hawc
Senior Member
Does anyone seriously drive downtown from Oakville? Don't they all take the GO train? Who the hell would want to sit in Gardiner traffic?
Lots of 'em drive. I know a few personally.
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Does anyone seriously drive downtown from Oakville? Don't they all take the GO train? Who the hell would want to sit in Gardiner traffic?
In 2013 according to Steve Munro. http://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/20122017TrackPlan.pdfAre they going to rip up the entire Spadina/King intersection too? Or are the tracks new enough there that they can just leave it be?
Looks like they're prepparing to pull up all the tracks south of Front soon. And Spadina south of King is down to just 2 lanes now. I pitty the fool that has to commute to Oakville each day.
I don't. It's their choice to drive, and to live where they do.
Does anyone seriously drive downtown from Oakville? Don't they all take the GO train? Who the hell would want to sit in Gardiner traffic?
Lots of 'em drive. I know a few personally.
This question has probably already been asked, but what exactly was wrong with the rails that caused this need for replacement?
This question has probably already been asked, but what exactly was wrong with the rails that caused this need for replacement?
It's only south of King that a long stretch of track is being fully replaced -- elsewhere on the line they're just addressing trouble spots here and there. The track south of King was 22 years old, having opened for the Harbourfront streetcar in 1990. It was built to poor standards and had gotten into terrible shape. The difference was obvious if you rode a streetcar southbound on Spadina -- as soon as you passed King the ride got much worse, with the wheels howling and the car pitching around.
Another factor was the weight of the CLRVs...