Voltz
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Just like Agincourt, the second platform has been collecting dust for years.
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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Sauga89
Active Member
Metrolinx says it is closing the Langstaff GO south parking lot. It says it will be blocking pedestrian access from the south parking lot as well. This is part of Yonge subway extension work.
milkycontent
Active Member
Yesterday from the Dundas and Lansdowne No Frills parking lot. Massive rig, was hard to capture it from the ground. Maybe creating the foundations for the Railpath bridge that will cross the tracks here?
KAR246
Active Member
Some more details and renders are out for the Oakville GO:
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Yeah, can someone help with this? What's the need to drive caissons here unless it's for a bridge?
ProjectEnd
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Hold on, did they sever the Stouffville line entirely north of Agincourt?
PShells
Active Member
Yes, for the weekend.
gotransit.com summary of the weekend’s construction activities state the time was used to run new sewer lines and other utilities under the tracks apart of the grade separation project.
Additionally, retaining walls along the corridor were inspected apart of SOGR work. Nothing material occurred at West Highland Creek. My prior post about new piles being dropped off prior to the weekend closure was in fact the opposite. Piles and sandbags that have been left in the staging area were being removed.
Aside from getting a new switch installed, or at least prepared for installation, west of Danforth GO I couldn’t see any material changes to the ST line or LSE corridor west of Scarborough GO.
crs1026
Superstar
That new switch from current T1 to the new T0 at Danforth would have been the biggest news, but there was also some jersey barrier shifting away from the two operable rail tracks east of Queen. I take this as a sign that segments are ready for final grading. There's still some formwork and concrete pours to complete on the bridges. The utility/telecom work seems to be progressing, with some of the previous trenching now filled in, but more connections to be made in spots. A lot of smaller jobs to finish up before the basic 4-track civil works are complete.
- Paul
crs1026
Superstar
PS Here's some video shot out the window yesterday, showing the last girder on the Don Bridge going into place, and giving a bit more view of the status of construction on the Cherry-Danforth section. As usual, a GO train blocks some of the detail.
- Paul
- Paul
Northern Light
Superstar
Mx posted some photos of this past weekend's work on their socials.
I liked this one best:
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A closer look at the work above, courtesy me:
Back to Mx's pics:
I liked this one best:
A closer look at the work above, courtesy me:
Back to Mx's pics:
lastcommodore
Active Member
annoyingly they did not post where, but cross-ref with the background i reckon the first shot is right on just west of danforth GO, on woodbine ave looking west for anyone else wondering. I wonder what made them decide to put in a switch here.
PShells
Active Member
They’re installing a fourth track to initially be used to store rail equipment in the corridor. Eventually the fourth track will enter revenue service.
Northern Light
Superstar
I probably should have added that info myself; but didn't think about it as this is relatively close to me and the visual cues stood out.
Below, you see the area off to the right, that's the Merrill Park ravine, with the new boardwalk at the bottom.
That is located just about 2 blocks west of Woodbine.
Looking the other way:
The construction in the background, on the left is the Rushden Station apartments, right beside Danforth GO, on the east side of Main St.
rdaner
Senior Member
I talked to someone working here and it is drilling the fourth and tallest pier for the bridge.
Northern Light
Superstar
Some more details and renders are out for the Oakville GO:
Ugh.
Sterility to one side, if you're going to spend this kind of $$, I want escalators, and if we're doing that, I want wider platforms, and there is room here for that.
But visually, talk about underwhelming and bland.