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This article from Mott Macdonald has some interesting detail on the tunneling methods to be used in the downtown areas (in addition to marketing hype): https://www.mottmac.com/annual-review/laying-the-ground-for-ontarios-new-line

The existing tracks drop from ~250m to ~246m west of WCB, which Metrolinx stated in their expropriation defense assists with elevating their tracks over the grade separation. It'll be interesting to see whether they add a 4th track to the Credit bridge. The original 1-track bridge: was...

A Metrolinx presentation to the City of Brampton included this diagram suggesting that at build-out (4-8 years in the future) there would be 4 tracks - two over the grade separation for GO and two under the separation for CN. The Credit bridge is currently built for 3 tracks, with 2 installed...

Metrolinx has expropriated parts of these starred land parcels west of Winston Churchill Boulevard (and east of the Credit bridge). It was confirmed in a land tribunal decision that these are for the grade separation.

Just to temper expectations, as far as I know, no active construction is occurring on the Kitchener Line west of Bramalea right now. The RfP for construction of Work Package 2A of the Guelph Subdivision upgrades is scheduled for release this month: "Kitchener Extension | Guelph Subdivision...

The August 2021 Google Streetview imagery for Eglinton at the Brentcliffe Portal, looks like they captured a six-car ELRT consist. But, on closer inspection it's 3 separate 2-car sets parked up. Would that be the period when testing was taking place on the overground section and the western...

My guess at the Union Station Rail Corridor redevelopment status: Everyone has signed off on a target Trains Service Plan (TSP) - Metrolinx management, the Metrolinx Board, the Provincial Government, OnXpress management A track layout similar to WillyBru21's posted maps has been agreed upon as...

The 413 Team released: https://www.highway413.ca/cumulative-effects/ https://www.highway413.ca/consultation/#PIC4 There's a claim that Hwy413's impact on GHGs will only be a 0.3% increase in emissions. The assertion is that traffic will only increase by 15% but because the hwy will relieve...

I used the word tunneled to mean "in a tunnel" (in contrast to elevated or at-grade).

The transition between elevated line across the Humber River / Eglinton Flats, and the short tunneled section connecting to Mount Dennis station will go here.

Giving the station a name that includes the city name and a supplementary name helps: Toronto Union Station - In the Via app, search for Toronto and select Toronto Union, on local services get off at Union Paris Gare Du Nord - In the SNCF app, search for Paris and select Gare Du Nord, on the...

If you can show a work address within the City boundary you can get a library account.

The only expansion I'm aware of is the proposed daily Amtrak service between Chicago, Detroit, Windsor, and Toronto. https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/amtrak-via-rail-exploring-extension-of-chicago-detroit-service-to-toronto/ The article suggests the plan is to utilize the...

The Federal Government's thought process seems to have been: Neither Via Rail nor our civil service has the expertise to plan, design, build. and operate a high frequency intercity railway so we'll need to bring in expertise from places that already have these skills. We need to provide an...

WRT the Global News article: The scope of the current RfP is Toronto - Peterborough - Ottawa - Dorval - Montreal - Trois Riviere - Quebec City. There was a commitment to look at improving rail services in SW Ontario but nothing was added to the RfP scope. https://hfr-tgf.ca/faq/ Also, it is...

Before amalgamation, each of the former municipalities {York, East York, North York, Toronto, Etobicoke, Scarborough} had their own electric utility and their own way to assign an ID to assets. With amalgamation these were combined into the current THESL but asset IDs were not changed /...

This is from Metrolinx's Toronto West newsletter, of Aug 13, 2024. With work starting on all of the logistics hubs, one could be forgiven for concluding that ONxpress' plan for GO Train Expansion was approved at the June Metrolinx Board meeting...

Great find! The approval document includes a construction sequence for the bridge using the balanced cantilever method:

Classic. Let's build car-centric developments and when traffic becomes untenable try to overlay some transit a extraordinarily high cost. Or... let's start planning now for appropriate transit infrastructure to support Halton's 75% increase in population over 30 years...

The FBC was used to get approval for the GO Expansion On-Corridor RfP. The team that's been awarded that work proposed not deploying EMUs but reusing the existing GO 2-deck rail cars in smaller consists and with electric locomotives to achieve similar benefits. They should now have completed...