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Based on how long it took them to build the launch shaft at Exhibition to the actual launching date of the first TBM, I don't expect the...

They aren't.

I lived at Queen and Cameron for years and when people asked where I lived I said Chinatown, or if they were cool by the Cameron...

TBM travelling speed is scheduled at 17-20m per day.

I'll bring forward a picture of the cutterhead we haven't seen before.

Province Begins Tunnelling Ontario Line TORONTO — The Ontario government has officially started tunnelling the Ontario Line, marking a...

Nothing should ever be named after a person, IMO. It leads to sticky situations where they eventually need to be renamed, along with the...

While the sentiment is nice, the problem with naming things for people is that it tells a visitor to (or new resident of) Toronto...

I don't have a seething hate for "King West", but it's very vague and I definitely prefer "King-Bathurst" because it tells you exactly...

That wasn't TTC. Vaughan insisted, and pushed the issue to the point that Toronto had to back down. I think the planned name was simply...

Mx probably took it down, here's an archive...

Compare to 750 metres at Pioneer Village and 400 metres at (former) Science Centre stations. Then there's Greenwood station that's 220...

Let me bring that forward for the click-averse:

There's a more recent map from the city's Chinatown Study...

Markham is the closest thing to China you'll get outside of actually going to China, aside from maybe Richmond lol. Maybe we should...