cplchanb
Senior Member
just proves how poor and fragile our rail infrastructure capabilities are as well as ML's poor project management.
and we boast about being a "world class city".........
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and we boast about being a "world class city".........
urbancog
Active Member
It will be weird to open the GO station without the Broadview extension but there will be a small station building on Eastern Ave (south-side) with direct access stairs & elevators to both GO platforms.
Northern Light
Superstar
I imagine they are required by the fire code to have a second point of egress, even if its an emergency exit only. That should be interesting.
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No transit service on Eastern Avenue currently.
No transit service on Broadview south of Queen.
No reason to end up at East Harbour, no one really there to start their trip either.
I have to imagine they'll keep it closed for awhile.
reinventingthewheel
Active Member
From Hatch’s perspective, I think they’re reporting on their delivery milestones. Had a similar contract been executed for Mt. Dennis GO station the contractor would likely have estimated the station was “ready” earlier than the Q4 2025 opening.
As for the later 2029 date of the Broadview extension, I imagine this is coordinated separately with the city for utility tie-ins, traffic signal activation, etc.
As for the later 2029 date of the Broadview extension, I imagine this is coordinated separately with the city for utility tie-ins, traffic signal activation, etc.
smallspy
Senior Member
Well, except....
You don't just drop new control points in willy-nilly like that They have to be integrated in with the rest of the existing system, and that requires someone with a pretty big brain to design and test all the circuits before they even get installed - and then tested again - out in the field. And then making the necessary modifications at head office for the RTCs to be able to operate them. And for a temporary installation? I just can't see it happening.
Honestly, "stretching" the existing Underwood control point to north of the bridge and installing a new (set) of crossovers there would be a lot easier from a design, wiring, logic and operational standpoint, although it would require moving the signal masts and splicing dozens and dozens of wires several hundred feet to new terminations north of where they are today. Oh, and pulling up 500 feet worth of concrete ties in order to put the switches in. And potentially undoing a similar amount of ballast mats.
Not that it's an easy process either. But it strikes me as easier.
Dan
Fervid Corona
New Member
Photos taken yesterday from the Kitchener line GO train:
Woodbine GO:
Resources Road Logistics Hub:
Bloor GO 4th Platform Track:
Bonus pic of the CN equipment still parked at Bramalea:
Does anyone know what the plan is for the Resources Road Logistics Hub? It looks like they've flattened and leveled a big area up on top of the hill and a smaller area at track level. Are they going to be building rail sidings there?
Woodbine GO:
Resources Road Logistics Hub:
Bloor GO 4th Platform Track:
Bonus pic of the CN equipment still parked at Bramalea:
Does anyone know what the plan is for the Resources Road Logistics Hub? It looks like they've flattened and leveled a big area up on top of the hill and a smaller area at track level. Are they going to be building rail sidings there?
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SaugeenJunction
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Great shots. The logistics hub and Woodbine GO are both being delivered by OnXpress and are some of their first GO Expansion projects. Will be interesting to see how they do as a builder.
Vortex112
New Member
Toronto's UP Express is getting a brand-new station
A planned station on the Kitchener GO Rail Line has been axed from the route, but it will still be built to serve an entirely different line. The upc…
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St Clair - Old Weston GO station won’t have any GO platforms, only UPX??? Is this a sign of all day two way Kitchener service being axed?
StreetcarRider
New Member
The Broadview Extension is much longer than just the part that gets to the station.
The first step will go at least to Lakeshore, as set out in the Environmental Assessment.
But streetcars can't run on the new Broadview to the station until they have a place to turn around. The initial loop will probably be around Commissioners, with the redevelopment of the McCleary District. Future ideas exist to send it over the shipping channel on a new bridge, to terminate at the Hearn, but presumably that won't happen until the Hearn is redeveloped.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Ok...I could just as easily put this in the UPX thread....but I'll stick it here first and maybe cross post:
Sauga89
Active Member
The Drury Lane Pedestrian Bridge in Burlington re-opened Friday.