C-Train Disruption- route 201

[NuclearPizzaMan]

Originally Posted by pylon

And cyclists are a close third. However those ones are met by joy, corpse revenge fantasies and Star Trek GIF parties by the CP faithful.

Yeah, those are great.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by Pontine

How does someone get hit INSIDE (based on what I've read) of the tunnel?

Either way, it was a gong show. First they tell us to get off at Erlton with no shuttle buses waiting, then after waiting 10 mins I see the train go to Victoria park, so I take the train 1 stop and decide to walk. There wasn't any shuttle buses on Macleod when I got off the train.

I think Car 2 Go would've helped, but I have no idea how it works XD.

It's tough to get shuttle buses in place quickly when something like this happens, especially at the time it happened. I was driving the route 7 this morning and heard the zero-one call over the radio (never a good thing to hear) at about 6:45. Generally, the earliest buses start to go out of service just after 8, and those out of service buses are usually what would be used as c-train replacement shuttles. This morning, they actually pulled some buses off their regular routes to provide shuttles for the train. If they had any operators sitting on stand-by at the garages, they probably sent them out with buses as well.

As for how someone got into the tunnel, I assume they would have walked in from the entrance on the north side, near 7th ave and 3rd st SE, where there is the pedestrian crossing.

[You Need a Thneed]

Sounds like trains should start getting back to normal operations soon.

[meanmachine13]

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[SebC]

The female driver of the CTrain has been sent to hospital as a precaution. She was not injured, but officials say she was very upset by the incident.

Maybe it's a good thing most passengers can't see forward out of our trains.

[red sky]

Except the new trains will have the ability to do so. I don't think it is such a good idea as these types of things happen too often.

[CubicleGeek]

Originally Posted by Voodooman

You would think that most able-bodied people would figure out that it would be much quicker to walk from Erlton than wait for shuttle buses. In 20 minutes, you'd be pretty much anywhere in the core.

Are people really that.....no, nevermind, I already know the answer to that question.

I'd say closer to 30-35 for the average person, I walk in every day from around that area and being a pretty fast walker, takes me about 25 min to get to Scotia Centre. It's a nice walk, dunno why people living in Erlton or Victoria Park even bother taking the train.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by red sky

Except the new trains will have the ability to do so. I don't think it is such a good idea as these types of things happen too often.

Yeah, I knew that. Now, like you, I'm thinking maybe they shouldn't.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by red sky

Except the new trains will have the ability to do so. I don't think it is such a good idea as these types of things happen too often.

As someone who could be driving the trains in the future, I would prefer to have more privacy while working as well (who really wants someone looking over their shoulder as they work?).

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by red sky

Except the new trains will have the ability to do so. I don't think it is such a good idea as these types of things happen too often.

Except they don't really. I have taken the train for almost 10 years and I've never been in a train that has hit anything.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Except they don't really. I have taken the train for almost 10 years and I've never been in a train that has hit anything.

It is rare, but it happens. When it does happen, it is nearly always fatal and is quite traumatizing for anyone who witnesses it.

[Bobblehead]

I'm guessing many people didn't just walk because they didn't expect or aren't prepared for a 20-30 minute walk in the rain with the temperature 7 or 8 degrees above freezing.

[mrkajz44]

It was really unclear I think is the reason many people didn't walk. As the shuttles were running from Erlton, many people thought that was end of line and therefore too far to walk. However, the train did go one more stop, making the walk alot more reasonable.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

It was really unclear I think is the reason many people didn't walk. As the shuttles were running from Erlton, many people thought that was end of line and therefore too far to walk. However, the train did go one more stop, making the walk alot more reasonable.

As I said in an earlier post, I was driving the route 7 this morning and I didn't even know that the trains were going into Victoria Park. Over the radio they were informing operators they were just going into Erlton. I would assume they were going into Victoria Park for the driver to switch to the other end of the train, plus I believe they have switches for the trains between Victoria Park and Erlton.

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by Cuz

As someone who could be driving the trains in the future, I would prefer to have more privacy while working as well (who really wants someone looking over their shoulder as they work?).

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know how the driver-less trains in Vancouver handle hitting someone (or something)? Does the train "know" that it needs to stop immediately, and not at the next scheduled station? Or does it just keep on going down the line, with some dead guy (or thing) stuck on the front of--or under---the train?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know how the driver-less trains in Vancouver handle hitting someone (or something)? Does the train "know" that it needs to stop immediately, and not at the next scheduled station? Or does it just keep on going down the line, with some dead guy (or thing) stuck on the front of--or under---the train?

The entire system is grade separated, so the only way someone would get on the tracks is to jump off a station platform.

I don't know if the trains have sensors that would detect if someone had done so.

[NuclearPizzaMan]

I would imagine that driverless trains are still monitored by humans at some sort of control center.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Cuz

It is rare, but it happens. When it does happen, it is nearly always fatal and is quite traumatizing for anyone who witnesses it.

I was near the crossing at SAIT when the guy was hit last year; there was a girl sitting on a bench who had witnessed it and was wide-eyed, shaking, staring straight ahead and not blinking with tears streaming down her face. I'll never forget it.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know how the driver-less trains in Vancouver handle hitting someone (or something)? Does the train "know" that it needs to stop immediately, and not at the next scheduled station? Or does it just keep on going down the line, with some dead guy (or thing) stuck on the front of--or under---the train?

IIRC, they have weight sensors on the tracks that will shut the train down if someone falls on the tracks. Also, the train is not the only hazard of falling on the tracks as the electrical supply for the train is at ground level as well.

[Acey]

I don't ever want any kind of automated train moving through downtown Calgary at street level. I suppose it's inevitable, but remind me to move away when it's in "beta"...