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Once the USEP project is complete, all Lakeshore (East & West) trains (& some Via trains) will operated from its new platforms, freeing up capacity in the old shed. So, in theory, work could start on merging platforms as soon as USEP is complete. That work is part of the OnXpress design and...

Unless the plan has changed, platform widths are supposed to double with 2 times the vertical accesses.

Reminder that Cadence is supposed to run both the high-speed, dedicated corridor, and the not high-speed, CN corridor, services for the duration of their franchise. The RFP asked for a service pattern based on Kingston as a hub, instead of as a stop on the route between Toronto and...

The London Underground "tube trains" and the Glasgow Subway trains both have to have escape doors at the ends of the train allowing passengers to climb down a step ladder onto the track to escape the train in an emergency. Eglinton has a side walkway throughout the tunnel allowing the side...

I believe the main problem is when a line of conducting material (steel rail lines, overhead electricity supply wires) runs parallel with overhead electric transmission wires, a current will be induced in the line. With rail lines you can earth them I guess, but with the OCS you're trying to...

Built by Uyghur forced labour I imagine

For some reason Essex Road's signage is frozen at 1994. The red & blue stripes are for the Network SouthEast brand of British Rail, which ceased to exist in that year on privatization.

Agreed but here's a 22m radius circle: Which would seem like too much of a buffer. So, I'm confident an adequate space is available.

If the streetcars have a min turning radius of ~11m, a turn-loop would fit under the junction of Bloor St E && Castle Frank Rd

The December 2025 Procurement Pipeline for Asset Management and Maintenance Services states that Metrolinx will be doing a pilot program with a diesel-battery hybrid loco starting with procurement in early 2027.

Tower crane came down yesterday. @Paclo

It's to allow construction of the island platforms in a construction Green Zone (no active rail traffic). From the Board Mtg GO Capital Projects presentation:

And this would also apply to the Bowmanville extension, which isn't currently planned to have OCS. Current plan is diesel powered express trains to Oshawa, then stopping at all stations but buying dual or tri mode locos / train sets might work.

As the different GO lines each achieve their "Mission", we'll need fewer and fewer diesel locos, with the target being only the Kitchener Line service needing them. We've not being told a timeline for this "End State" but there seems to be a focus on launching Electric trains on the Lakeshore...

I think you'll eventually get your wish. The "End State Service" proposed in Board Mtg State of the Network presentation retains the existing fleet & diesel traction for services on the KI line to Malton, Bramalea and beyond but has "electric....service with new trains" on all the other lines...