tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post6036291841505258706..comments2024-03-28T14:10:58.998+00:00Comments on Robert Schwandl's Urban Rail Blog: SAN DIEGO Trolley & SprinterRobert Schwandlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156288779783738076noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-18972041218976126242018-05-01T18:44:09.039+01:002018-05-01T18:44:09.039+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.JR Vitughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180410835284325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-46497611666124406792018-05-01T18:43:37.657+01:002018-05-01T18:43:37.657+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.JR Vitughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180410835284325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-74699026625039862432016-01-03T18:48:26.751+00:002016-01-03T18:48:26.751+00:00Regarding the Sprinter platform extensions, they a...Regarding the Sprinter platform extensions, they are folded up each night to give the wider passage for the freight workers. I assume this is done automatically at the required hours each night.<br /><br />On the Sprinter railcars, each door has its own narrow tongue-like extension that protrudes to meet the platform extension, whenever the doors are opened. I wish consumer products like umbrellas and my cat door were so well thought out.AimlessInLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718152552754457700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-43757376628454649752015-09-01T00:17:28.923+01:002015-09-01T00:17:28.923+01:00With regard to the SDMTS Trolley, I'm little s...With regard to the SDMTS Trolley, I'm little short of amazed to see that a considerable section of C Street in downtown San Diego has been given over entirely to the transit lines; I don't think you're allowed to drive on it. For a city in SoCal to have done this is surprising.<br />AimlessInLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718152552754457700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-88573003137624513832015-09-01T00:11:11.416+01:002015-09-01T00:11:11.416+01:00I think the Sprinter DMU's were manufactured b...I think the Sprinter DMU's were manufactured by a German company, and the canned station announcements seem to have been recorded by a nice British woman with a pleasant voice. Why? Then again, why not? I think it's a nice touch. <br /><br />An oddity I've noticed about these trains, and also those the SDMTS Trolley: The doors don't open by default and you have to press a button to do so. I nearly had the train leave without me once or twice. This situation usually only happens at intermediate stops during the less busy times of day.AimlessInLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718152552754457700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810004648766820675.post-84182379303904764602014-06-26T07:47:19.684+01:002014-06-26T07:47:19.684+01:00I'm living in La Jolla, near Pacific Beach and...I'm living in La Jolla, near Pacific Beach and San Diego Old Town until early September. I rode all three San Diego Trolley lines this last month. They have a good fare system, using the "Compass Card", for a $2.00 deposit, plus any time card from the day pass to a month pass. They work also on the busses but not the Coaster commuter rail system. I have not tried the Sprinter yet, maybe I can try this weekend if I make it to Oceanside. My place is very close to the North County Breeze bus line 101 which stops at the UCSD campus, and from there it's a 1 1/2 hour ride to Oceanside via Encinitas. <br /><br />The blue line is the only one using the Siemens U-2 and SD100 trains that I was able to see, since now the orange and green lines are almost exclusively S70 and the stations have long since been upgraded. There still remain several stations from Barrio Logan on to Beyer Boulevard that are being rebuilt or are in the planning stage thereof. The train really slows down at E Street and continues that way to Iris Avenue. A few weeks ago when I rode all the way to San Ysidro/Tijuana, the northbound track was being rebuilt and many stations were using just the southbound track. I imagine that will be the case for the next couple of months. I guess the stations between Barrio Logan and E Street, will be completed by the end of this year, and SD MTS will rebuild the rest some time in 2015. By then, the SD100's and U2's will likely be phased out.<br /><br />The Coaster system is the San Diego equivalent of the Trinity Rail Express for Dallas/Fort Worth, and the Caltrain System for the San Francisco Bay Area. It runs on its own fare system, separate from that of SD MTS. It shares the same tracks as the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner. <br /><br />I'll let you know my impressions of the Sprinter as soon as I can make it to Oceanside this weekend.<br /><br />Josh Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com