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Metrolinx: Other Items (catch all)

New MERX tender, looks like Metrolinx is soliciting interest in sponsored names at Whitby, Exhibition, Clarkson, and Oakville GO stations.

Metrolinx is accepting Expressions of Interest for Station Naming Rights Opportunity

Now see..

If only they had done Ajax...

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New MERX tender, looks like Metrolinx is soliciting interest in sponsored names at Whitby, Exhibition, Clarkson, and Oakville GO stations.

Metrolinx is accepting Expressions of Interest for Station Naming Rights Opportunity
So on the one hand they pay consultants to name stations, and on the other hand they want to sell station naming rights? Makes perfect sense to me: give out money on the one hand, then beg to receive money on the other.

Honestly what the hell is going on?
 
This is misleading. There may have been tracks here 100 years ago but those areas have long since been redeveloped.

Some have, many have not.

Can you imagine running trains through Downtown Niagara Falls

Very much so, this ROW is almost entirely in tact. The only built-over part I'm aware of is the Casino.

That's not to say I'm sold on that as a priority investment. There are countless other choices/priorities many of which have higher ridership potential and few obstacles.

In the case of Niagara, the ROW from the west still has tracks to within a very close distance of the casino.

The greater challenge would lie to the east where the track literally weaves between homes and such; certainly, I can imagine many an objection to relaying the tracks across trail, or through someone's backyard.

On that side of the Falls, the case for an LRT running from the VIA station is probably better, on a different alignment.

But again, there are many investments that would be preferable before getting there.

Edit to add: This is the ROW leading into downtown Niagara from the Welland side:

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The last white dot at the bottom of the picture is where the tracks stop. The ROW runs ~600M in tact before hitting the Fallsview Casino.

Subsequently, it continues intact for 1.6km where it crosses Victoria Avenue in the heart of Niagara's tourist district.
 
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I hope one of the rail people here knows the answer to this question that's been puzzling me for a few weeks.

In a recent ad, PNR Railworks were listing the types of assets that they maintain on Metrolinx's behalf. The list included a single WILD (wheel impact load detector). This was a surprise to me: I didn't think there was a WILD on Metrolinx territory. Does anybody know where it is?

I don't think it's on the Oakville or Kingston Subs because CN has them on their side (just west of Burlington West and around Oshawa), nor would it make sense to have one on the Newmarket or Uxbridge Subs because they're dead ends. Is there one on the Bala sub that's left over from CN? Is there one on the GO sub that I missed? Would they really install one on the 3+ track Weston Sub ($$)?
 
Most of the Humber Loop for the Belt Line Railway (1892-1894) is gone. See link.

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The right-of-way became roads or laneways or backyards. The western part of the Humber Loop could have been used today for a western extension of the Ontario Line. The eastern part of the Humber Loop could be used for the western extension of the Ontario Line, if UPX and Ontario Line are merged.
 
Some have, many have not.



Very much so, this ROW is almost entirely in tact. The only built-over part I'm aware of is the Casino.

That's not to say I'm sold on that as a priority investment. There are countless other choices/priorities many of which have higher ridership potential and few obstacles.

In the case of Niagara, the ROW from the west still has tracks to within a very close distance of the casino.

The greater challenge would lie to the east where the track literally weaves between homes and such; certainly, I can imagine many an objection to relaying the tracks across trail, or through someone's backyard.

On that side of the Falls, the case for an LRT running from the VIA station is probably better, on a different alignment.

But again, there are many investments that would be preferable before getting there.

Edit to add: This is the ROW leading into downtown Niagara from the Welland side:

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The last white dot at the bottom of the picture is where the tracks stop. The ROW runs ~600M in tact before hitting the Fallsview Casino.

Subsequently, it continues intact for 1.6km where it crosses Victoria Avenue in the heart of Niagara's tourist district.
That ROW goes all the way to Fort Erie. I'm not sure if there is any ridership to be had from a line connecting Niagara Falls to Fort Erie but the bulk of the corridor remains so we could build an interurban line using LRV's along it if we were so inclined. The ROW is also quite straight outside of Niagara Falls so no reason trains couldn't operate above 100km/h between Niagara and Fort Erie.

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Most of the Humber Loop for the Belt Line Railway (1892-1894) is gone. ...

The right-of-way became roads or laneways or backyards. The western part of the Humber Loop could have been used today for a western extension of the Ontario Line. The eastern part of the Humber Loop could be used for the western extension of the Ontario Line, if UPX and Ontario Line are merged.
Gosh, I never knew about that Humber loop. Walking around the Lessard Park neighbourhood, particularly to the north, I always thought there was something very odd about the street/lane layout - but I hadn't put 2+2 together.
 

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