Aplus23
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So grade separations leads to faster times and more frequency and so forth n so forth correct? This is why we are doing this correct?
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Aplus23
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How come they all don't have 3 tracks ?
smallspy
Senior Member
That claim was made, and thoroughly debunked. Tighter curves exist on the subway network, as do larger grades.
The only advantage of the new line is the fact that it will operate on 1500Vdc, and thus require fewer substations. But at the cost of not being able to fully integrate with the TTC's existing 600Vdc distribution system.
Dan
KhalilHeron
Active Member
Scarborough Golf Club and Poplar were permanently deferred but Morningside and Galloway were still on the table I believe. There were a few crews doing survey work for the morningside crossing in the past two years that they handed out flyers to neighbours for. I believe the plan for poplar road now is cloaing the road and building a pedestrian crossing
Corridor narrows from 3 tracks to 2 past galloway (right after guildwood go) and is two tracks for rest of the line
crs1026
Superstar
It will be interesting to see how those crossings fare with the newly announced 10 minute peak headways…. That’s a lot of crossing activations per hour.
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dowlingm
Senior Member
Grade separations (solely from the rail perspective - clearly there are also significant benefits to road users on lines frequent service) eliminate the potential for vehicle incursion and lengthy service suspension (before we get into damage repair, on board injuries and employee trauma) when a train smashes into it. It also simplifies signalling since detection equipment and signal heads can be removed and their maintenance cost zeroed.
Poplar Road being retooled into a pedestrian/cycleway reflects the reality that if a rail line is not sufficiently porous people will try to cross it nothwithstanding the danger.
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
Speaking of Danforth station, there's a petition to get them to add a walkway from the north platform, along the west-side of Main Street to Stephenson Avenue. Which is surprisingly lacking, I realized when I walked in that way once.
Safer Access to Danforth GO — Build a Sidewalk Path from Stephenson Ave - Online petition
Residents accessing the Danforth GO Station from Stephenson Avenue face unsafe conditions every day. The only current access involves unlit stairs and crossing busy traffic without a safe pedestrian crossing nearby. This creates serious risks for commuters, families, seniors, and anyone...www.openpetition.org
The last information session for the station early works is tonight (4 pm to 8 pm). I was there a couple of weeks ago - they were a bit cagey about the station details, though they did say there was a lot of unhappiness at closing the tunnel for 2 years for construction (which does seem unnecessary, given how they've mostly kept the tunnel open at Exhibition station despite MUCH more extensive construction.
They did hint that they were considering a kiss-and-ride at the foot of Dawes Road (opening up a new entrance to the platform there). And made me aware of the petition.
This has been an ongoing complaint. I'll never understand what MX has against secondary entrances.
There is a satellite parking lot at DC Oshawa go that is mere meters from the west end of the platform., but instead passengers must make a long (1+km?) walk around the station to enter
Northern Light
Superstar
There was a walkway in this location when I was a child.
It was made exit only at one point (turnstiles if I recall) if I recollect correctly this was the result of an assault having taken place and the area being very isolated (between the bridge and the hydro facility.
At some point later it was eliminated entirely.
Safer Access to Danforth GO — Build a Sidewalk Path from Stephenson Ave - Online petition
Residents accessing the Danforth GO Station from Stephenson Avenue face unsafe conditions every day. The only current access involves unlit stairs and crossing busy traffic without a safe pedestrian crossing nearby. This creates serious risks for commuters, families, seniors, and anyone...
The last information session for the station early works is tonight (4 pm to 8 pm). I was there a couple of weeks ago - they were a bit cagey about the station details, though they did say there was a lot of unhappiness at closing the tunnel for 2 years for construction (which does seem unnecessary, given how they've mostly kept the tunnel open at Exhibition station despite MUCH more extensive construction.
They did hint that they were considering a kiss-and-ride at the foot of Dawes Road (opening up a new entrance to the platform there). And made me aware of the petition.
Closing the tunnel, unless a new one is added first, should be a non-starter.
I like the idea of a PPUDO at Dawes with station entrance, but if you do that, then anyone going eastbound would have to walk almost to Main to go under the tracks. Putting a tunnel towards Dawes would make a lot of sense.
Sauga89
Active Member
smallspy
Senior Member
No different than the 4 expresses and 2 locals per hour they used to run pre-COVID.
Dan