crs1026
Superstar
Glad to see the MOCA building on Sterling coming to life, also.
- Paul
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Fritter
Active Member
More if you include the 2 summers of the pilot project.
smuncky
Senior Member
Was on the GO bus passing by the bridge construction going on the LSW line today. Sorry about the blur.
drum118
Superstar
Metrolinx hasn't a clue about warning pedestrian that Windameer was closed at the bridge for both sidewalks this weekend and you have to hoof it a block east to the next underpass to go north/south and then west to get to where you wanted to go. Signs and police telling traffic what to do, but not one thing telling pedestrian what to do. Saw a number of people trying going south and they asked me how to get to the south and told them how.
Had a quick look Sunday and piles of stone in the middle of the road on the south side of the bridge that had been removed from the bridge. Large trucks with new gravel parked on the Queensway that was to be place on the bridge which was seeing concrete ties replacing the wooden ties and other work. Welders were working on the underside of the bridge a week or two ago.
New ties being place on all the bridges at one bridge at a time. Material place at other bridges, with work taking place at Parkside outside of the weekend for concrete work.
Had a quick look Sunday and piles of stone in the middle of the road on the south side of the bridge that had been removed from the bridge. Large trucks with new gravel parked on the Queensway that was to be place on the bridge which was seeing concrete ties replacing the wooden ties and other work. Welders were working on the underside of the bridge a week or two ago.
New ties being place on all the bridges at one bridge at a time. Material place at other bridges, with work taking place at Parkside outside of the weekend for concrete work.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I think it's either set up for 6 or 12 car trains. Although right now with all of the construction it's kind of chopped up right now.
smallspy
Senior Member
Kennedy GO is about the same length as just about every other platform on the GO system - about 1100 feet.
The first platform will remain, and a second side platform will be built on the TTC station's property.
Dan
Toronto Ont.
drum118
Superstar
Weston Sub At Eglinton
OVERNIGHT WORK - GO TRANSIT TRACK RELOCATION
What Work is Taking Place?
OVERNIGHT WORK - GO TRANSIT TRACK RELOCATION
What Work is Taking Place?
- Crews will be working in the rail corridor constructing the GO Transit diversion track to the east of their current position. Work will begin as early as mid-December 2018 for approximately 4-6 weeks. Overnight and weekend work will be required to complete this phase of work. Diversion track construction work involves grading the existing ground, relocating the existing track panels, saw-cutting and drilling rail, as well as surfacing, ballast placement/regulating, and thermite welding. Portions of the work will require compaction by means of mechanical roller causing vibrations.
- Beginning as early as mid-December 2018 for approximately 4-6 weeks. In addition to normal working hours, overnight work (7pm-5am), and weekend work will be required.
- Work may be rescheduled due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
nfitz
Superstar
Easy to check in Google Maps. Go to https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7323478,-79.2623213,267a,35y,270h/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en, zoom in, and right-click at one end, and measure distance.
Google says about 318.9 metres. Each GO car is 85 ft (25.9 m) long. So a 12-car train would be 311 metres long.
That would be a 12-car platform then - about 1/5 of a mile (1050 feet) long.
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Allandale25
Senior Member
There was a mention of a new grade separation at Scarboro Junction at last night's town hall. I posted it in the Metrolinx (other) thread but thought I'd cross post it to here as well:
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/metrolinx-other-items-catch-all.27710/page-43
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/metrolinx-other-items-catch-all.27710/page-43
KevinT
Active Member
Mind. Blown. I always used to fire up the Google Earth desktop app to measure stuff. Thanks nfitz!
crs1026
Superstar
I’m betting trench, because the overpass at Kennedy constrains an overhead solution. Putting the works west of Kennedy would keep it away from the current interlocking, which would ease construction greatly. Just a bit of back of napkin speculation.
- Paul
Northern Light
Superstar
Any choice here must impact on how they handle the crossing at Danforth/Midland also, must it not?
Allandale25
Senior Member
Latest Capital Projects Group report: http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pdf/board_agenda/20181206/20181206_BoardMtg_CPG_Quarterly.pdf
crs1026
Superstar
1) Those big-ass budget numbers dating from the Wynne era are still being used - which is perplexing. Gutsy? Naive? Out of the loop?
2) The writeup for the Kitchener sure reads like ML expects lots of studying, deliberating, EA’ing, and procuring before shovels hit the ground. ML is still back at hiring an advisor to start generating options.....ulp.
3) Confederation Station is a ‘tender’ and not a RFP/RFQ. Curious.
- Paul