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In their list of planned projects they have building a second platform at Mount Joy. It's 15 minutes from Unionville to Mount Joy so that would enable 30-minute bidirectional service as far as Mount Joy with a 30-minute layover, or as far as Stouffville with a 10-minute layover. Until that second platform is built, service north of Unionville will need to remain hourly off-peak and there can't be any counter-peak service north of Unionville.Once the double tracking is completed around Milliken station all that remains is double tracking Kennedy to the Lakeshore corridor.
In the future state of 15-minute service to Unionville how does commuting past UV work? Is it via bus? Does every second train progress to Old Elm? I realize this is several years away.
Is the importance of the second platform is that it allows one train to “get out of the way” while another train passes on a single track? In other words, for 30-minute two way service north of Mount Joy it doesn’t need to be double tracked?In their list of planned projects they have building a second platform at Mount Joy. It's 15 minutes from Unionville to Mount Joy so that would enable 30-minute bidirectional service as far as Mount Joy with a 30-minute layover, or as far as Stouffville with a 10-minute layover. Until that second platform is built, service north of Unionville will need to remain hourly off-peak and there can't be any counter-peak service north of Unionville.
Here's what we're looking at: (South side of rail corridor, at the top of Galt ave by the Home Depot)Some of the transparent noise panels have been installed on the south side of the corridor’s east end, near Pape and Gerrard. These were installed early because the corridor is not widening any further to the south at that location. They are transparent but I don’t know the material and don’t have a photo.
Doesn’t seem likely they will be in any hurry to build a diamond when there is a chance public money might one day build it for them.^ I wonder if CN has a priority wish list for diamond removals. In Canada, I wonder if the CPKC-CN crossing west of Winnipeg is near the top of the list and Doncaster is down the list.
I used the bridge to cross the tracks north of the Bloor UP Express/GO on Saturday, and indeed these clear walls are heavily taggedThis article suggests acrylic. Can be cleaned with water + solvents, but unsure if they remain clear/transparent.
I've seen them all tagged while riding the UP express, and unsure what the point of these are if they are going to remain graffitied.
The problem is that its even harder to remove tagging from these barriers than concrete ones. You cant just paint over, you gotta use special solvents to remove.I used the bridge to cross the tracks north of the Bloor UP Express/GO on Saturday, and indeed these clear walls are heavily tagged
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Yeah, I think the siding mentioned by my coworker was the Quaker Siding which was extended to become the double track between Setter and Elgin + the Quaker commuter trackThey were paid to extend the double-track from Elgin to Setter, and to build the additional service track at Bloomington for GO's service.
The booths are for the station attendants who have been assigned a larger role at Long Branch in ensuring each train executes door operations correctly. As such, station attendants need to be readily available to greet each train stopping at the station.Odd seeing a booth on the platform for CAS/?.
I love the accessibility platform........wait.....it only markings on the platform..................where are the wooden ones???