TossYourJacket said:
I don't think we should read that much into a stylised graphic. We know it will have a pantograph, Metrolinx has been clear about that. The design of the front, who knows? This really doesn't tell us anything useful. Unless we are to take this entirely seriously and assume Metrolinx will cut every tree along the line into a perfect sphere. Could it have a flat front? maybe. But this image is not some sort of proof. Worth noting, the train shown here has no doors.
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Comon this is just an artistic render. Why are we trying to read the tea leaves from something so preliminary? Remember how we were foaming on the GO rer renders with the Stadler kiss? Look how that turned out to be....

FYI for reference this is the Hitachi stock used for rome that apparently the graphic was based on:

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cplchanb said:
Comon this is just an artistic render. Why are we trying to read the tea leaves from something so preliminary? Remember how we were foaming on the GO rer renders with the Stadler kiss? Look how that turned out to be....

FYI for reference this is the Hitachi stock used for rome that apparently the graphic was based on:

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Exactly! Until we get an official announcement of the rolling stock, we have no idea what it will look like. Especially given these metro platforms are usually highly customisable in terms of appearance.

It would be cool if Metrolinx did what Montreal did with the REM and come up with a few variations on the train design and let the public vote on a winner. Also a nice way for Metrolinx to claim they consult the community without like, doing anything meaningful lol. Like they do with station names.
 
Just fix up the photos I shot of Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro used in Copenhagen. Lots of standing room on the 3 car articulated set that can be increase to 6 cars down the road. Copenhagen Stations are built for 6 car trains with doors missing in screen wall, with provision for future ones as the needs arises. This would work well for the OL as anything less of this will make the system fall down in the future. If people think ridership will not match the current system down the road are sadly mistaken.

These cars can get up to 68 mph and have a smooth ride based on what we rode. Will post at a future date of a video of a ride on it from the airport that is outside for a good length.

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ShonTron said:
More Ontario Line early works will cause the demolition of the CP Leaside Station. In its post-war heyday, the station was quite striking. But in its final years as an office for CP Communication and CP Police, it was renovated beyond recognition.

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And it has come to pass: (photos below are by Rudy Limeback, and taken (orginally) from his Twitter feed.)

Here:
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First pic is from 2020, others are 2022.

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Queen & Spadina station locations

SW corner - all businesses closed, and if not already vacant, the TD bank in the final stages to vacating
NE corner - all small business closed and stores vacated. CIBC bank has notices on all that doors that it will close by the end of Jan. 2023 and move to a new location on Queen W. Not sure if the rentals on the second and third floor are vacated yet.
 
CharmAlarm said:
And so, it begins...
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City of Toronto to begin major construction work on Adelaide Street bundling water, track, road and cycling upgrades

News Release October 20, 2022 Beginning next week, the City of Toronto is undertaking major construction on Adelaide Street in sections spanning from Bathurst Street to Parliament Street to upgrade critical water, road and cycling infrastructure, as well as to reinstate TTC streetcar tracks in...
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Spring 2023 completion? In Toronto??

I beg to differ, after seeing what we're seeing with the KQQR intersection mess, this thing probably wont be completed until at the earliest, early 2024 in my books.
 
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