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From the CBC article Reece posted: So hopefully we do see times creep up.

They were working earlier, apparently. But yes, they have been down most of the morning! I heard one of the LRVs had a mechanical issue as well. I was on the third or fourth train out of Finch West. I think the train ahead of us had a bunch of foamers railfans jumping out to get the...

17 years since this thread was created. 500 pages. 7500 posts. It's finally here. It has been a pleasure posting with you all. I expect to see you all at the opening ceremony tomorrow!

Forget waiting 20 years and spending a gagillion dollars to rebuild the union loop. Just divert Spadina streetcars away from union and send them along QQE to the portlands instead. Is it a perfect solution? No. But it can be accomplished easily.

As someone very familiar with Weston Golf and Country Club (I worked there for many years) this render is baffling. On the map below, the rectangle is the actual location of this development. The arrow is my approximation of where the photographer would have been standing, and the direction they...

Walter, we know where you live. 😈

I find those bike coaches are either completely full or completely empty, no in-between.

Not exactly...commuting was definitely a thing and Toronto had previously had a commuter railway that fed into the previous union station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Belt_Line_Railway

EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER METIONED!!!!

There is definitely an architecture/infrastructure decline but I don't like framing it as a product of our culture. It's a lack of money that is to blame, and for that I blame three culprits: neoliberal taxation policies leading to reduced government revenue increased costs related to...

Name the TBMs after the termini of the line...neither of which exist any more: "Ontario Place" and "Science Center".

How exactly does the TTC "leverage their union". The TTC union is not the TTC. Their literal job is to oppose each other.

The neighbourhood right next to bloor/dundas is called West Bend. That could be a potential station name.

Question: has the crane reached supertall status yet? 😁

I just noticed on the screen: is it referring to viva blue as "601"? Because if so, that's TERRIBLE. No one calls it that.