[drum118]

Part 3 of 6
April 05
No changes from the plaza driveway to Nahina Way

All the southbound track has been poured in place including the area where it had to be rebuilt between Nahina Way and Trailwood Dr. The northbound track is mostly poured in place with a section of unfinished trackwork from 2024 still has to be done that will be part of an new emergency turn pad being built that was never there before. A section of the southbound track still has to be encase in concrete for the pad and only after the northbound is ready for it. A bump out curb has been built this year on either side of the guideway for that pad

Couple short sections of rail laying in the guideway at the south side of Trailwood and no idea why they are there.
All the OS poles from Watergarden to the first two poles north of Trailwood have no brackets nor tension pulleys. All the poles going up to Topflight have brackets and tension pulleys that were installed in 2025.

Plan emergency turn pad that was there since 2024 and partly built along with bump out that is new

Where OS poles start that are ready for wires up to Topflight

 

[drum118]

Part 4 of 6
April 05
Bristol station trackwork unfinished from 2025

Barondale is still close and will open this week. The Northbound track at Barondale stills needs to be pour in place from 2025. A section of trackwork for the northbound track stills needs to be rebuilt north of Barondale.

The station ramp itself needs to be pour. There is a section of the northbound track for Matheson station that needs to be pour in place and no idea why it is this way since the southbound is fully poured.

All the trackwork for the crossover at Waltline is ready to be anchor in place with concrete. One thing that has baffle me why is this that from Matheson To Trader that the tracks are above the road and real low from Trader to Burnal

Can See Matheson Station Rail higher than the road at the top of the curb

 

[drum118]

Part 5 of 6
April 05
Due to the weather I call it a day at Britannia

All the trackwork between Brunel And Britannia is poured the encasing of the Station tracks with a small section at Brunel still to be pour. A couple ties had to be replaced for some reason with one broken in haft.

No trucks allow northbound over the 401 between 10pm and 5am and no idea why or is the southbound the same way.

No left turns in all directions other than westbound traffic with the westbound lanes reduce to one lane as the centre of the intersection is about to be torn up. A number of close call as fool drivers were making the illegally left turn as normal.

This leaves only 4 intersections that may see some rework.

 

[drum118]

Part 6 of 6
April 05-08
Put all three days here for Matthew Gate to Burnhamorpe.

All the tracks are form to have the tracks anchor into the concrete that was still taking place on April 10 and hard to say if it will be pour this week or the week of the 13th. Small BOTT crew working on something in the centre area on the 10th. Southbound wasn't straight on the 5th but was on the 6th.

Once the tracks are pour, all the trackwork south of Square One Dr is in place to North of Fairview that is waiting a permit to close the intersection. May know more next week on that permit and the one for John St as well when..

 

[Tim MacDonald]

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[JJTheJetPln]

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Great photos as always.

I'm still trying to figure out how traffic is expected to work around Hurontario / 403 going S/B from your 6th photo because as it stands right now, traffic is being diverted over. Is there going to be an additional signal, or are lanes going to be shifted at one point?

 

[drum118]

Great photos as always.

I'm still trying to figure out how traffic is expected to work around Hurontario / 403 going S/B from your 6th photo because as it stands right now, traffic is being diverted over. Is there going to be an additional signal, or are lanes going to be shifted at one point?

If you look at my photos for Part 2 and other photos I shot for that day and before, you will see it. The ramp area will enter/exit Hurontario off set of the off ramp 403 traffic going south crossing the southbound lane for Hurontario St. Traffic will stop slightly back where they did before for the red light for the 403 traffic. This will allow the LRV's to enter/exit Hurontario centre section on the red.. If you look at Tim's photos, you can see how the tracks will leave/enter Hurontario as well where.it will go. Good reason for the transit bar system.

At Square One drive, the ramp to the centre section will cross both Hurontario and Square One Dr traffic lanes where the traffic will be held on an red while the LRV's enter or leave Hurontario centre section. There are supposed to be priority traffic light signals for the LRV's and don't seeing them playing a big part at those two crossing, This means red light in all directions to allow the LRV's to exit/entre the elevated section.

@Tim MacDonald great shots and can see trackwork has started for the wye as it will be the standard trackwork found along the corridor. The elevated section will follow later and have yet to see how the trackwork is to be done other than anchor plates place in the rebar or ties place on top of the rebar..

If you shot a little to the west for the ramp to Rathburn, you would have seen it is done and waiting guideway base pour. New street light have been installed next to where the curb is to go for the guideway to go to the west side of Station Gates and the station on the east side,

It will be interesting to see where the substation will be for the area.

 

[urbanclient]

If you look at my photos for Part 2 and other photos I shot for that day and before, you will see it. The ramp area will enter/exit Hurontario off set of the off ramp 403 traffic going south crossing the southbound lane for Hurontario St. Traffic will stop slightly back where they did before for the red light for the 403 traffic. This will allow the LRV's to enter/exit Hurontario centre section on the red.. If you look at Tim's photos, you can see how the tracks will leave/enter Hurontario as well where.it will go. Good reason for the transit bar system.

At Square One drive, the ramp to the centre section will cross both Hurontario and Square One Dr traffic lanes where the traffic will be held on an red while the LRV's enter or leave Hurontario centre section. There are supposed to be priority traffic light signals for the LRV's and don't seeing them playing a big part at those two crossing, This means red light in all directions to allow the LRV's to exit/entre the elevated section.

@Tim MacDonald great shots and can see trackwork has started for the wye as it will be the standard trackwork found along the corridor. The elevated section will follow later and have yet to see how the trackwork is to be done other than anchor plates place in the rebar or ties place on top of the rebar..

If you shot a little to the west for the ramp to Rathburn, you would have seen it is done and waiting guideway base pour. New street light have been installed next to where the curb is to go for the guideway to go to the west side of Station Gates and the station on the east side,

It will be interesting to see where the substation will be for the area.

I had the displeasure of detouring down Hurontario the other day during rush hour. Saw the 2km stretch from Port Credit to QEW has no tracks. Ballpark what percentage of tracks do you think are laid so far?

 

[Tim MacDonald]

If you look at my photos for Part 2 and other photos I shot for that day and before, you will see it. The ramp area will enter/exit Hurontario off set of the off ramp 403 traffic going south crossing the southbound lane for Hurontario St. Traffic will stop slightly back where they did before for the red light for the 403 traffic. This will allow the LRV's to enter/exit Hurontario centre section on the red.. If you look at Tim's photos, you can see how the tracks will leave/enter Hurontario as well where.it will go. Good reason for the transit bar system.

At Square One drive, the ramp to the centre section will cross both Hurontario and Square One Dr traffic lanes where the traffic will be held on an red while the LRV's enter or leave Hurontario centre section. There are supposed to be priority traffic light signals for the LRV's and don't seeing them playing a big part at those two crossing, This means red light in all directions to allow the LRV's to exit/entre the elevated section.

@Tim MacDonald great shots and can see trackwork has started for the wye as it will be the standard trackwork found along the corridor. The elevated section will follow later and have yet to see how the trackwork is to be done other than anchor plates place in the rebar or ties place on top of the rebar..

If you shot a little to the west for the ramp to Rathburn, you would have seen it is done and waiting guideway base pour. New street light have been installed next to where the curb is to go for the guideway to go to the west side of Station Gates and the station on the east side,

It will be interesting to see where the substation will be for the area.

@drum118 Here is a crop of a shot I didn't post but I believe it shows the Rathburn area you referenced.

 

[drum118]

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Thanks,
That is the last area still to be dug other than the QEW area and it was to have been dug two years ago. The station will be where the bus is on the north side of it. You can see thr ramp to the right that is ready for the base to pour as all other utilities are done. Had a looked of the area on Wednesday and the photos are at the end of my backlog that should be up in the next day or two,

I don't how they plan on building the guideway across Station Gate without effecting GO Service and the ward councillor hasn't heard a thing as well.

I had the displeasure of detouring down Hurontario the other day during rush hour. Saw the 2km stretch from Port Credit to QEW has no tracks. Ballpark what percentage of tracks do you think are laid so far?

They only started to do the PC area this year other than the westside guideway that was partly done in 2025, but all tracks will be in place by year end. Traffic is normally backup for the northbound as stop and go. Have seen it backup to Park St and the Lakeshore as there is now only a single lane of traffic where the guideway that will remain after the line opens ion the westside only as well the construction of the guideway. Been caught in that mess both driving and on the bus.

 

[Bojaxs]

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Shots like these ones really makes one wish we had opted to do a Vancouver Skytrain setup for Hurontario instead of an at-grade LRT.

 

[Tim MacDonald]

I shot most of the area from North of the Queensway to Port Credit station this morning. I'll post shots this afternoon.

 

[Dan416]

Shots like these ones really makes one wish we had opted to do a Vancouver Skytrain setup for Hurontario instead of an at-grade LRT.

I wish that too. Can you only imagine the NIMBYism if they had tried though?

Anyway I'm trying to keep my mind open and hope that it is faster than Finch or Eglinton (at grade). But the fact that it is not run by the cities (and the fact that there's 2 cities involved, plus I guess the Region), and Metrolinx, and Mobilinx, makes me think this could be messier to make operational changes to make it faster versus Finch or Eglinton. So many cooks in the kitchen.

 

[drum118]

This is what is missing for rail.
Topflight to Steeles
About 200 feet of OMSF guideway
Kingsbridge to Square One Dr and to Station Gate
North Service Rd to PC Station
11 intersections included in in the missing rail area.
3 intersections south of Central Pkwy

Otherwise, I will say 60% of the rail is installed and we could see 100% done by year end depending on the elevated section or early 2027.

There should be one more substation to be built

As I noted in the past, the waking tow testing could take place in June depending on the OMSF section bring built and trackwork that has to be rebuilt by then. Main tow test is from the OMSF to Eglinton that is to be the test bed but could get down as far as the 403. Other tow test will take place as they come ready.

The first walking power will take place once all the OS is in place and tested for the test bed. That will then see testing started at a slow rate until it can run at full speed. I cannot guess a timeframe for that at this time and lack the knowledge for it, but it will be this year.

All the sidewalks have to be rebuilt from end to end and completed in 2027. All missing road curbs have to be rebuilt before the road is repave with repaving done by 2027

All intersections traffic lights need to be activated to allow the removal of the temporary ones and that could be done by year end or early 2027.

Full testing of the line along with trans in 2027

All landscaping should be done by the end of 2027

Some time in 2028, the line will see service from my point of view.

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Here's a bunch of stuff from two flights this morning before the rain set in. I'll do two posts - one north of the QEW, the other south.
The first shot is as far north as I flew today which is just north of Paisley.

Looking south at the Queensway with the new hospital wing on the right:

Partial closure of the intersection at Sherobee rd:

Just north of the QEW:

Crews were busy on guideway excavation: