robmausser
Senior Member
yes, they are being built at a length to accommodate 3 Flexity Freedoms from opening.
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yes, they are being built at a length to accommodate 3 Flexity Freedoms from opening.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
So they be like the Viva Rapidways and iON LRT with extra platform length by no shelters at the ends?
Neutrino
Senior Member
All this talk of Eglinton being over capacity is cute/terrifying when you consider that the extra riders will be dumped on Yonge which is already over capacity. Constraints on Eglinton may ironically help prevent Yonge collapsing.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
If the Richmond Hill GO line had a Eglinton stop, then it might help.
MisterF
Senior Member
I can't see the Crosstown getting over capacity anytime soon. The biggest destination for riders is downtown, and RER and the DRL will get people there faster. The entire north part of the DRL is designed around diverting as many riders from Yonge-bound routes as possible. Stations like Eglinton-Don Mills and Mount Dennis are going to be major transfer points. It really can't be overstated how much the DRL and RER are going to transform travel patterns around the city.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
BIG intersection closure this coming weekend, August 24-25, 2018.
See link.
FULL INTERSECTION CLOSURE BATHURST STREET AND EGLINTON AVENUE WEST AUGUST 24-25, 2018
See link.
FULL INTERSECTION CLOSURE BATHURST STREET AND EGLINTON AVENUE WEST AUGUST 24-25, 2018
On Friday August 24, 2018, crews will implement a full closure of the intersection of Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue West to complete a concrete roof pour at Forest Hill Station. Bathurst Street will be closed from south of Roselawn Avenue to south of Dewborne Avenue, and Eglinton Avenue West will be closed from east of Hilltop Road to west of Old Forest Hill Road. Several concrete pumps will be placed around the intersection with concrete trucks queuing and traveling along Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue West. TTC buses will be detoured during the closure.
To minimize the duration of the closure and ensure the quality of the pour, crews will work overnight beginning at 10:00 p.m. for approximately 14 hours. The intersection will be reopened once the work is complete.
Hours of Work
TTC Detour Route
To minimize the duration of the closure and ensure the quality of the pour, crews will work overnight beginning at 10:00 p.m. for approximately 14 hours. The intersection will be reopened once the work is complete.
Hours of Work
- Friday, August 24, 2018 at 10:00 p.m. (overnight) for approximately 14 hours
- In the event of inclement weather, this work will be rescheduled for Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 10:00 p.m. for approximately 14 hours
TTC Detour Route
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
I concur, and to add, Eglinton will have high ridership but it won't necessarily all be heading downtown. There will be many local trips and day trips along the line as well. Actually, because of those trips, the Crosstown is projected to have higher daily ridership than the Relief Line Long, despite the projection that the Relief Line Long will have 3x the rush hour crush of Eglinton.
I'm not too hot on the prospect of RH-GO aiding in relieving ECLRT or the Yonge Line. Not in it's current design, even if it had an interchange at Leslie.
I think people forget that RH-GO moves less people per day than the Bayview bus (or, one-fifth of the Dufferin bus if you'd rather).
whatever
Senior Member
If the roof of Forest Hill station is being poured does that mean the next steps will be to wait for the concrete to cure, waterproofing, and then backfilling the soil, restoring utilities, and re-opening lanes of traffic? Would that mean this intersection is soon to return to some semblance of its pre-construction state?
I'm through that intersection often, and seeing some of the at-grade work wind down would be a tremendous relief
I'm through that intersection often, and seeing some of the at-grade work wind down would be a tremendous relief
Steve X
Senior Member
I'm pretty sure the closure is for concrete trucks to be able to get around and fill. They would be blocking the roadway
robmausser
Senior Member
I think that has less to do with the route and more to do with the current rolling stock and frequencies, and lack of stations like the aforementioned.
steveintoronto
Superstar
And flooding of the southern section. If that section were only used for peak express to Union, it wouldn't be a problem, the northern end of the line could be RER single decker emu, twin tracked, and continuing south into tunnel to be the DRL. The western section from Osgoode could then be extended to the Georgetown Corridor, daylight, and then run north to Bramalea. Not only would this be a direct ride to the core, it would also relieve load congestion on Union as well as not involve the subway in any way save to relieve it, and allow it to remain as-is other than small tweaks.
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Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
I'd much rather put the Relief Line on the Richmond Hill GO Corridor north of Lawrence and send it up to Richmond Hill, and sacrifice the GO line. If this is about relieving the Yonge line and providing fast and frequent service after all.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Not sure if this is new but Metrolinx shared this walkthrough of Kennedy Station
syn
Senior Member
steveintoronto
Superstar
But the Relief Line as being proposed couldn't handle the volume necessary, or if it did, it would dump it on the subway still, which is exactly what's trying to be avoided.
Then bypass the subway altogether instead of band-aid solutions.