Quote:
Originally Posted by fredinno
How feasible is it really to increase the Canada Line's headways to 75-60s max instead of 120s?
Has this sort of thing been done before on similar non-LIM lines?
|
Since they added 12 more train sets in 2020, the current capacity is about 8,000 people per hour per direction. The current operting headways could be shortened to 2 minutes if additional two car trains were acquired, which would take operating capacity to 10,000 pph. After that, the capacity could be increased to 15,000 pph by adding a third car in the centre of the train and using the full 50m design capacity of the stations. As noted, to go beyond that you'd also have to try to increase capacity at either end of the line, which could be expensive.
There are no current development scenarios that anticipate that sort of demand on the system for decades, and as the line only serves Richmond and the airport it seems unlikely that there would be any need to examine if headways could be shortened to under 2 minutes. It might be possible in theory but the lowest currently seems to be 110 seconds at peak on the Tokyo Metro. (Taipei headways on the Brown Line are shorter, but it's a slower, rubber-tyred Metro).
Threaded Mode