Civdis
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Sorry if this has been asked before, but will there be a UPX stop at the new Woodbine GO Station. That was the impression I got from the announcement and would be amazing for airport access from Brampton, Guelph and KW.
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crs1026
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The Woodbine Station TPAP, which was completed in 2020, says no, or at least, not yet. But that thinking may have changed. I have not seen any sign of an addendum to the TPAP in this regard.
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Leo_Chan
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Does Woodbine GO being on the east of the switches to the UP Express spur tracks have any drawbacks? Obviously if it was on the west of the spur tracks themselves it would be prohibitively expensive to connect.
I would assume if there was a UP Express station then it'd have dedicated platforms to handle it, so the switches could be moved further east to serve the dedicated platforms and extend the spur track segment from Hwy 427 to 27.
I would assume if there was a UP Express station then it'd have dedicated platforms to handle it, so the switches could be moved further east to serve the dedicated platforms and extend the spur track segment from Hwy 427 to 27.
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I am pretty sure the plan if there is a UP Express stop is for it to be attached to the west end of the south island platform which would be served by regular GO trains.
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Sauga89
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There are no TPAP addendums I can find. All the environmental project documents seem to be on Woodbine Racetrack's website, rather than Metrolinx's. I did find just today updated architectural plans filed with the city in January 2025. There doesn't seem much changed, but now both island platforms are the same length. I think the third pedestrian bridge might have been replaced with a tunnel too, but it's hard to tell. I don't think there's room for a third platform to the south without expropriation, but there might be room to the north for a future side platform.
Also, the parking lots for the station will remain Woodbine Racetrack property, rather than be owned by Metrolinx.
TransportEnthusiast
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Anyone have information on when the Confederation GO station will be completed this year? Nothing really available public besides "sometime this year".
crs1026
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One change between the original EA drawings and this latest is the deletion of a platform under that third over/underpass at the west end. I had wondered if the original design included a UP platform at the west end, on the two southmost tracks.
If so, the recent drawing would seem to show a clear decision not to include a UP stop, for now anyways.
- Paul
drum118
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By rights, it should have been completed months ago, but being drawn out to kill time until it opens this fall. Other than that, no public announcement when it will open other than when Ford announce the opening date or someone from MTO cuts the ribbon. Opening dates or completion dates are held in seal envelops in seal safe hidden from the public.
WB62
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All public and non public sources I’ve seen over the past few years say Woodbine will be a GO and UP Express stop. It was also mentioned directly by the premier last week.
This was on a map shown off for the first time yesterday:
This was on a map shown off for the first time yesterday:
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smallspy
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PShells
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I ended up going into the office today. I'll provide some more context on Paul's update following the Stouffville line's upgrades.
Heading south from Agincourt station you switch from the western track to the eastern track immediately following the West Highland Creek bridge. This used to occur at the Ellesmere SRT station when the western track zigzagged on a continuous path to the eastern side. The southbound train uses the switch at Oakworth to return to the western track that continues to zig zag into the eastern platform at Kennedy station.
Railroad equipment remains stored on the western track (the former diversion tracks prior the upgrades) near the Lawrence SRT station. I'm hopeful for further tangible upgrades to the track during this upcoming weekend's closure.
robmausser
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Add the Mount Dennis station and maybe another station (King-Liberty if it gets built, I recall them wanting an airport train stop) and we will have to remove the X from the UPX.
Bojaxs
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If the plan is to have the UPX stopping at all these stations, then they seriously need to consider a parallel running express service that runs solely between Union and Pearson. Or maybe with just a stop at Bloor.
robmausser
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Its almost like, the UPX is being repurposed as some kind of...oh...I dont know, and im just spit balling here... Regional Express Rail service. We could rebrand it and call it RER or something like that. Maybe even electrify it too.
I understand why the UPX is being repurposed as this, because we have never had any kind of plan to do something like that. Obviously, theres no way the GTA or Metrolinx could ever look beyond Toronto and see how things are done eleswhere in the world. Nope, we invented this kind of transit with the UPX, and it exists nowhere else and so therefore our only option is to repurpose this singular form of transit into this new mode we invented. We should all be so proud. Raises for everyone at Metrolinx!
And don't tell Metrolinx otherwise, Deutsche think they won't Bahn you from the conversation.