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15 March 2019

Can anyone explain why it is called "Trillium Line"? Sounds a bizarre name, especially as there is no Station on the Line of that name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyarmion (talk • contribs) 03:55, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The two lines were given abstract names expressing patriotic concepts. 'Confederation' is appropriate for the national capital; the trillium is Ontario's provincial flower. Radagast (talk) 17:29, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

24 April 2019

Can the image section by updated with this? https://www.otrainfans.ca/blogs/stadler-wins-first-contract-for-multiple-unit-trains-in-canada HamiltonNorth (talk) 16:28, 24 April 2019 (UTC) HN[reply]

Alas, the image is proprietary and Commons would not host it. I can't see a compelling reason for it to get native hosting either; we'll need to wait until the units are out in the world with the O-Train livery and get a photo that way. Radagast (talk) 17:01, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Map

No map. Please add a map. 135.0.44.40 (talk) 10:17, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Light rail?

Why is it called a "Light rail" system? The definition is "Light rail is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology". Neither Bombardier Talent nor Alstom Coradia LINT or Stadler FLIRT are trams or derived from trams. This should be explained or changed. 77.1.89.128 (talk) 20:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not well explained here, but O-Train has this: "It is often described as "light rail", partly because there were plans to extend it into Ottawa's downtown as a tramway-like service, and partly because the original Bombardier Talent trains are smaller and lighter than most mainline trains in North America and do not meet the Association of American Railroads' standards for crash strength." Radagast (talk) 21:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All that may have been true as of when it closed 5 years ago, but the Bombardier trains aren't in use anymore, and it doesn't seem like through-running onto the Confederation Line is in the cards either. I don't know much about the LINT trains, but I'm pretty sure the FLIRT trains do crashworthiness standards, it seems like they can and will have occasional freight service on the line without temporal separation, and the article itself says it's legally considered a mainline railway under the reporting mark CR. I would argue that, at least in its current from, the Trillium Line (and by extension the Airport Link) are pretty objectively hybrid rail. Be-the-shield (talk) 05:45, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]