crs1026
Superstar
Lol thanks for the vote - I would be happier if it could be called “Finished and In Service”.
- Paul
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
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Lol thanks for the vote - I would be happier if it could be called “Finished and In Service”.
- Paul
smallspy
Senior Member
The work was for other trackwork and realignment throughout the corridor, and for completing the signal connections in order to activate the second main track.
The last bridge over Highland Creek is currently not scheduled to be completed until the second half of next year.
Dan
PShells
Active Member
There are still track shifts between Milliken, Agincourt and Kennedy.
I am curious, what is the significance of shiny rails?
I don’t recall any construction work for a second platform at Mount Joy station.
There is no notable construction activity aside from a new signal mast south of the unconstructed bridge. I believe its new as last week I saw one laying down on the eastern shoulder of the track and now there are two signal masts erected.
crs1026
Superstar
It would mean the newly built track (which has been sitting for years now) is actually being used.
If there are still track shifts, it's still effectively a single track line. I had wondered if the recent work blocks might have rectified that. With the two control points at Oakworth and Highland now in service, that section has the potential to operate as double track provided the track shifts are addressed.
Not a platform, just a stub track or siding. That would allow hourly turnback trains to clear the main so that through trains to/from Old Elm could be interleaved, similar to how Barrie trains are interleaved with turnbacks at Aurora. I believe there was a procurement already for this enhancement.
- paul
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PShells
Active Member
From my fuzzy memory I believe I’ve been in a northbound train while southbound trains pass us by between Milliken-Unionville and Kennedy-Agincourt.
smallspy
Senior Member
If you've passed another train between Kennedy and Agincourt, that means that they have completed the track shifts in that section and have completely activated the second track. Which is what the work over the past two weekends was to do.
Dan
Bojaxs
Senior Member
Still no double track at Downsview station. Western building of the station appears some what desolate.
vistaway
Active Member
The state of West Harbour this week (Dec 17):
nfitz
Superstar
It's certainly well used, as part of the subway station. The elevator to the subway platform is just behind those doors.
Here's the view from the other side.
turbanplanner
Senior Member
Not sure if this belongs in the construction thread but reading the business case for the Etobicoke North demolition/replacement the business case to move to woodbine seems incredibly weak even in the report. https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/...ents/Metrolinx/20181206_BoardMtg_Woodbine.pdf
Even if the development on the north east side is sold out and has high density it's still about a 45+ min walk to the station along a highway.
I know the move is mostly political but wonder will it still go ahead long term?
Even if the development on the north east side is sold out and has high density it's still about a 45+ min walk to the station along a highway.
I know the move is mostly political but wonder will it still go ahead long term?
nfitz
Superstar
It would be primarily for drivers and Line 6 I'd think. If there's no parking lot, and not Line 6, there's no point.
Islington Express Bus
Active Member
I hate everything about the Woodbine GO proposal. I have ranted about it before and shall do so again.
It serves nothing, certainly not the existing riders of Etobicoke North. It's 2 km in the wrong direction! If Etobicoke North must be destroyed, then a replacement station should be built either at Islington or on the same site...not this racetrack boondoggle!
It serves nothing, certainly not the existing riders of Etobicoke North. It's 2 km in the wrong direction! If Etobicoke North must be destroyed, then a replacement station should be built either at Islington or on the same site...not this racetrack boondoggle!
Bojaxs
Senior Member
I feel the same way. Etobicoke North serves all the people living along Dixon and Kipling. A station out by Woodbine Racetrack has worst bus access and nothing within walking distance. It would only exist to serve degenerate gamblers. In fact the only reason the Ontario government wants to build this station is they figure they can squeeze more money out of people if they can provide them with a train that shuttles them directly to the casino. It would be cheaper for the government to just setup a shuttle bus between the airport and the Racetrack (if one doesn't exist already).
MX should purchase the property that the church sits on at the corner of Kipling & Belfield Rd. and expand Etobicoke North so it meets the street.
crs1026
Superstar
The attraction behind Woodbine was simple: a developer was going to build it at no cost to the Province (in exchange for zoning relief, one suspects).
I'm not sure that the current Etobicoke North station is that much better situated, and its parking lot space is conatrained. I wonder if closer to Islington might have better transit connectivity, but I suspect many commuting Etobicoke North customers drive from further afield, so closer to 27 or 427 may be desirable.
In any event, the developer has never made good on their promise. Given the celebration by Ministers Yurek and Surma at the time, one has to wonder how this broken promise has never been called out by the opposition, but it's in a Ford riding, so.....
This situation can't go on much longer, because the 4-tracking of the Weston Sub and the promise of more frequent 2WAD is limited by Etobicoke North's single platform. And the non-completion of Woodbine means that the $100M investment in new tunnels under the 401 has been pointless. That story is Etobicoke's West Highland Creek equivalent.
- Paul
I'm not sure that the current Etobicoke North station is that much better situated, and its parking lot space is conatrained. I wonder if closer to Islington might have better transit connectivity, but I suspect many commuting Etobicoke North customers drive from further afield, so closer to 27 or 427 may be desirable.
In any event, the developer has never made good on their promise. Given the celebration by Ministers Yurek and Surma at the time, one has to wonder how this broken promise has never been called out by the opposition, but it's in a Ford riding, so.....
This situation can't go on much longer, because the 4-tracking of the Weston Sub and the promise of more frequent 2WAD is limited by Etobicoke North's single platform. And the non-completion of Woodbine means that the $100M investment in new tunnels under the 401 has been pointless. That story is Etobicoke's West Highland Creek equivalent.
- Paul
Bojaxs
Senior Member
Can we not just demolish Etobicoke North and reconstruct it to better utilize quad tracks and the 401 tunnels?
*Taking money/ funding out of the picture, is this doable?*