Toronto Transit Commission formally presented the new subway cars

The new trains are 24 CCTV cameras, electronic card
Toronto - Starting next month, the new rocket their way to make the Toronto Yonge-University-Spadina subway.

This week was the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) officials their flashy new $ 1 billion in subway cars for the public at the Davisville subway station is located in uptown Toronto.

Hundreds of drivers were able to open the cars in transit and light experience, and get a glimpse of their new cards, availability and security enhancements, as they walked to the end of the six cars - now they are connected like a streetcar.

The new trains are now the power of 10 percent, but since the poles were removed from the middle passage, transit users are more spread out and give patrons a feeling of claustrophobia, at least during peak hours. Instead, it will be a poll with a horizontal rail on the ceiling of the train.

Despite the lack of an official number, it is assumed that the old train about 1,100 passengers T1 performed at maximum capacity and new trains, more can holder 120. The new trains were built by Bombardier in Thunder Bay. The transition from old to new start in June and will last until 2013.

Here are some key features of the new trains will have:

- Electronic maps that indicate the next station, the train will arrive, and in which direction it is moving.

- Stop addresses for each subway and Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT).

- 24 with four cameras per car.

- 18 screens that provide information about emergency situations, such as provide the location of the alarm and start the entry and exit.

- Wider doors.

- Areas for wheelchairs, bicycles and wheelchairs.

- Left LED indicators that show and the site.


Toronto - Starting next month, the new rocket their way to make the Toronto Yonge-University-Spadina subway.

This week was the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) officials their flashy new $ 1 billion in subway cars for the public at the Davisville subway station is located in uptown Toronto.

Hundreds of drivers were able to open the cars in transit and light experience, and get a glimpse of their new cards, availability and security enhancements, as they walked to the end of the six cars - now they are connected like a streetcar.

The new trains are now the power of 10 percent, but since the poles were removed from the middle passage, transit users are more spread out and give patrons a feeling of claustrophobia, at least during peak hours. Instead, it will be a poll with a horizontal rail on the ceiling of the train.

Despite the lack of an official number, it is assumed that the old train about 1,100 passengers T1 performed at maximum capacity and new trains, more can holder 120. The new trains were built by Bombardier in Thunder Bay. The transition from old to new start in June and will last until 2013.

Here are some key features of the new trains will have:

- Electronic maps that indicate the next station, the train will arrive, and in which direction it is moving.

- Stop addresses for each subway and Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT).

- 24 with four cameras per car.

- 18 screens that provide information about emergency situations, such as provide the location of the alarm and start the entry and exit.

- Wider doors.

- Areas for wheelchairs, bicycles and wheelchairs.

- Left LED indicators that show and the site.

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