Transportfan
Senior Member
Hadn't seen the updated Google satellite imagery recently.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6672756,-79.4595064,561m/data=!3m1!1e3
The 3D imagery has been updated?
Hadn't seen the updated Google satellite imagery recently.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6672756,-79.4595064,561m/data=!3m1!1e3
"The Union Pearson Express will run every half hour instead of every 15 minutes"
At first I thought this was a permanent change because so few people are using it. It turns out that this is only temporary due to construction.
This will allow GO 10/12 car trains to use all car there compare to 5/6 using the east platform while it being extended. Only got 7 trains to worry about at best at peak time and no big deal. They will swap tracks 1 & 2 at the Humber crossover block.The interesting part of the press announcement is that supposedly westbound UPX will begin using Bloor's north platform and GO will use the middle platform. That's an actual change in how the line is dispatched - it will be interesting to see how this works.
- Paul
The 3D imagery has been updated?
Depends on location. I've seen back to the 1940s in some locations - though not Ontario! Which means I'm off-topic and should be discussed in http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/google-maps-toronto-in-3d.20905/Better yet, you can use the historic imagery tab and view imagery dating back to 2002.
That is in deed tight and it starts at the south end of the station itself. That is why I said the bridge may have to be shifted to the east or a real tight slow speed curve to get to the track position for the UPX Platform, let alone GO Platform.This looks a little tight too, doesn't it? The way the bridge is aligned, I'm not 100% the lightbox is outside the train dynamic envelope...
This looks a little tight too, doesn't it? The way the bridge is aligned, I'm not 100% the lightbox is outside the train dynamic envelope...
This is the best shot I think I have shot from Dundas overpass and tracks will not be an issue from what I see up to the Bloor bridge.The deck of the bridge is 15 feet wide or more. No, the lightbox is no where near the dynamic envelope of any train until you start trying to fit high-wides on there (which wouldn't fit on any of the platform tracks, in any event).
Depending on how the tracks are aligned to the south of the bridge and station, they may not even need a PSO there. If they do, it would be due to a lack of tangent track between the reverse curves.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.