Some questions about the transit signals on the St. Clair and Spadina streetcar rights-of-way: 1- Every intersection I've seen have two (seemingly identical) columns of signals right beside each other. I assume this is to provide redundancy (like the automobile traffic lights) in case of the...

I don't prefer quoting myself, but I said the above on August 29, 2019. And that was before I knew of the problems/delays under the Line 1 Eglinton Station and certainly before COVID. At this point I'm sticking with my prediction for revenue service: August 1, 2023.

The design was updated and the final design was approved in March 2018. The Yonge (Line 1) platform is still being extended, but instead of by 70m, now it will only be extended about 24m to the north. Among other things I believe this allows them to keep the pocket track north of Eglinton...

I could never figure out why Parker and the LRA lobbied for the Leslie condo owners. Those condos are not in Leaside and Parker was not ever the councillor for that area which is in the former North York. Unless they had friends (or former Leaside residents) who lived in those condos... It...

Yes the completion of Glassworks Drive has been planned all along and has been depicted in renderings and discussed at Crosstown meetings for at least 10-12 years. Glassworks Drive (in its entirety) already shows up on the City of Toronto on-line maps. And the intersection between the old...

Excellent! Two nit-picks: Allen station should be “Cedarvale” and Lebovic stop should be “Hakimi Lebovic”. Note there is no hyphen between Hakimi and Lebovic. Great map; thanks. —

I'm a little late getting to this discussion of Line 5 trains, but isn't the Flexity Freedom order from Bombardier (as reduced in 2018) for 76 cars? That would be 38 two-car trains; so why on earth is TTC talking about running 17 trains on opening day and ramping up to (only) 20 (2-car) trains...

True. If the line was totally shut down east of Laird, then the crossovers west of Laird would probably be best as the station could operate as a normal terminal. For short turns of some trains only, taking the eastbound train out of service at Laird, moving it into the storage track east of...

Yes they have a storage track just east of Laird Station and west of the Brentcliffe (Glassworks) portal which is the end of the tunneled section. So short turns are entirely possible. In fact the plan is to short turn every second train there all the time as the headways will be so much lower...

Like others have said; I'd like to be more optimistic but I can't really see it happening. There is so much more work to be done - a lot of it technical/electrical/signal stuff that requires a lot of diligence and testing to get right and to iron all the bugs out. I live near the construction...

I agree. The alternative is the solid red signal which means ATC system has determined the way ahead isn't clear yet so wait at the platform with doors open as the train won't be proceeding yet anyway.

Firstly, that map from the Crosstown website is not perfectly accurate. Like most maps (official and otherwise) I've seen and also descriptions of the line route; this one is quite vague on where the east (Brentcliffe portal) is. Looking at the map, you'd think that the line comes to the...

Don't forget Belmont/Aylmer, Broadway/Montgomery, Empress/Park Home and of course York Mills/Wilson!

Um..., except that Bloor-Yonge is not as you say. While Line 2 has one centre platform, Line 1 has separate side platforms for NB and SB. So, actually Cedarvale will somewhat resemble Bloor-Yonge in that you'll have to pick the correct exit from the centre EB/WB platform (line 2 at Yonge, line...

I believe that people from the new north side entrances will go not have to go down to Line 5 platform level to access line 1. I believe they will go down one level (to the upper concourse level) to a corridor connecting the two north side entrances that will be an unpaid area. (this would...

Which article are you quoting here? There is a similar statement in this article from The Whig in Kingston: https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/bombardier-unveils-first-millhaven-built-metrolinx-lrv-car If this is true, then they've done a good job of hiding 44 Crosstown cars in Thunder...

The Eglinton LRVs are the same as the Waterloo cars except for two things as far as I can tell. First difference: Waterloo cars have full cabs at both ends (as they will be 1-car trains) and Eglinton's cars will have a full cab at one end only, as they are planned to be run in 2-car trains at...

Ridiculous. All this time putting up with construction and instead of having a vibrant colourful vehicle, they go with what looks like a prototype. As Streety said; any colour would be better than the bland grey. Waterloo and Edmonton get bright shades of blue; TTC streetcars bright red and...

Where exactly is the replacement Canadian Tire going to be located?

According to the SSE EPR, Scarborough Centre Station will have crossovers immediately before (south of) AND after (north of) the station platforms.