turini2
Active Member
I wonder if they'll end up putting some anti trepass panels at the pedestrian crossings...Dec 6
More up on my site
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Towered
Superstar
You can just walk on the tracks
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
that's not as easy as you would think because the rail isn't flat on top and both sides don't have the same profile to them.You can just walk on the tracks
hawc
Senior Member
Here's my love letter to the Eglinton LRT.
Watch on YouTube for full 4K goodness.
(Apologies for the shakiness , although it appears close up I was actually zoomed in from far away so things are a bit wobbly.)
Watch on YouTube for full 4K goodness.
(Apologies for the shakiness , although it appears close up I was actually zoomed in from far away so things are a bit wobbly.)
reinventingthewheel
Active Member
Great to see them testing the max operating speed!
Allandale25
Senior Member
TTC budget plans on Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRTs opening in the fall
In its proposed 2024 budget, Toronto's transit agency warns that date may change.
www.thestar.com
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Based on today‘s article in the Toronto Star with the TTC predicting the Crosstown will open in Sept 2024, and taking into account that neither our city nor Metrolinx can get anything done on schedule, I’d say my prediction of spring 2025 will prove to be accurate.
Parkdalian
Senior Member
The TTC is planning on having operational funding for the Eglinton LRT in the fall, but this is just a budgetary exercise. If the Eglinton LRT doesn't open, they have magic extra money. I imagine that their decision is based upon not much more information than we have.
drum118
Superstar
Based on the video above, this looks like an area that needs fixing in warm weather in 2024 as well other areas of the surface area.
None of the LRV's I have seen since 2021 are running close to the speed they should be running at on the surface.
TTC budget would take a hit if TTC was to start running services sooner than Sept, especially for Finch. Can see Crosstown starting later than Sept.
None of the LRV's I have seen since 2021 are running close to the speed they should be running at on the surface.
TTC budget would take a hit if TTC was to start running services sooner than Sept, especially for Finch. Can see Crosstown starting later than Sept.
nfitz
Superstar
I think 2025 may be optimistic. I suspect that the only reason that Verster won't reveal the date he's been hearing is because the longer he delays, the longer he can keep cashing his pay cheque. My money is no earlier than late 2025. Perhaps significantly longer.
It's not a TTC prediction. The TTC Chair was quoted as saying on Wednesday that the new lines will hopefully open in the new year but "If anyone knows, please tell me, because I’d love to know".
They have to assume something. Isn't September 2023 what they assumed in the last budget - at least for Line 5. And I've a funny feeling the previous budget had a late 2022 date assumed.
hawc
Senior Member
Haha, so what.... like 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030?
What's 'significantly longer' actually mean for you?
nfitz
Superstar
It would be replacement of tunnel segments (rings). So maybe a couple more years?
hawc
Senior Member
You're predicting some tunnel segment rings will need replacing?!
nfitz
Superstar
I'm not predicting; that would be an almost worst-case scenario. I don't know how extensive the issue is, or what mitigation measures are necessary. Or how much work can be done once operations begin.
Rainforest
Senior Member
At this rate, ECLRT and Eg West might be ready on the same date 
Or, maybe the western segment of ECLRT gets renamed into Eg West East, then combined with Eg West West, and begins operating from Allen Rd to Renforth.
While the rest of ECLRT gets completed together with the Ontario Line, circa 2035.
Or, maybe the western segment of ECLRT gets renamed into Eg West East, then combined with Eg West West, and begins operating from Allen Rd to Renforth.
While the rest of ECLRT gets completed together with the Ontario Line, circa 2035.