Скачать или смотреть In Memory of Toronto TTC Line 3 Scarborough RT (1985-2023)

My final video of the unique Scarborough RT light metro line. The first 12 minutes include my quick thoughts followed by clips taken from previous videos then new clips specifically for this video, filmed from November 2022 to July 2023. This was a line with uniqueness and will always be a part of Toronto's transit history. Here's a short elaboration of my 11-minute explanation as well as including stuff I might've forgotten or wasn't too clear on.

On August 24, 2023, TTC announced that the Scarborough RT would not be reopening following a serious derailment exactly a month ago that led to multiple injuries, a major investigation, and inspection of the entire fleet of ICTS Mark I trains that were 38 years old.

The line opened in 1985 using light metro technology instead of a streetcar line (which IMO I would've disliked) and it was a vital connection for Scarborough residents who relied on this line to connect the suburbs to downtown. The SRT was scheduled to be closed on November 18, 2023, as the line uses outdated technology that is a decade past its end of service life. Original plans to upgrade the line's infrastructure and rolling stock to what the Vancouver Skytrain similarly uses were expensive.

There were multiple attempts over the past decade and a half made to extend the life of the rolling stock and other major components but they were all unsuccessful which led to no change in reliability and cost the TTC a huge amount of money but still kept it in service. In the mid-2010s, the rolling stock was refurbished at the point they were 30 years old and received a new livery and fresh interior (which I preferred to the bland original schemes). Despite that, the vehicles could not survive intense winter weather, with the line often closed ahead of them as it wasn't possible. Even with the lack of funding for the line, TTC did what they could, including the mechanics at McCowan yard that kept these trains running until the unexpected last day.

Ahead of back to school, implementations of replacement express buses on dedicated priority lanes will commence, and then in two years, the routing will have its own right of way on the RT infrastructure. Replacement buses will be in effect for the next seven years until the Line 2 east extension opens. We don't have a Line 3, currently three active rapid transit lines, but we'll get our fourth one when Line 5 opens. The Ontario line (which will also be a light metro line similar to the REM) will inherit the Line 3 moniker on signage and wayfinding.

While this is obviously a big loss for Scarborough residents and the replacement buses were planned ahead of time, this will add a longer commuter for them with those buses but with a lot of actual frequency and the TTC being transparent, I feel confident in them but feel for residents that may have their commutes extended. It will be weird with maps not showing Line 3 on it (or maybe they will still have the replacement bus routing on them) but regardless we won't have one until the Ontario line opens. It's very similar to the STM metro map as they don't have a Line 3 themselves.

Here are links to articles about the line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_3_... https://www.ttc.ca/news/2023/August/T...

And here's a playlist of all my Line 3 Scarborough RT videos which will never ever be updated again:    • Toronto TTC Scarborough RT  

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