when they rebuilt though the Glebe either. 140
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Underground hydro lines for home entry and cottages has been mandatory for decades. Kent St predates that, and any new building on Kent now has underground entry. 010
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 21/06/2025How will Alto HSR share or even cross CN / CPKS freight lines? For example there is regular freight to Peterborough/Havelock over CPKC and to Ottawa over VIA that will be used by HSR. @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social 200
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 21/06/2025It may vary system by system. iirc in Ottawa / OCTranspo, it’s equivalent to one ride. The idea is it can get you to somewhere where you can reload your card. 000
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Travel times have increased by only 5% (30 secs on the average 10 min trip), and pollution is down by 17% From what I can understand from the press release, the study is based on analyzing data from Even Data Recorders on cars over two weeks before and after introducing the city-wide 30 km/h limit. 2265
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Interesting news about how the 30 km/h city-wide limit impacted driving behaviour in Bologna: TL;DR: only 58% of trip*km is effectively below the 30 km/h, but more importantly, the driving style has become more relaxed, with less harsh braking and accelerations. www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...ansa.itIn 6 mesi risparmio 150 milioni con limite 30 km a Bologna - Ultima ora - Ansa.itCon la misura della Città 30 è possibile risparmiare in costi sociali e umani: è il caso di Bologna, dove in soli sei mesi sono oltre 150 i milioni di euro risparmiati grazie alla riduzione di inciden... 26211
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialSave the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025They weren’t building a party — they were planning a takeover. Convoys. Foreign funding. Freedom caucuses. This is imported extremism, not grassroots. That’s why they want to defund the CBC — it exposes the playbook. Defend truth. Defend the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli 15221
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialJon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I used to think public transit should be free. But price isn’t the problem, bad service is. 🚫 Infrequent 🚫 Unsafe 🚫 Inaccessible Free rides don’t fix broken systems. ✅ Make transit actually usable ✅ Make life affordable with UBI + lower housing, food, & healthcare costs 295
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Lots of us visited Greenboro Station at Doors Open 2 years ago, below. And TTC Lower Bay Station is always a big draw at Halloween etc openings. 032
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 18/06/2025How much of Eglinton LRT is undergound? Over half? Certainly that part could be quite fast ( certainly Yonge to Lawrence near Bathurst subway connection part) 000
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Because the Ottawa LRT was built as a light metro. Fully grade separated, tight headways, and almost fully CBTC operated. @chittimarco.bsky.social 000
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Bayview does not look like that anymore! It’s a major transfer now. 010
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Not if the station is the equivalent of 6 stories underground. 100
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Seems when they rebuild the Ottawa bus (or rail) elevators after 20 transitway years, it requires a 3 to 6 month shut down. @chittimarco.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialBen Horst (bluecheck.jpg) @moriamarmalade.bsky.social · 02/06/2025 2257
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialDavid McCormack Photography @davidmccormackphotography.ca · 03/06/2025🔢 VIA631 / 🚂 VIA2211 / 🛤 VIA Alexandria Sub / 📆 2025-06-03 / #VIARail 0232
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialReece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 17/05/2025I wish the media in Toronto covered the $100 billion transit expansion more than one dude on YouTube. 21004
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialReece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 17/05/2025The icing on the cake is that the high-speed rail project followed the very silly structure that this go project followed and lead it to disaster. There's a reason I've been sharing how concerned I am with that project... 2634
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 18/05/2025VIA also shares/uses tracks w GO from Pickering/Liverpool to Union and to the west also. 100
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialReece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 17/05/2025I really hope people don't get attached to this narrative. Does DB have problems operating reliably in Germany? Yes. But that's like saying 50th best cyclist in the world isn't still an order of magnitude better than you or me. 51089
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialTaras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 17/05/2025I've got a #longread in the @theglobeandmail.com today about Brightline, and the promise of privately-run passenger trains in North America. Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal... #RailSky #trains www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... 5288
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialJayBeeArsenal @jaybee1886.bsky.social · 17/05/2025and people were mad that i was against Metrolinx taking over local transit operations. Fuck.that. 031
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Hardly about one crossed at that side anyways. 000
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Same at Heron and Riverside. The west side crossing is not signalized for peds, nor allowed. But there is a ped underpass a bit further West. 000
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Yes, people are avoiding the Hunt Club WB backups by using Walkley, turning left, and using Riverside SB, to turn right onto the HC bridge. So left turn traffic was backing up, even more when the occasional person or bike crossed there. 000
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialSave the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Poilievre tried to bulldoze public media. Canada pushed back. Today, CBC survives because you showed up. You spoke out. And we’re not done yet. #SaveTheCBC 215038
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialCLondoner92 @clondoner92.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Speed limiters are required for new vehicles in Europe. road-safety-charter.ec.europa.eu/resources-kn... road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/european-roa... They are also included in Transport for London’s Bus Safety Standards. tfl.gov.uk/corporate/sa... 043
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialToronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 30/04/2025As usual, every politician with the remotest connection to the route was involved in the ceremonies at each of the four new stations. Regular GO train service between Richmond Hill and Toronto began the following Monday. 2/2 041
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialToronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Apr 29, 1978: GO Transit celebrates the official opening of the Richmond Hill line with special Saturday service and opening ceremonies. A train of new bi-level cars and another train of older CN cars—hauled by excursion steam locomotive No. 6060—operated over the line. 1/2 1202
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 30/04/2025www.reddit.com/r/ViaRail/s/... Quebec Court declines to consider VIA injunction against CNs crossing slow orders for Venture trainsets. Minister of Transport needs to intervene?reddit.comFrom the ViaRail community on RedditExplore this post and more from the ViaRail community 000
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialSave the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025“In the real world, people who don’t do their jobs get fired.” Poilievre learned that the hard way. You showed up. CBC survived. Truth matters. #SaveTheCBC 59921
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Too bad Flexity Outlook streetcars, loaded, can’t make the Bathurst hill between Davenport and St Clair W. For a century full TTC streetcars could and did. @swanboatsteve.bsky.social @trainstramstracks.bsky.social 123
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Yes, they will. #WorldBollardAssociation 503115396
rail613.bsky.social @rail613.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Would be fast to HSR to Albany, the up to Montreal and then use the upcoming Alto HSR from there to Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor. Connects to Amtrak, Detroit then Chicago! Americans welcome to visit 🇨🇦 and pass through! @trainstramstracks.bsky.social 072
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/04/2025BBC's Faisal Islam scores the first international media interview with Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney 👏 Mark Carney, "We are in the process of building our relationships in Europe and elsewhere around the world" "Canada will have a partnership on our terms, not on the US's terms" 9415100
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialSteve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I have already voted in the advance poll and had no qualms about voting NDP if only to show the flag. My riding is solidly Liberal and I'm not risking a few facto vote for PP. The real shame is that the Tories won't be reduced to a handful of seats. They are would-be Trumpist scum. 2233
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 27/04/2025This election is not about Trump. It is about standing up for Canada and defying the rage-baiters, conspiracy trolls and those who trash our nation to score points. This election is about you Pierre Poilievre. We reject your hate politics. Canadians do your best. Don't accept the worst. 631756596
Reposted by @rail613.bsky.socialHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/04/2025It always fascinates me how busy streets were back when far more people didn’t own cars, but we had lots of public transit. 0145
