Ottawa O-Train Line 2/4 Summer Testing

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Various videos taken along the O-Train Line 2 and 4 alignment in Ottawa from May to July. The lines are set to open in the fall!

[@yukaira]

good work! hope it opens this year...

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

The trans Canada railway was built quicker than this.

[@yukaira]

@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 And it killed hundreds of slave workers.

[@PatrickRKay]

It will

[@PatrickRKay]

@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835lol

[@AUG_XZABER]

Hopefully this LRT extention pleases RMtransit. Great video!

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

Lots of great perspectives on the new line, thanks for sharing!

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

Awesome video!

[@Thomas1980]

H__E__L__L__O Thumbs Up! Super good Video!

[@O-DogKubrick]

That’s in my hometown! Can’t wait for it to open this year!

[@zakaridebreyne1362]

Mine, too

[@O-DogKubrick]

@@zakaridebreyne1362 Where do you live in Ottawa?

[@zakaridebreyne1362]

Beacon Hill

[@eartraffic]

I recently stumbled upon Line 2 whil taking a shortcut on Earl Armstrong. I was amazed to see such a huge station in the middle of nowhere 🙂 Nice to see NO ELECTRIC OVERHEAD WIRES TOO! Maybe THIS version will actually run...

[@StefanWithTrains3222]

The overhead wires weren't the problem with the first the other lines. The trains themselves were the problem.

[@ccudmore]

There's two stations on Earl Armstrong. One has a huge park and ride lot and is across from a soon to be built recreation centre, and the other is in the middle of what will soon be a high-density residential and commercial hub. It's planned to get the transit in before the development... what a novel concept! They may be in the middle of nowhere now, but not for long.

[@StefanWithTrains3222]

@ccudmore what has this to do with my previous comment? Also, the new (and older) diesel-electric rail lines of the O-train network will have clearance for electrification. This will be able to be done without that much hassle as the new trains have a swappable power-pack (options for diesel-electric, battery-electric, catenary-electric, hydrogen-electric and Bi-mode variants).

[@ccudmore]

@@StefanWithTrains3222in response to the “in the middle of nowhere” comment made by @eartraffic

[@StefanWithTrains3222]

@ccudmore Guess it got removed

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

! Nice video, likes from me !

[@alijack64]

love the video, Alex I was wondering if you are okay because it sounds like you just ran a marathon they way you are breathing, hope you have time to get it checked out. Have fun at grandmas-Ali

[@alexjhorner]

Ali did you know I'm coming to your house right now

[@yukaira]

everyone knows you gotta sprint to get the shot

[@dreamsthatgotogether7553]

They should make a commercial with a song like this: O, Trainada, our mobile hooked up metal rectangular rooms with chairs 🪑 , true Forward and backward movement, on two long strips of steel. From far and wide O Trainada we stand around in the various stations waiting for thee.

[@avgeek_a321]

Whats wrong with the Lints?

[@alexjhorner]

Nothing! But to add more capacity the length of the platforms has been doubled to ~80m, while the lints are only ~40. We wouldn’t have enough coupled LINTs to serve the line so we might as well buy some new 80m trains anyway. Single LINTs will run on the airport line

[@avgeek_a321]

@@alexjhorner that's nice to hear, Lints are everywhere in my country and actually pretty nice to ride

[@rollingthunderinho]

are they electric ?

[@ccudmore]

Deisel electric.

[@alexjhorner]

@@rollingthunderinho The FLIRT trains (the long white ones) are easily converted to electric later on. We unfortunately didn’t electrify the line just yet, but it is future proofed for it!

[@ajfrostx]

Is it single line? 😲

[@alexjhorner]

@@ajfrostx Some parts are still single tracked- a remnant of the original line before it was closed. Which is too bad, since it greatly limits frequency

[@wizardsuth]

@@alexjhorner The tunnel under Dow's Lake isn't wide enough for two tracks nor high enough for a catenary system, so they've gone with diesel electric trains. I had the opportunity to walk through the tunnel one hot summer day in 2001. It was very cool, both literally and figuratively.

[@energymarketchile]

This is a massive joke/scam: Hundreds of millions spent in a train that can't go above 100 kph like most modern electric trains world-wide, and not even higher than 60 kph ... !!!

[@octranspo_owl]

Distances between stations are too short for 100km/h operations without electrification/EMUs. This line serves an entirely different purpose than the other "modern" systems you speak of, which are particularly intercity (which by extent, has less stations at more spread out distances allowing for higher speeds). The money we spent on this line is a bargain if anything. I hope we continue the model on the other abandoned freight lines. As far as modernity goes, this is just as modern as those other systems (other than electrification) and it does reach speeds of 80km/h which is enough for stops that are closer together. Keep in mind that these trains are nearly brand new from Switzerland and Germany respectively. Not a scam, 110% worth it, and it serves a different purpose as not all trains do the same job.

[@alexjhorner]

@@octranspo_owl For the southern stations, it does have the spacing to go 100kmh, but the issue is the speed wouldn’t be very useful since the overall end to end time and frequency is held back by the single track sections. You can go 100kmh, but you’ll be dwelling for longer at stations waiting for sections of track to clear- so wouldn’t make a difference

[@yukaira]

@@alexjhorner maybe... just maybe... we shouldn't. have cheaped out and singletracked those sections

[@josephtaylor3857]

Fake video...the trains are working perfectly. 😄😁