Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[TheTigerMaster]

? There were tons of construction workers, piling rigs, bulldozers, various types of trucks, making noise, digging up the sidewalks, so I'm not sure what you mean when you say you didn't see construction happening.

Maybe you were there later in the day when the workday was over?

But yes it's utility work.
http://thecrosstown.ca/news-media/w...ork-near-yonge-street-for-crosstown-tunelling

Well I pass by there almost twice daily. Maybe they've coordinated their work to not interfere with my schedule. Thank you Metrolinx, I didn't know I was that important.

 

[achender]

The TBM tracker was updated a couple of hours ago.
Dennis has pretty much arrived at the extraction site and Lea is just past Winona.

 

[ehlow]

Article about businesses dealing with construction:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...eet-is-coping-with-lrt-construction-1.2827232

 

[rbt]

Article about businesses dealing with construction:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...eet-is-coping-with-lrt-construction-1.2827232

But it's underground like a subway so construction shouldn't impact business. That only happens on St. Clair.

 

[BurlOak]

But it's underground like a subway so construction shouldn't impact business. That only happens on St. Clair.

Your right. It looks like the elevated lines in Vancouver produce the least construction disruption.

 

[rbt]

Your right. It looks like the elevated lines in Vancouver produce the least construction disruption.

Only when they're at the side of the street. When they run elevated down the middle in a median, as you might find in a dense urban environment, interruption from construction is fairly considerable.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Your right. It looks like the elevated lines in Vancouver produce the least construction disruption.

The foundations has to be deep enough below the frost line AND on solid bedrock. Then there are the earthquake requirements, which may require even more solid foundations. Its the foundations that take "forever". And the utilities that may go into the supports.

 

[BurlOak]

The foundations has to be deep enough below the frost line AND on solid bedrock. Then there are the earthquake requirements, which may require even more solid foundations. Its the foundations that take "forever". And the utilities that may go into the supports.

I am not sure how they did it in Vancouver. A single Caisson foundation could work if the soil conditions are adequate.

 

[smallspy]

It's interesting that no one references Calgary - and all of the issues that they had to overcome - when it comes to talking about elevated guideways.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[BurlOak]

It's interesting that no one references Calgary - and all of the issues that they had to overcome - when it comes to talking about elevated guideways.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

Is Calgary starting to realize the benefits of elevation?

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/calgary/story/1.2802237

 

[BurlOak]

Just like with Scarborough City Centre, its best that the Eglinton grade-separated LRT serves the Square One area.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

Just like with Scarborough City Centre, its best that the Eglinton grade-separated LRT serves the Square One area.

Eglinton from Square One to UT Scarborough. Where would the stations on Eglinton in Mississsauga be, just for fun?

 

[BurlOak]

Eglinton from Square One to UT Scarborough. Where would the stations on Eglinton in Mississsauga be, just for fun?

I would just follow the transitway. Again, just like in Scarborough, if you have a ROW - use it.

 

[gweed123]

I would just follow the transitway. Again, just like in Scarborough, if you have a ROW - use it.

Yup, agreed. If there was one Toronto local RT line to reach Square One, it should be Eglinton. Three big reasons:

1) It's much less expensive to run it on the surface along an existing ROW than it is to tunnel a new line for several KMs. Like we're probably talking a small fraction of the cost.

2) It benefits from the existing built-up ridership patterns, and simply upgrades capacity and connectivity to Toronto. You could argue that for some people the LRT is adding a transfer, because their local bus used to use the Transitway, but the flip side of that is that it also removes a transfer for most people when it comes to accessing the TTC RT system.

3) It presents a whole host of interoperability scenarios between it and the Hurontario LRT. Especially with the loop in place (discussed earlier), there's the potential to use the Eglinton LRT for either loop service or main line service, and use the Hurontario LRT for the opposite. I'd say the Eglinton LRT for loop service makes the most sense, because it's the end of the line for it, so it isn't costing many people any extra time, unlike the Hurontario LRT, which will be mid-trip for a lot of people. The other option is using the Eglinton LRT trains as a frequency addition on the busiest part of the line, between Square One and Dundas. You get the frequency boost without having to run any dedicated short-turn services.

 

[BurlOak]

Of course, the ECLRT would have to be grade-separated for this to happen.