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Neptis' Review of Metrolinx's Big Move

Solid Snake said:
BRT can be implemented very fast on both Sheppard and Finch. I think there is time for Metrolinx to go back to the drawing board for the elevated eastern part of Eglinton while the boring machines are at Keele at the moment. How many years will it take for the machines to make it to Laird?
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Boring begins separately at Laird and ends at Yonge. Contract was given sometime in November and digging starts at Laird next year.
 
Oh, and THIS!

It is stated that as the ALRT Mark 1 vehicles “are no longer manufactured,” the line must be rebuilt to accommodate the larger Mark 2 vehicles. This is not correct. Transit cars are all “built to order,” and while there can be cost synergies in combining with another order, trains are not build on continuous assembly lines like cars or planes. Toronto’s replacement streetcars are a special design, to match the geometry of Toronto’s tracks. Certainly, TTC could procure replacement cars of the size and
performance of the Mark 1 cars, if it wished to avoid the cost of rebuilding stations and curves. The cost per car would probably be higher, but total project cost might well be less. There is no evidence TTC or Metrolinx has considered this option, or enquired with Bombardier whether they would be prepared to build additional cars to the Mark 1 dimensions. The BCA notes that the line would need to be closed for at least 8 months for rebuilding. While it may make sense to upgrade the line for the larger Mark 2 cars, for other reasons, replacement with new cars built to the Mark 1 size could avoid any need to close the line down.
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WislaHD said:
Boring begins separately at Laird and ends at Yonge. Contract was given sometime in November and digging starts at Laird next year.
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Thank god the part from Black Creek to Laird will hopefully be guaranteed to have some form of underground transit when digging starts at Laird!
 
If the need arises on Eglinton to eventually switch from LRT to Subway, would it be possible to order a subway train with specs that allow it to operate in the tunnel that's currently under construction?
 
TFC said:
If the need arises on Eglinton to eventually switch from LRT to Subway, would it be possible to order a subway train with specs that allow it to operate in the tunnel that's currently under construction?
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Yes and no.

A subway train can fit in the tunnels without any problem. But tunnels will need to be modified to support third rail power collection and stations will have to have platform height increased
 
Response from Metrolinx:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tra...gainst_critical_neptis_foundation_report.html

I like one thing they said:

"We have to listen carefully to the community and what their interests and concerns are and be responsive to them"

Sure it's easy to sit on the sides and say stops should be removed but try and actually remove them and see what happens. As we saw with Oakwood and Leslie, it ain't easy.
 
Adjei said:
Sure it's easy to sit on the sides and say stops should be removed but try and actually remove them and see what happens. As we saw with Oakwood and Leslie, it ain't easy.
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And Ferrand too. Lets hope we at least lose some surface stops in the Scarborough section.
 
I agree with others here:

-Keep Eglinton as light rail, omit several stops, then have the line elevated in its eastern portion (with the money coming from FWLRT and SELRT). If Don Mills ends up getting LRT from Eglinton to Markham, the vehicle sharing/interlining opportunity would be beneficial.

-Keep the Scarb Subway, strictly for political and social reasons (i.e - Scarb deserves a subway because downtown has them).

-Use any leftover FWLRT/SELRT funds as DRL seed money.
 
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Any additional downtown GO stops should be interchange with a subway station for convenience and to free up Union. Meaning a need for a DRL for that reason alone.

Maybe adjust to the RH GO line to be less squiggly and have an interchange at Broadview or something.
 
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