Amare
Senior Member
^Oh dont worry, according to him Smarttrack is still on the way AND it's "fully funded"! That's something to celebrate I guess, isnt it?
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AlvinofDiaspar
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44 North
Senior Member
So what's up at Castle Frank station. Saw a small drill rig a couple weeks ago. Now some construction at its eastern entrance. Would assume accessibility (elevator), but looked and that's not til 2023.
Richard White
Senior Member
Hey everyone.
I'm currently at Union and they are turning trains for ATC work.
They are turning trains back north up Yonge but they are using the pocket track to turn trains. Any idea why they are not using the crossover from the University platform to the Yonge line?
I'm currently at Union and they are turning trains for ATC work.
They are turning trains back north up Yonge but they are using the pocket track to turn trains. Any idea why they are not using the crossover from the University platform to the Yonge line?
smallspy
Senior Member
If I had to guess...
The crossover to the east of the platform is, I believe, a minimum-radius curve or close to it, and thus will be harder on the equipment. It seems like they try to avoid using it, in any case.
Whatever work they are doing on the evenings this week, they aren't working between Union and St. Andrew, and thus they can use the spare track there to turn trains back.
The other factor in this is that they may want to keep the platforms operating as normal, rather than pushing everyone to the University-bound platform.
Dan
drum118
Superstar
Portion of TTC Line 1 to close early Sun-Wed
March 7, 2019
The portion of TTC's Line 1 between Finch and Lawrence stations will close at 11 p.m. nightly from Sun., Mar. 10 through Wed., Mar. 13. The early closures will enable the TTC to perform vital track maintenance and upgrades.
Shuttle buses will run and Wheel-Trans will provide service to customers requiring accessible connections. Customers who require an accessible connection should use Finch and York Mills stations as Lawrence Station is not yet accessible.
North York Centre Station will close at 11 p.m. but all other stations will remain open for fare sales and access to surface routes. At Finch and Lawrence stations, shuttles will load and offload inside the station. At North York Centre, shuttles will load and offload southbound at Yonge St. and Park Home Ave. and northbound at Yonge St. and Empress Ave. At Sheppard, shuttles will load and offload north of Sheppard Ave. on Yonge St. At York Mills, shuttles will load and offload on Yonge St. north of Wilson Ave./York Mills Rd.
Also, this Sun., Mar. 10 is the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Starting at 11 a.m., service on the 5 Avenue Rd, 6 Bay and 501 Queen will be on diversion. Service on the 94A Wellesley route will begin diverting at 8 a.m. Routes will divert as follows:
5 AVENUE RD:
SOUTHBOUND: From Avenue Rd., west on Davenport Rd., west on Dupont St., south on St. George St., east on Prince Arthur Ave. to St George Station.
NORTHBOUND: From St. George Station, north on Bedford Ave., west on Prince Arthur Ave., north on St. George St., east on Dupont St., southeast on Davenport Rd., north on Avenue Rd. to route.
6 BAY:
SOUTHBOUND: From Davenport Rd., east/south on Church St., west on Richmond St., south on Bay St. to route.
NORTHBOUND: From Bay St., east on Adelaide St., north on Church St., west/north on Davenport Rd. to route.
94A WELLESLEY:
*this route will be on diversion beginning at 8 a.m.
WESTBOUND: From Wellesley St. W., north on Queens Park Circle E., south on Queens Park Circle W., west on College St., north on Spadina Ave., west on Harbord St. to route.
EASTBOUND: From Harbord St., south on Spadina Ave., east on College St., north on Queens Park Cres. E., east on Wellesley St. W. to route.
501 QUEEN:
BOTH WAYS: Via Queen St. W., Spadina Ave., King St. W., King St. E., Church St., Queen St. E.
Finally, the TTC would like to remind customers that there will be free service on the 501 Queen and 504 King routes from 4 p.m. on Sun., Mar. 17 - 2:30 a.m on Mon., Mar. 18 to provide Torontonians with safe rides to and from their St. Patrick's Day festivities.
Fare boxes on streetcars will be covered, as will PRESTO card readers. Customers connecting to the subway or another route from the 501 or 504 must pay their fare when entering or boarding at their transfer point.
The TTC is committed to keeping customers informed about work and events that impact service and about alternative routes. For the most up-to-date information, follow @TTCNotices on Twitter or sign up for eAlerts.
March 7, 2019
The portion of TTC's Line 1 between Finch and Lawrence stations will close at 11 p.m. nightly from Sun., Mar. 10 through Wed., Mar. 13. The early closures will enable the TTC to perform vital track maintenance and upgrades.
Shuttle buses will run and Wheel-Trans will provide service to customers requiring accessible connections. Customers who require an accessible connection should use Finch and York Mills stations as Lawrence Station is not yet accessible.
North York Centre Station will close at 11 p.m. but all other stations will remain open for fare sales and access to surface routes. At Finch and Lawrence stations, shuttles will load and offload inside the station. At North York Centre, shuttles will load and offload southbound at Yonge St. and Park Home Ave. and northbound at Yonge St. and Empress Ave. At Sheppard, shuttles will load and offload north of Sheppard Ave. on Yonge St. At York Mills, shuttles will load and offload on Yonge St. north of Wilson Ave./York Mills Rd.
Also, this Sun., Mar. 10 is the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Starting at 11 a.m., service on the 5 Avenue Rd, 6 Bay and 501 Queen will be on diversion. Service on the 94A Wellesley route will begin diverting at 8 a.m. Routes will divert as follows:
5 AVENUE RD:
SOUTHBOUND: From Avenue Rd., west on Davenport Rd., west on Dupont St., south on St. George St., east on Prince Arthur Ave. to St George Station.
NORTHBOUND: From St. George Station, north on Bedford Ave., west on Prince Arthur Ave., north on St. George St., east on Dupont St., southeast on Davenport Rd., north on Avenue Rd. to route.
6 BAY:
SOUTHBOUND: From Davenport Rd., east/south on Church St., west on Richmond St., south on Bay St. to route.
NORTHBOUND: From Bay St., east on Adelaide St., north on Church St., west/north on Davenport Rd. to route.
94A WELLESLEY:
*this route will be on diversion beginning at 8 a.m.
WESTBOUND: From Wellesley St. W., north on Queens Park Circle E., south on Queens Park Circle W., west on College St., north on Spadina Ave., west on Harbord St. to route.
EASTBOUND: From Harbord St., south on Spadina Ave., east on College St., north on Queens Park Cres. E., east on Wellesley St. W. to route.
501 QUEEN:
BOTH WAYS: Via Queen St. W., Spadina Ave., King St. W., King St. E., Church St., Queen St. E.
Finally, the TTC would like to remind customers that there will be free service on the 501 Queen and 504 King routes from 4 p.m. on Sun., Mar. 17 - 2:30 a.m on Mon., Mar. 18 to provide Torontonians with safe rides to and from their St. Patrick's Day festivities.
Fare boxes on streetcars will be covered, as will PRESTO card readers. Customers connecting to the subway or another route from the 501 or 504 must pay their fare when entering or boarding at their transfer point.
The TTC is committed to keeping customers informed about work and events that impact service and about alternative routes. For the most up-to-date information, follow @TTCNotices on Twitter or sign up for eAlerts.
TransitBart
Senior Member
Everyone likes to laugh at the traffic at Bessarion station on Line 4, Sheppard. I drove to MEC North York this weekend to pick up something. Lo and behold it’s across the street from Bessarion Station. That is a little secret. No need to drive up there again. We can double the traffic with MEC shoppers. I’d take the subway next time.
pman
Senior Member
Double the traffic? They’d probably quadruple it.
Richard White
Senior Member
Mmmm... still quite dead. I've taken the subway there and it's still quite dead.
Neutrino
Senior Member
I was going past Bessarion last week toward the end of morning rush hour; saw one of the condo shuttles dropping off a good 10 people at the station. Does anyone know what the service frequency on those shuttles is like?
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Retailers should get into the habit of mentioning that this store or that store is located at or within x metres of a rapid transit station or stop. Maybe the TTC's public relations department should actually have relations with the public (or businesses).
W. K. Lis
Superstar
With Brad Ross, long time TTC face, gone from the TTC over to the city itself, they still haven't shown us a good replacement for the TTC public relations.
Remember "On The Rocket"?
Remember "On The Rocket"?
amnesiajune
Senior Member
That show wasn't TTC corporate communications. It was a city councillor trying to improve his personal brand because he was going to run for mayor.
Richard White
Senior Member
Even still customer communications took a hit with Brad and Andys departure. Now they are tightening up on the information that gets out and despite Stuart Green trying his best I feel like he reads from a script.
Neutrino
Senior Member
Saw one of the new hybrid buses on the 939 today.