Bordercollie
Senior Member
There are currently 3 pieces of 40ft sections of bridge on the siding south of York Mills (steel bridge sections).
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
From Facebook. Continuous weld rail being installed in Stratford on the CN Guelph Sub earlier this morning. Should help with GO speed.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Just at the crossing?
crs1026
Superstar
^ It’s not clear from the video whether there is any ribbon rail being laid. Looks like just rail replacement at the crossings. (The new rail might have some welds, but would likely retain some joints given there are several crossing circuits that might need insulated joints).
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SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
You’re right Paul. Probably just upgrading the crossing, which still is great.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
How about fixing those permanent slow orders and bringing the line back to 60mph standards? What would that cost?
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
There is $160 million in upgrades coming, I’m sure increasing track speeds is a part of that.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
I should have known, Taylor has it covered. It is indeed crossing upgrades including welding the track. He says he will provide an update on the finished product.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
I believe someone said that, those funds are for purchasing the corridor from CN.
Allandale25
Senior Member
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
That’s inaccurate..ish. Some of those funds could be used for purchasing the corridor, but all we’ve seen publicly is that the $160 million will be used to upgrade speed and frequency of service. Do I think Metrolinx buys the corridor? Absolutely. The first half of the Guelph Sub was purchased for $73 million so the rest should cost less than that. Lots of extra cash for track upgrades.
StealthyArrow
Active Member
A quick update at Unionville GO Station, still quite unfinished and there are tunnels that are completely blocked off right now.
What interested me more is this giant electronic billboard that appeared in the parking lot of the GO station. It is located just north of the highway; will be used for advertising of the station for people that drive by?
What interested me more is this giant electronic billboard that appeared in the parking lot of the GO station. It is located just north of the highway; will be used for advertising of the station for people that drive by?
Krypto98
Active Member
Timetable is 70 mph
crs1026
Superstar
Metrolinx is a big player in the giant billboard game. It's a revenue thing for them.
Personally I am opposed to those big billboards period, and the fact that ML is in this game is just another gripe I have over how they run their business.
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reaperexpress
Senior Member
Yeah they issued a blanket 60 mph slow order in 1996 on all jointed rail on the Guelph sub (a.k.a the entire line) but the line speed is indeed 70 mph in theory.
The alignment looks like it could handle much more han 70 mph but I'm not sure if those upgrades would fit in a 160M budget after subtracting the cost of purchasing the line and building two passing tracks to enable hourly service.