Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[W. K. Lis]

Any sod delivery to the outdoor sections? Or the usual excuses not to do so?

 

[kotsy]

Any sod delivery to the outdoor sections? Or the usual excuses not to do so?

I think it was decided there wouldn't be grass installed (for lack of a better word)

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

If they can just install the tracks through the central section, they could just tow them there. It doesn’t make sense to load them on trucks.

Unfortunitly two of the sations are still pretty much open pits with nothing even close to having tracks laid in them as far as metrolinx has shown.

 

[44 North]

If they can just install the tracks through the central section, they could just tow them there. It doesn’t make sense to load them on trucks.

To add onto this notion. I think having tracks completed at the outset could be a definite gamechanger for construction of lines like this. Have a couple stations near the periphery be depots, then freight materials for the stations using the tracks. Fewer trucks on the roads and better managed station sites.

 

[Johnny Au]

Chaplin station on April 7, 2021:

 

[toronto647]

"Vehicle testing in this (surface) section will start in the spring and continue into the summer months." So does that mean by June 21 (first day of Summer) there will be trains being tested on the surface portion? This forum is saying otherwise... Would appreciate some clarity. If they could do that by June that would be a great achievement.

 

[Steve X]

Unfortunitly two of the sations are still pretty much open pits with nothing even close to having tracks laid in them as far as metrolinx has shown.

Trucking them back and forth would be a headache. They can break down or get T-boned or sideswipe a stupid left turning car. Things like this can happen within hours of testing. Loading a damaged LRV on a truck isn't the best idea if you ask me.

 

[EnviroTO]

Chaplin station on April 7, 2021:

The secondary entrance on the southwest corner seems like such a missed opportunity. To come out the front door you will be walking up the stairs past the level of the Kay Gardiner Beltline, and then once at the top there will be stairs on the outside to go down to the Kay Gardiner Beltline. They could have put in another door on the Beltline and made the path a quick walkway from the apartments on the north side of Eglinton without crossing the street, and with appropriate lighting a walkway into the neighbourhood.

 

[crs1026]

^The statement that six cars will be used makes me think there will indeed be a small fleet shifted to the east. (How often does ML offer that level of detail about anything ? ) As noted above, with no continuity to trackage at present, moving the cars on their own rails across the city just isn’t possible.

It makes no sense to run tests out of the MSF if the LRVs would be constantly passing thru active work zones. So temporary layover in the east makes sense, In that scope, trucking them to get there is a pretty simple task. Heck, those cars have travelled further just getting to Toronto.

Six cars = two 3-car trains. Will be interesting to see.

- Paul

 

[Johnny Au]

The secondary entrance on the southwest corner seems like such a missed opportunity. To come out the front door you will be walking up the stairs past the level of the Kay Gardiner Beltline, and then once at the top there will be stairs on the outside to go down to the Kay Gardiner Beltline. They could have put in another door on the Beltline and made the path a quick walkway from the apartments on the north side of Eglinton without crossing the street, and with appropriate lighting a walkway into the neighbourhood.

As a recreational cyclist, an entrance directly on the Beltline, complete with bike racks and even a set of bike repair tools, would be great, especially given the high cyclist traffic on the Beltline.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

^The statement that six cars will be used makes me think there will indeed be a small fleet shifted to the east. (How often does ML offer that level of detail about anything ? ) As noted above, with no continuity to trackage at present, moving the cars on their own rails across the city just isn’t possible.

It makes no sense to run tests out of the MSF if the LRVs would be constantly passing thru active work zones. So temporary layover in the east makes sense, In that scope, trucking them to get there is a pretty simple task. Heck, those cars have travelled further just getting to Toronto.

Six cars = two 3-car trains. Will be interesting to see.

- Paul

I think it will be interesting to see what they do.

 

[max]

The secondary entrance on the southwest corner seems like such a missed opportunity. To come out the front door you will be walking up the stairs past the level of the Kay Gardiner Beltline, and then once at the top there will be stairs on the outside to go down to the Kay Gardiner Beltline. They could have put in another door on the Beltline and made the path a quick walkway from the apartments on the north side of Eglinton without crossing the street, and with appropriate lighting a walkway into the neighbourhood.

They may have decided against it because of what befell the Nordheimer exit at St. Clair West:

St. Clair West’s exit onto Nordheimer ravine was locked and roped off due to lack of use and safety concerns

excerpt from: https://transittoronto.ca/subway/5106.shtml

 

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[drum118]

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How old is this photo as it missing a lot of things like TTC bus terminal and the GO Stations?? Otherwise a nice view that we will most like never see.

A real nice shot of Toronto Skyline

 

[Leo_Chan]

How exactly are the vehicles stored in the yard? Do they drive automatically to park in the outside multiple rows of tracks? Do the drivers get off at the TTC operations building's platform and then drive on their own? If not, how do drivers get on and off?