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Yes, but they would be mindful of the Air France flight in 2005 that over shot the runway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_358 Pilots practice the touch-and-go procedure when qualifying, it should be routine.

and then on to the Woodbine Go station

The cross over to allow LRVs to turn back towards Yonge is located between Science Centre and Aga Khan stations. Is it possible that vehicles turning back would pass through SC, navigate the cross over, and stop at AK so the driver can change ends using a platform?

I gather aircraft crew members were paid triple-time to work on NYE at small airlines.

Barrie line trains only. Possibly only the trains that start south of Allandale and make all-stops.

The caisson rigs have sat around doing nothing since Lperry noted their arrival but this week they finally started constructing the basement level 😁

Is this the first time Bouygues and Acciona have bid on work in Toronto? There's so much work in process that more and more of the major international contractors are getting involved.

Since 2013, City of Hamilton has enforced a moratorium on cutting any of its roads for 5 years after reconstruction - good asset management. As the LRT work involves full reconstruction of the streets it touches, this will have triggered the need to replace a lot of old infrastructure in that's...

Another narrow gauge railway on Vancouver Island worth a visit is: https://www.albernipacificrailway.ca/ The tourist railway only operates to a historic mill site but tracks still appear to exist right through the Alberni valley over almost to the east coast railway.

It's going to be interesting to see the results of Metrolinx's 2051 Strategic Transit Plan that they've out sourced to HDR Inc. https://www.metrolinx.merx.com/public/solicitations/2556160462/abstract?origin=0 https://www.hdrinc.com/ca/markets/transportation/transit In her report for the 30-Nov...

The One Web LEO satellites cover high latitudes (their service was initially only available at latitudes higher than 50 degrees). They offer 120Mb/s per antenna service with latency below 100ms. Icomera is engaged in a pilot to bring 5G service to UK trains in locations without 5G towers by...

There's a Metrolinx Board Meeting on Thu 30-Nov. No doubt the Board members will get an update, in camera, and *perhaps* we who pay their salaries will hear something. :rolleyes:

Once Commissioner's Street (the orange bridge) is finished, and traffic is transferred there, excavation will begin to sever Villiers Street. The construction along HWAC's lower cyan line will look something like this:

Time to implement "lane rental" for the tracks - the asset owner specifies a cost per hour for closing a km of track in the tendered docs, then each bidder includes that cost in their bid price based on the time they'd need to complete their work plan. This encourages innovative work methods...

Anyone know whether a light rail vehicle could climb 10% gradient that's about 650m long? Wikipedia states that the maximum gradient for friction-based rail is 10% after that a rack-cog system is needed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_railway

From the Wayfinding drawings. This would be the Ontario Line station building.

I guess this was prompted by the possibility of a new container port at SE of Mulgrave @ Middle Melford, NS. CBC - Strait of Canso container terminal There's another similar proposal beside Sydney, NS but this one has an active railway close-by, whereas Sydney would require a lot of work to get...

I'd suggest you start with your Member of Provincial Parliament's office. Or, if they aren't of the same party as the current provincial government, the nearest OPC MPP.

In case we were wondering which country's processes are being copied by the OnCorr contractor (Onxpress), check out the wording of this job ad on linkedIn: Onxpress Train Access Mgr It includes: "the aim of increasing network capacity and improving performance for Freightliner services"...

Onxpress will need to fill their job vacancy for a Train Service Design Manager: linkedIn Ad 1 and Train Service Planning Specialist: linkedIn Ad 2 to achieve this.