[smallspy]

Thank you to crs1026 for the explanation

Funny update though, I'm on the LSW to Union and there were people working on the tracks near a switch on the south side of Exhibition and west of the platform. Trains only running on the north side.

So they are at least allowed to do this, sometimes. I had thought MX banned all red light work.

There are scheduled windows during the middle of the days, evenings and weekends where certain tracks are place off-limits in order to facilitate work, or access to work. The southern 2 tracks at Exhibition is one of those cases.

They aren't actually working on the tracks themselves, but the closure allows for trucks to go back and forth to the active site between the tracks without worry of any trains coming through.

Dan

 

[Mitchell01]

Thank you to crs1026 for the explanation

Funny update though, I'm on the LSW to Union and there were people working on the tracks near a switch on the south side of Exhibition and west of the platform. Trains only running on the north side.

So they are at least allowed to do this, sometimes. I had thought MX banned all red light work.

Maintenance work is pretty much the only kind of work "exempt" from red zone/green zone currently. All contracts going forward need to abide by the standard.

Maintenance workers can still enter the corridor at any location, at any time of the day, regardless of whether any kind of protection is in place.

The amount of work required to keep everything moving requires more time than the white period provides, and Metrolinx correctly gives their maintenance workers the ability to do some things during the day during revenue service.

 

[Sauga89]

I found this notice on Metrolinx's website, and thought it odd. Utility relocation seems like a bit much for investigative work. I could imagine perhaps that they need to move the utilities permanently to do geotechnical work or something like that, but I haven't seen any definitive confirmation that Metrolinx even plans a grade separation here. It would be nice if they would share their plans if they've reached a stage where months of permanent work are required.

From the notice:

As part of investigative works for the GO Expansion Project, construction crews will be working at the Clarkson Road North rail crossing and Balsam Avenue to support a utility relocation at the crossing. The scope of work includes preparatory activities on Metrolinx tracks, excavation of pits, trenchless pipe ramming beneath the tracks, pole removals and installations, cable and conductor removal and installation, and site restoration.

 

[legoswmonkey]

These wires definitely need to be buried before catenary is strung, though I have no idea why that would be labelled "investigative works" unless this is a trial run for similar sorts of relocations elsewhere in the corridor. And catenary is years away.

 

[Northern Light]

I found this notice on Metrolinx's website, and thought it odd. Utility relocation seems like a bit much for investigative work. I could imagine perhaps that they need to move the utilities permanently to do geotechnical work or something like that, but I haven't seen any definitive confirmation that Metrolinx even plans a grade separation here. It would be nice if they would share their plans if they've reached a stage where months of permanent work are required.

From the notice:

Mississauga did a study back in 2022 to evaluate the need for future grade separations, Clarkson ranked a priority:

From:

https://www.mississauga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/07122405/MTRIP-BckgrndE-RailGradeSeparation-TechnicalMemo-2022-11-04.pdf

That said, I see no indication of it as an imminent plan.

After Torbam, the City appears to have budgeted for one grade separation in the 2031-2035 period, but I don't see it identified in the budget. (the crossing isn't named)

 

[Jonny5]

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These wires definitely need to be buried before catenary is strung, though I have no idea why that would be labelled "investigative works" unless this is a trial run for similar sorts of relocations elsewhere in the corridor. And catenary is years away.

Off topic, but those two houses have been there boarded up like that for so long, more than 15 years I think. I recall reading long ago about some kind of heritage designation for them and there was a plan to restore them, but that was many years ago, well before the pandemic, and nothing has ever actually happened.

Is there an updated plan, or are we simply waiting for them to conveniently catch on fire and burn down?

 

[crs1026]

Off topic, but those two houses have been there boarded up like that for so long, more than 15 years I think. I recall reading long ago about some kind of heritage designation for them and there was a plan to restore them, but that was many years ago, well before the pandemic, and nothing has ever actually happened.

Is there an updated plan, or are we simply waiting for them to conveniently catch on fire and burn down?

I don’t see them on Mississauga’s Heritage Register map ?

- Paul

 

[Jonny5]

I don’t see them on Mississauga’s Heritage Register map ?

- Paul

Interesting. It looks like they did go through a restoration in 2019 or so, at least partially, but they were boarded up again and have since not been used.