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OTrain airport success story (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca
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I wanted to share a positive experience with transit. In the last week I had a trip planned and I wanted to try taking transit and see if it would work. I had a flight at 2:25PM to Montreal and I live a short distance away from Tunny's. My wife dropped me off at Tunny's and I took the train and got to the airport in ~50 minutes without any issues.

Now this isn't the fastest (Driving would have only taken ~20 minutes), but man did it feel great to be able to take the train all the way there. It was a very comfortable and smooth ride. I just wanted to share the positive news to let people know its viable and possible.

If there was higher frequency on line 2, I suspect the commute time would have been closer to ~35-40 minutes, make it even more competitive with driving. I'm hopeful for the future of transit in the city :)

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago

I lived near Bayview for a long time. Taking the 97 to/from the airport was perfect.

I'm glad the OTrain is filling that void.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, sometimes my wife and colleagues don't understand me taking transit (I'm in the Vancouver area). But it's hop on an express bus to a Skytrain station and take that train all they way downtown or to the airport.

    You get to chill and watch the scenery, or read a book, or catchup on work email. And never deal with parking. I find it relaxing.

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    [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ottawa has a few extensions to Line 1 in progress, which is very exciting!

    Since the OTrain has had a few unfortunate events during its first few years, they have been very careful to ensure there would be as little room to screw the Line 2 opening up as possible. I do think the tracks are straight enough that it could be faster, but I also noticed how smooth the ride on the FLIRT was.

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