[smallspy]

Why are there VIA trains there? Regular route tracks closed?

Oakville Sub closure due to various trackwork projects and the removal of the Drury Lane pedestrian bridge in Burlington.

Dan

 

[qubyte]

Why are there VIA trains there? Regular route tracks closed?

March 8-9 weekend, Burloak Grade Separation closure of LSW west of Oakville GO due to Burloak. Via tends to detour all of their routes via the Halton and Weston Subdivision during LSW closures. They often stop at odd signal locations along the line, likely due to traffic (few single lane sections from Tansley to Stewarttown). I have seen freight traffic waiting up to an hour in some cases, not sure how operations will be impacted with 4 extra intermodal trains from the hub.

 

[SkylineHorizons]

Why are there VIA trains there? Regular route tracks closed?

*edit disregard, explained above.

 

[ShonTron]

Over the last 15 years, there have been multiple weekend diversions by VIA over the Weston and Halton subs (skipping Oakville) and the Bala and York Subs (skipping Guildwood) due to GO/Metrolinx work. There was even detours via the Newmarket and Halton subs to detour around GO/UPX work in 2013-2014. I’ve sometimes took advantage of these to ride the “rare mileage” and so I have been on the entire York and Halton Subs.

 

[Allandale25]

 

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Lower Base Line Grade Separation opened today, July 14th, 2025.

Progress Photos from Q1 Report:

Photos from June 23 after multiple grass fires due to sparks from a passing train along the CN Halton Subdivision in Milton and Burlington. Resulting in closures of Hwy 407, Appleby Line, Tremaine Road and Upper Middle Road. Appears to be a recurring issue in this stretch of the corridor with multiple fires each year. CN should look into better management of overgrown vegetation in isolated areas, as trains were stopped along this corridor for 6+ hours.

Roads reopen in Burlington and Oakville after smoke from grass fires reduces visibility

All lanes of Highway 407 are reopen in the Burlington and Oakville area after several grass fires produced heavy smoke and caused visibility issues.

www.cp24.com

Trains stopped north and south of the site:

Good progress on the Britannia Access Road Bridge, the bridge abutment has been completed. Deck formwork for the concrete deck indicates preparation for the concrete pouring phase. The retaining wall on the western portion is close to completion:

Grading of the truck access road:

Signs up for work regarding the Britannia Access Road Intersection Construction since May 22:

 

[Transportfan]

I wonder why Lower Baseline was never renamed Eglinton Ave. as Burnhamthorpe, Steeles, etc. were?

 

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I wonder why Lower Baseline was never renamed Eglinton Ave. as Burnhamthorpe, Steeles, etc. were?

Halton didn’t standardize Lower Baseline to Eglinton mainly due to lack of any development in the corridor. Unlike Toronto and Mississauga, which were urbanizing rapidly and needed consistent arterial names for traffic and postal purposes, Halton remained largely rural farmland for much of the 20th century. Roads like Burnhamthorpe and Steeles had hamlets and post offices along their routes in Halton, which helped their names stick. There were no major villages, post offices, or crossroads along Lower Baseline to drive a name change, and the road’s functional role as a local connector didn’t require rebranding. As a result, the old survey-based name stuck, even as Eglinton continued westward in Mississauga.

It was only when Mississauga annexed land from Milton in 2010 that a portion of the road got renamed Eglinton Avenue West, but beyond the city boundary, Halton kept the historic Lower Baseline name.