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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

generalcanada said:
ST trains and LSE share the corridor.
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I’m aware of that. My question is if we’re closing both to get something done on LSE does Metrolinx aim to take advantage of both closures to get work done on ST…or is it a “wasted opportunity” due to various constraints (money, labour)?
 
PShells said:
This may be too much inside baseball for a public message board to address, but there’s been many instances where two lines have a weekend closure for what appears to be a single project on one of the lines. Both lines get closed to eliminate all train traffic so the weekend project can be completed.

Does Metrolinx typically line up maintenance or other project work for the “second” line closure? I’ve learned through this forum that these weekend closures can be scheduled a year or more in advance. I hope they’re used to the fullest, but I am cognizant of financial budget constraints (or even the availability of work crews).
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Most certainly, they bundle multiple sub-projects throughout the affected territory so many things are done in parallel, minimising down time for the train operations.

The only problem is that this adds complexity in planning and coordinating all of this work, which may require overlapping track protection, conflicting movement of equipment and material, and multiple subcontractors and multiple work plans to be vetted and approved. ML is far from perfect at juggling all of this, and there are certainly cases where work falls off the schedule due to preparations being incomplete, or execution being a fail. But certainly, as a strategy, they try to work this way.

- Paul
 
StreetcarRider said:
Does anybody know:
- will the current-day track work at Broadview & Queen add anything in anticipation of southbound service?
- when the extension is built south of Eastern Ave, will it have tracks or be like QQE in the Portlands (space reserved but no tracks)?
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I wouldn't be surprised if no provisions is being made for eventual southbound service. If there's one thing we love to do in this city it's complete projects piecemeal
 
crs1026 said:
Most certainly, they bundle multiple sub-projects throughout the affected territory so many things are done in parallel, minimising down time for the train operations.

The only problem is that this adds complexity in planning and coordinating all of this work, which may require overlapping track protection, conflicting movement of equipment and material, and multiple subcontractors and multiple work plans to be vetted and approved. ML is far from perfect at juggling all of this, and there are certainly cases where work falls off the schedule due to preparations being incomplete, or execution being a fail. But certainly, as a strategy, they try to work this way.

- Paul
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To add onto this point, since they do schedule many projects along the line to take advantage of the same closures, they need to schedule the closures far in advance and if a closure date gets changed or cancelled, it can add a huge amount of delay and cost to the projects that were planning to use it.

I hope that Metrolinx provides cost and delay estimates to politicians when they ask for closures to be cancelled or rescheduled like what happened this past weekend.
 
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crs1026 said:
Most certainly, they bundle multiple sub-projects throughout the affected territory so many things are done in parallel, minimising down time for the train operations.

The only problem is that this adds complexity in planning and coordinating all of this work, which may require overlapping track protection, conflicting movement of equipment and material, and multiple subcontractors and multiple work plans to be vetted and approved. ML is far from perfect at juggling all of this, and there are certainly cases where work falls off the schedule due to preparations being incomplete, or execution being a fail. But certainly, as a strategy, they try to work this way.

- Paul
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All I had to do was wait for some documents to be uploaded.

While LSE is closed on Nov 15-16 for what I'm assuming to be work related to the East Harbour area there will be two sets of track replacements on the LSE corridor...and hopefully some additional work on the ST line (maintenance or corridor work for expansion).


 
I guess this could have gone under the GO fleet thread as well cc @Northern Light
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PShells said:
All I had to do was wait for some documents to be uploaded.

While LSE is closed on Nov 15-16 for what I'm assuming to be work related to the East Harbour area there will be two sets of track replacements on the LSE corridor...and hopefully some additional work on the ST line (maintenance or corridor work for expansion).


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The LSE corridor between Woodbine and Warden is getting some grading and surfacing work completed during the Nov 15-16 closure as well.

The bi-weekly LSE corridor update states utility relocations will be occurring near East Harbour and the Leslieville area of the corridor as well.

...this is shaping up to be a busy weekend.
 
Allandale25 said:
Some glimpses of the construction work on the Kitchener Line in Toronto recently and the reason UP and GO trains weren't running on the line.

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If Metrolinx is going to keep adding stops within the Toronto stretch of the Kitchener line, then they seriously need to add more express service trains between Bramalea and Union. Is this what the fourth track on the Kitchener line is suppose to accomplish?
 
Bojaxs said:
Girder or some kind of steel beam erected along the south side of the Etobicoke Creek bridge.

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This is for a mobile overhead crane that will be used to remove the old bridge truss segments and replace them with new ones.

A similar system was set up over the Credit River with the third bridge was built almost 20 years ago - there are photos and videos of the installation floating around online.

Dan
 
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