Bamako
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Oh, snap!
That would've been really useful for me a few weekends ago trying to get to YorkU.
That would've been really useful for me a few weekends ago trying to get to YorkU.
I use the Stouffville line every day, and there is absolutely space for it's entire length for 2 tracks, even when it runs parallel to the RT. the current rails run right down the middle of the ROW, so they would require reconstruction. The exception is through the underpass under 14th ave, where it is double tracked already.
Other than that, the current double track section which extends for little more than a mile, would have to be extended by around 10 miles to at least to a point close to where the line connects to the Kingston sub at Scarborough GO station. They would probably want to consider grade separations for at least Steeles, Finch & Danforth. The narrowest part of the right of way I've seen is a little over 40 feet from a building east of the track to the SRT fence on the west. Still, two tracks can easily fit withing 30 feet so there are no issues.
Of course this line won't suddenly just get half hour service(not for probably a decade). For hourly service they don't have to make any improves north of Unionville to accommodate it, even to Mount Joy. There's more than enough time for trains to get in there, turn around and get back.
How frequent does service have to be between Markham and downtown before they would have to consider closing off all of the dozen level crossings along this line?
Old Toronto or Megacity? The Stouffville line definitely has some in Scarborough.I'm curious............within the City of Toronto itself, are there any level crossings left?
There are still a couple in the old city. North Toronto sub at Osler Street and Bartlett Avenue, Galt-MacTier wye at Old Weston Road, Newmarket at Wallace Avenue. Might have missed some. The Redpath spur also has quite a few, but barely anything runs there.
Thanks for the info.
When I said Toronto I meant today's Toronto bounded by Steeles and not just the Old City.
So correct me if I'm wrong but when the Weston mess and UPX is done, will the entire East/West Lakeshore and UPX/Kitchener lines with the city itself be totally grade separated? If so GO could run a CityRail system in the city of Toronto and automate the lines potentially.
So correct me if I'm wrong but when the Weston mess and UPX is done, will the entire East/West Lakeshore and UPX/Kitchener lines with the city itself be totally grade separated?
If so GO could run a CityRail system in the city of Toronto and automate the lines potentially.