Finch West Line 6 LRT

[Coolstar]

13 is available now that Bay is going to be 19 instead of 13.

No 13 was given to the Avenue Rd route.

 

[TorontoBun]

And the reason they split it at Finch West isn't necessarily dictated by the established travel patterns, or by where the majority of riders want to go. I can think of two other reasons.

First, a completely sensible one, but temporary: construction-related disruptions. Splitting the route spares the Keele - Yonge section from those distructions, and also makes the management of the west-of-Keele section a bit easier.

And the second reason: they might want the riders to get used to transferring at Finch West. After the Phase 1 of LRT opens, the riders will not bug Metrolinx with requests to extend to Yonge, until Metrolinx actually gets the funding for such an extension.

I believe the split of the 36 Finch West was due to the subway extension. Also, there’s less ridership on the Yonge-Keele segment than the rest of the route (if it wasn’t, there’s be more thru-service outside select periods). Also, I’d like to go on a hunch and guess that non-local trip patterns would transfer to Line 1 at Finch West to reach their destination.

 

[nfitz]

No 13 was given to the Avenue Rd route.

Ah, right. What was the original planned number for Bay?

 

[Coolstar]

Ah, right. What was the original planned number for Bay?

I don't know. Pretty sure there never was a planned replacement number for Bay until now with the 19 designation.

 

[INTz]

Some really nice progress photos in the latest CLC update: http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/docs/finchwest/2021-05-21-CLC-June-Deck.pdf

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Some great shots of the guideway being poured near the MSF. Link here since imbedding Instagram doesn’t seem to work anymore.

 

[INTz]

Metrolinx Press Room

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finch-west-lrt-monthly-update-june-2021-f10-studio_1-mp4

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[fanoftoronto]

Metrolinx Press Room

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For how complete the MSF yard is, the rest of the line seems to be severely lagging behind. They've only got small sections of the LRT tracks poured, with most of Finch Ave W still going through preparation works. We have a long way to go before we see LRTs actually running on Finch West even for testing purposes.

 

[Allandale25]

^ I realize this could be difficult but any way for a general comparison to the surface portion progress for Eglinton East between Laird and Kennedy (minus the Science Centre mined tunnel portion dip)?

 

[NoahB]

For how complete the MSF yard is, the rest of the line seems to be severely lagging behind. They've only got small sections of the LRT tracks poured, with most of Finch Ave W still going through preparation works. We have a long way to go before we see LRTs actually running on Finch West even for testing purposes.

MSFs are always constructed way before the rest of the line is ready as they will start housing any rolling stock received during construction.

 

[Allandale25]

Speaking of completion progress...

Finch West Light Rail Transit project one-third complete

Construction on the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) line is now one-third complete, and the province’s transit agency Metrolinx is releasing new drone footage of the progress.

www.toronto.com

 

[TRONto]

For how complete the MSF yard is, the rest of the line seems to be severely lagging behind. They've only got small sections of the LRT tracks poured, with most of Finch Ave W still going through preparation works. We have a long way to go before we see LRTs actually running on Finch West even for testing purposes.

They claim to be at 33% complete. Once the road is ready, getting the tracks done will be fast. If anything holds this project up it should be the below grade terminals.

 

[Edllguy]

Metrolinx claims that the Finch West LRT MSF site was built with "Expansion Capabilities".

Looking at the renderings and drone footage, how is this possible? It looks almost maxed out to me.

Thanks

 

[W. K. Lis]

Metrolinx claims that the Finch West LRT MSF site was built with "Expansion Capabilities".

Looking at the renderings and drone footage, how is this possible? It looks almost maxed out to me.

Thanks

There is a capacity for 27 light rail vehicles. Alstom will provide 18 LRVs for the Finch West LRT line.

In the meantime, they can store your garden furniture during the winter, or your snow shovels during the summer.

From link.

 

[W. K. Lis]

There is a capacity for 27 light rail vehicles. Alstom will provide 18 LRVs for the Finch West LRT line.

In the meantime, they can store your garden furniture during the winter, or your snow shovels during the summer.

From link.

Actually, in the meantime, they can store snowplows, sidewalk plows, etc. in the unused space.