Chris R.
Senior Member
Sick, very cool. Metrolinx loves Hamilton eh?
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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TheHonestMaple
Active Member
It actually blows my mind how underserved Hamilton is. It's the third largest city in Ontario, within 50km of Toronto, tons of commuters, two downtown stations. Little service, and poorly taken care of stations. Come on Metrolinx.
JJTheJetPln
Active Member
Thank you! I did read through a few posts after searching, but it should be clear that I didn't know what search terms I was looking for with regards to rail plans. I'm more of an outsider looking in when it comes to transit, especially trains and such.
In short, yes, they want to do a flyover between the Credit River and Mount Pleasant. Here's the latest:
GO trains inch forward but hurdles delay full Kitchener service
Transit advocate criticizes provincial transit agency over “unnecessary secrecy” around all-day, two-way passenger service between Kitchener and Torontowww.therecord.com
Metrolinx is pursuing it appears option 3 for the long term. Visualization here created not by Metrolinx, but by the Brampton Board of Trade from this file:
I appreciate you sharing the visualization and the file. It answers a lot more questions that I had. I'm definitely bookmarking this so I don't lose it. My only questions now are what happens when we hit Railroad Street in downtown Brampton, the grade crossings at Mill/Railroad and John/James, and the bridges around Main, Union, Queen, above the Etobicoke Creek, and Centre Street. Obviously I don't expect answers if it's not known, but I'd like to imagine that they'd try to create some sort of bridge or flyover or something of the sort, but I can't imagine what they'd do given just how small that whole area is.
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ what happens in downtown Brampton is a third track and the likely full closure of Railroad Street between Mill and George. The design contract was awarded for the third platform on the south side at the Brampton Station.
JJTheJetPln
Active Member
Sweet. Thank you for the info!
crs1026
Superstar
Hopefully there will be an open house or two once the design is firmed up.
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Krypto98
Active Member
Is there no way they can do a 4th track with some expropiation? Would be significantly more expensive but long term would have way more capacity and options...
crs1026
Superstar
Yeah, if it were my decision I would do the fourth track at the same time and be done with it. It will however have to go on the north side, which means moving the heritage station and twice as much retaining walls etc. So I can understand (sort of) the decision to leave that for another day.
It's doubly complicated because of all the redevelopment Brampton is considering around the station.
- Paul
Chris R.
Senior Member
Metroscapes
Active Member
That looks like a strange hump along the south abutment, I'm not sure why it was retained. Is there enough space for two tracks and ballast between the north abutment and the bottom of the slope?
crs1026
Superstar
looks like itis seeded so I'm guessing it's the final grading, with a turnout right where thebumpers are to merge the two platform tracks. Clearly there will only be one track west of the overpass ( for now, anyways)
- Paul
- Paul
Allandale25
Senior Member
TheHonestMaple
Active Member
I’ve noticed that all new signals have been installed from West Harbour/Hamilton Centre to Oakville, and work seems to be continuing beyond that. Much heavier duty gantries and much higher than the old ones. Is this related to electrification? I’m assuming it is.
crs1026
Superstar
The old signalling was 60 years or so old, so would have been up for replacement anyways, thanks to advances in LED and microprocessor technology. But you can be sure that it's being done to the electrification spec.
- Paul
crs1026
Superstar
I had an errand in Scarborough today also - so I rode the LSE, and I was impressed at the progress along the line from Cherry Street to Scarborough Jct.
The zone from Cherry Street to Pape, where the Ontario line branches off, no longer looks like one big mud pit…. Foundation work and the Lego-style base for the new embankment is being advanced along the entire length.
East of Pape, sound fencing and grading is largely complete all the way to Scarborough Jct, with only one lengthy rough section east of Warden. Concrete work for new bridge footings is clearly in progress.
There were two puzzling gaps in the work: the fourth platform at Danforth station, and the Birchmount bridge, show no signs of initiation let alone progress. Sure hope those do not represent problems or delay in completion.
- Paul
The zone from Cherry Street to Pape, where the Ontario line branches off, no longer looks like one big mud pit…. Foundation work and the Lego-style base for the new embankment is being advanced along the entire length.
East of Pape, sound fencing and grading is largely complete all the way to Scarborough Jct, with only one lengthy rough section east of Warden. Concrete work for new bridge footings is clearly in progress.
There were two puzzling gaps in the work: the fourth platform at Danforth station, and the Birchmount bridge, show no signs of initiation let alone progress. Sure hope those do not represent problems or delay in completion.
- Paul