[salsa]

Anyone else excited about the seeming change in developments in terms of the number of stops west of Mt Dennis? Seems like they've dropped all the non-transfer intermediate stops in favour of kilometre-apart spacing.

No decisions on stop spacing have been made yet.

 

[Palma]

Crosstown East will take 8 years to build, from Council approval.

how can it take that long? I thought I read here somewhere it takes 2 years to build

 

[Palma]

Anyone else excited about the seeming change in developments in terms of the number of stops west of Mt Dennis? Seems like they've dropped all the non-transfer intermediate stops in favour of kilometre-apart spacing.

where is this information?

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Crosstown East will take 8 years to build, from Council approval.

Where did you get this information from? I remember seeing it but now I can't find it.

 

[jeffreym]

Crosstown East will take 8 years to build, from Council approval.

Interesting. Steve Munro had commented on his blog that he'd heard there was talk of opening the western and eastern extensions alongside the central portion of the line.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Interesting. Steve Munro had commented on his blog that he'd heard there was talk of opening the western and eastern extensions alongside the central portion of the line.

That is what a provincial government heading into election in 2022 would want, that is for sure.

 

[jcam]

Ok, a few questions

What Crosstown station does the relief line appear to intersect with? Isn't laird the last tunnelled station, is that what they are aiming for?

Don Mills is an underground station, so the plan would likely be to connect it there.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Ok, a few questions

What Crosstown station does the relief line appear to intersect with? Isn't laird the last tunnelled station, is that what they are aiming for?

What is the order of which these new lines are likely to be constructed?

Where is the official information on the transit plan they were supposed to release today? I've seen the map but greater explanation would be good.

Does anyone know if their is a general forum about rapid transit in to I'm new to UT and I would love to talk about the network as a whole

Welcome to the forum - there is no general thread on the network as a whole (though you may find ones specific to GO service, or the old Transit City or Smarttrack.

As to the official information - here is the site: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=a74e4be8ac29d410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD - the slidedeck has more detailed explanation available.

AoD

 

[nfitz]

Where is the official information on the transit plan they were supposed to release today? I've seen the map but greater explanation would be good.

I'm not aware of anything being released today. The map was from the public consultation presentation - the first of which was yesterday. The full presentation is at: http://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toro...tives/PIC Presentation Deck - Feb 16 2016.pdf

 

[Kevin Hegarty]

hi guys ...long time lurker but decided to join the forum with all the recent transit announcement. My question is does anyone know why the crosstown east would take 8 years as I believed it already had a ea, it was shovel ready and there is no tunneling involved I believe. I just cannot grasp how that will take 8 years ? ...the channel tunnel took 6 years !!!

 

[nfitz]

To quote a well respected commentator on the subject. They are telling porkies.

 

[smallspy]

...the channel tunnel took 6 years !!!

1986 to 1994 is not 6 years. And that doesn't include the year and a half it took for them to secure funding (or the fact that the governments of France and England set up the working group to get the project started in 1981).

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[Palma]

1986 to 1994 is not 6 years. And that doesn't include the year and a half it took for them to secure funding (or the fact that the governments of France and England set up the working group to get the project started in 1981).

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

but its still a channel tunnel vs above ground laying of tracks. lets get serious

 

[Palma]

That is what a provincial government heading into election in 2022 would want, that is for sure.

I would have thought 2018

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

1986 to 1994 is not 6 years. And that doesn't include the year and a half it took for them to secure funding (or the fact that the governments of France and England set up the working group to get the project started in 1981).

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

Seems we're talking apples and oranges anyway. An LRT line mostly on surface in the city vs. a heavy rail high speed tunnel under the ocean between two nations.