Paleo
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Your problem are going to be the stations - I don't think there is room for more than 3 cars.
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Station boxes were going to be 60 metres long with additional reserved space if I remember correctly from the diagrams.
Your problem are going to be the stations - I don't think there is room for more than 3 cars.
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So you could do a 4-car HRT.Your problem are going to be the stations - I don't think there is room for more than 3 cars.
I'm sure it's been discussed in this thread; but is there an overall consensus about using an elevated Eglinton Crosstown between the valley and Kennedy?
Edit: Nvm. Read over the older pages. Looks like people have a similar idea of what's most optimal in the lower density sections. Shame our mayor is really limiting things to being tunneled.
Well, the development near Leslie has a picture of the LRT on it, and their website still has the old TC LRT map.It is because of the subway, not because of the lrt. Subway always has more impact.
Yes, well-drilling contractors are often used for soil sampling. Same procedure, except you fill in the hole after, instead of installing a well.I see a bunch of spots on Eglinton with these trucks with tall metal scaffolding forming a vertical square column. Also I see trucks with well digging logos on them.
Are these the ones doing the soil sampling?
Toronto's choice of using LRT, the most expensive option available between subway, SkyTrain, and monorail, had nothing to do with Toronto and everything to do with Thunder Bay.
Even Ford would love to be able to say Eglinton is getting a real subway as opposed to a tunneled LRT but Queen's Park would have none of it. Those LRT trains are being built in Thunder Bay and that meant real jobs for that depressed area. This was an election year and everyone knew that McGuinty wwould not get the cakewalk he did in the last 2 elections and he needed every seat available.
Now that the election is over Queen's Park may be willing to change their technology choice. As long as Bombardier gets the same size contract I can't imagine them bitching too much as no manufacturing of the LRT trains will begin for years.
Dumb question perhaps... any mention of the upgradeability to HRT? is it still not upgradeable as in early bozo-tramsit-city-plans?
Because that capacity is not needed. It also limits future extensions. Imagine how much easier it would be to extend Sheppard if it wasn't HRT technology.100 meter {roughly 3 LRT trains} of subway has higher capacity than LRT as does 100 meter SkyTrain or monorail trains. If you are going to build 100 meter stations then why not build the systems with the highest capacity and get the most bang for your buck?