Metrolinx/GO Georgetown Corridor Project

[Second_in_pie]

It is already planned, is in the Georgetown EA, and tracks will be spaced out appropriately to allow for it to be built easily. It has been waiting for the Eglinton line to be built.

Oh, well that's good. It'll probably be getting a lot of traffic from Eglinton and 400/Black Creek Drive then. It's just such a perfect location, they'd have to be crazy not to include it

 

[torontobatman]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before...

but the 15-year and 25-year Metrolinx graphics
http://www.metrolinx.com/gsse/docs/finalEPR/2-3-5-6-1.pdf

are pretty good at "breaking it down" when it comes to the strategic location of a possible future-Pearson hub, and at the very least for why the Georgetown Corridor is so jammed in there.

Just a mindless 1AM thought...

 

[RedRocket191]

For anyone interested, the Toronto Medical Officer of Health has amended his opinion on the environmental and human health impacts of this project.

No cancer risk after all: Top doc (Toronto Sun)

City's medical officer revises opinion on toxicity of rail link (Inside Toronto)

Expanding train traffic worries health officer (Globe and Mail)

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

For anyone interested, the Toronto Medical Officer of Health has amended his opinion on the environmental and human health impacts of this project.

No cancer risk after all: Top doc (Toronto Sun)

City's medical officer revises opinion on toxicity of rail link (Inside Toronto)

Expanding train traffic worries health officer (Globe and Mail)

Well he backed off the claim of increased leukeimia cases, as well as a few minor points, but still believes that pollution is still an issue. Surely we'll hear cries that Metrolinx has bought, or strong armed the MOH regardless.

 

[saveyorksouthweston]

Well he backed off the claim of increased leukeimia cases, as well as a few minor points, but still believes that pollution is still an issue. Surely we'll hear cries that Metrolinx has bought, or strong armed the MOH regardless.

interesting how each newspaper reported on the issue. Why no Toronto Star?
MOH seems to slightly altered his view, still a negative view, yet Metrolinx see it as a victory????

 

[TOareaFan]

interesting how each newspaper reported on the issue. Why no Toronto Star?
MOH seems to slightly altered his view, still a negative view, yet Metrolinx see it as a victory????

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/697559

There you go

 

[EnviroTO]

Anyone know how the West Toronto Diamond underpass is progressing. GO hasn't updated the GO TRIP website recently and their June update for this project is a broken link. I'm wondering if they will be done piling in December and begin excavating in January.

 

[catcher_of_cats]

It does appear that they are on schedule.

 

[Swarley]

Seems like the time is right for a photo update from drum...

 

[TOareaFan]

Interesting....

.....letter in the Brampton Guardian about this project and the media reports on same.

http://northpeel.com/editorial/article/76822

 

[Prometheus The Supremo]

.....letter in the Brampton Guardian about this project and the media reports on same.

http://northpeel.com/editorial/article/76822

what article is that a response to?

 

[RedRocket191]

what article is that a response to?

The often talked about "400 trains" that will operate in the Weston Corridor. The expansion is being designed for a theoretical capacity of 400 train movements, but they're not going to run an empty train every 5 minutes. Service will expand as demand warrants and only when demand warrants it.

 

[unimaginative2]

When planning regional rail lines, you establish a service standard and you stick to it. People need to know that a train will be coming at least every, say, 15 minutes regardless of whether the line is full, empty, or in between. That's of course not to say that trains should run every five minutes from the start, but it won't do to have some lines running every hour and some lines running more frequently. That's not a regional rail network.

 

[Prometheus The Supremo]

The often talked about "400 trains" that will operate in the Weston Corridor. The expansion is being designed for a theoretical capacity of 400 train movements, but they're not going to run an empty train every 5 minutes. Service will expand as demand warrants and only when demand warrants it.

doesn't the person who wrote this http://northpeel.com/editorial/article/76822 realize that blue22 will not be passing through brampton and that there are currently 2 CP tracks in addition to the CN in track operation through the weston corridor unlike where this person did his count?

as for the 400+ trains a day, they're not going to all be blue22 trains. they will be a mix of CP freight, CN freight, georgetown GO, a future bolton GO, future blue22 and even a possible HSR from ?windsor? to ?montreal?. did i leave anything out here?

but they're not going to run an empty train every 5 minutes.

won't blue 22 have to run on a schedule? it wouldn't be a reliable mode of transportation if it didn't.

 

[Voltz]

doesn't the person who wrote this http://northpeel.com/editorial/article/76822 realize that blue22 will not be passing through brampton and that there are currently 2 CP tracks in addition to the CN in track operation through the weston corridor unlike where this person did his count?

as for the 400+ trains a day, they're not going to all be blue22 trains. they will be a mix of CP freight, CN freight, georgetown GO, a future bolton GO, future blue22 and even a possible HSR from ?windsor? to ?montreal?. did i leave anything out here?

I am pretty sure that 400+ figure also includes Milton and Barrie GO trains, which also don't pass through Brampton. Via as well, none of which will run electric trains for the foreseeable future.