sixrings
Senior Member
Personally I think we should rip up hurontario between 403 and QEW and tunnel that part now that we’ve gone full crazy.
ARG1
Senior Member
ELEVATE IT
micheal_can
Senior Member
MONORAIL
sixrings
Senior Member
Elevate the Brampton portion first and then talk to me. I don’t understand why Mississauga shouldn’t be throwing it’s own hissy fit.
ShonTron
Moderator
Mississauga got the loop, which itself is ridiculous.
sixrings
Senior Member
Yes because the 70 floor buildings at confederation and burnamthorpe don’t remotely justify proper transit but no development downtown Brampton deserves the Cadillac of transit. It’s exactly the same thing right down to the price tag.
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afransen
Senior Member
Eglinton crosstown 2.0. If we're spending billions and not getting a fully grade separated line, we're doing things wrong.
drum118
Superstar
Feb 23
I counted a dozen dump trucks from Elm Dr to Matthew Gates while on my way to pick up a car. I thought they were for the work at Brunhamthorpe that was to be excavated by excavator in place of been mill. I then looked to the southside of Elm to see the trucks were for the milling machine that was moving north toward Elm. The guideway had been milled from the south end of the ESSO station to where the milling machine was. Cannot do to Fairview as it still not ready. The south side of Fairview to the second driveway is ready to be open and it will be a few more months before the work is done to the CP bridge.
Driving north on Hurontario to Brampton, work was taking place on both sides of Hurontario from Hillcrest to Fairview. Excavation was taking place at Burnhamthorpe for the guideway and could see if the pipe was still there or it had been removed.
Concrete was being poured to anchor the tracks in place at Robert Speck. The driveway intersection for the two plazas is now open. Lots of concrete forming is taking place as well as pouring in various areas. Still pouring concrete for the track up to the 401.
Lots of track work is still not done south of the 401, on the 401 overpass as well as up to Courtney Park. Still missing poles for the OS with a few having brackets on them, but setup. Some have the tension system on them.
Derry Station is missing the top section on the east side with glazing in place for two of the four openings as two will allow riders to walk from one side to the other side of the platform. The west side of the electrical cabinet has Derry on it as well pointing strips to the south as the directions of the Line. I have no idea at this time if the stripping will be the same as the west side or will be opposite of it.
Crews working on the guideway between Topflight and the crossover track. No work has taken place on both crossovers since I last saw them
White poles have been installed on Topflight as well up to the 407 terminal with a fair number still having to be installed.
Saw no work on the 407 bridge.
Lots of waterline and other utilizes work taking place with the street close at the police station.
Work is taking place at the bus terminal with the platforms out on the road and I am not sure if this part of the LRT works or part of the city work. The last time I saw the area, the work was north of the terminal.
I posted in another posting regarding Brampton Downtown plan as I wanted to make sure what I know of the area is correct.
OMSF
The fencing is almost in place for the OMSF with a few missing sections that will be done next week. The gate still needs to be installed. The only change I saw from my January visit was the two opposite direction signal mast going to/from the yard and the service bays.
As @KevinT noted when he passe the yard on the 407 that the OS was in place, and the OS has been strung to the brackets that have been in fully in place since Dec as well in January. January visited show the signs that the OS was to be strung and it is now. Able to move a car around the yard if the line is power as well when the first car shows up. Getting out the 407 terminal will be the next step for the OS.
It well be a few days before stuff is uploaded to my site as I have 230 in front of them from Feb 22 to number and be uploaded. A few previews.
I counted a dozen dump trucks from Elm Dr to Matthew Gates while on my way to pick up a car. I thought they were for the work at Brunhamthorpe that was to be excavated by excavator in place of been mill. I then looked to the southside of Elm to see the trucks were for the milling machine that was moving north toward Elm. The guideway had been milled from the south end of the ESSO station to where the milling machine was. Cannot do to Fairview as it still not ready. The south side of Fairview to the second driveway is ready to be open and it will be a few more months before the work is done to the CP bridge.
Driving north on Hurontario to Brampton, work was taking place on both sides of Hurontario from Hillcrest to Fairview. Excavation was taking place at Burnhamthorpe for the guideway and could see if the pipe was still there or it had been removed.
Concrete was being poured to anchor the tracks in place at Robert Speck. The driveway intersection for the two plazas is now open. Lots of concrete forming is taking place as well as pouring in various areas. Still pouring concrete for the track up to the 401.
Lots of track work is still not done south of the 401, on the 401 overpass as well as up to Courtney Park. Still missing poles for the OS with a few having brackets on them, but setup. Some have the tension system on them.
Derry Station is missing the top section on the east side with glazing in place for two of the four openings as two will allow riders to walk from one side to the other side of the platform. The west side of the electrical cabinet has Derry on it as well pointing strips to the south as the directions of the Line. I have no idea at this time if the stripping will be the same as the west side or will be opposite of it.
Crews working on the guideway between Topflight and the crossover track. No work has taken place on both crossovers since I last saw them
White poles have been installed on Topflight as well up to the 407 terminal with a fair number still having to be installed.
Saw no work on the 407 bridge.
Lots of waterline and other utilizes work taking place with the street close at the police station.
Work is taking place at the bus terminal with the platforms out on the road and I am not sure if this part of the LRT works or part of the city work. The last time I saw the area, the work was north of the terminal.
I posted in another posting regarding Brampton Downtown plan as I wanted to make sure what I know of the area is correct.
OMSF
The fencing is almost in place for the OMSF with a few missing sections that will be done next week. The gate still needs to be installed. The only change I saw from my January visit was the two opposite direction signal mast going to/from the yard and the service bays.
As @KevinT noted when he passe the yard on the 407 that the OS was in place, and the OS has been strung to the brackets that have been in fully in place since Dec as well in January. January visited show the signs that the OS was to be strung and it is now. Able to move a car around the yard if the line is power as well when the first car shows up. Getting out the 407 terminal will be the next step for the OS.
It well be a few days before stuff is uploaded to my site as I have 230 in front of them from Feb 22 to number and be uploaded. A few previews.
Dan416
Senior Member
I kinda like this Derry sign tbh
Transportfan
Senior Member
I want to update a map I made for the HLRT copypasting the roundel of this photo. Considering different lighting affects shades of colors in photos, does anyone think it would be premature to use it for a Wikipedia upload? Should I wait for an official non-photo version?
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SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Go for it!
Abdullah77
New Member
I remember seeing an early design drawing where they used the Bloor-Yonge font for the stop name. That would have been a nice touch. Shame they changed it.
Transportfan
Senior Member
Any 2nd or 3rd opinions?
Dan416
Senior Member
I'm surprised they went with the blue colour. It doesn't exactly scream Hurontario to me. I thought they'd have gone with orange.
ShonTron
Moderator
Until recently, blue was the colour of Mississauga’s express 100-series routes. It’s also the primary Brampton Transit colour. But bright red isn’t used by anything outside of the TTC, so that could have been an option too.