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crs1026 said:
Actually, I have been impressed with how quickly the second platform at Maple came along over the winter. The issue is how the track expansion and the platform construction lines up. It's certainly possible that the track work (which consists of extending the double track north from south of Rutherford to just north of Maple) might be finished by end of summer.

But, even if that happens.... adding track further south is still a ways off, so it's doubtful that service frequency won't be increased in a meaningful way this year.

- Paul
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The second platform was essentially complete last winter though. There has been now been 5 cab boarding for 14 months. Its interesting because Rutherford was a P3 with a fixed and likely aggressive schedule and they did some weird transitions from old platform to new (even a temporary wood platform) to get it complete while this seems like the opposite. Double tracking is important but they are losing at least 1 minute every trip for the extra time boarding/deboarding.
 

GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

So, I was thinking that if the GO 2.0 plan opens up the Midtown line, you could in theory run trains from the Lakeshore West line up to Kipling to join the Midtown line there, right? That way, people on the Lakeshore West line don't have switch at Union to Line 1 to get up to Line 2. I was...
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

So, I was thinking that if the GO 2.0 plan opens up the Midtown line, you could in theory run trains from the Lakeshore West line up to Kipling to join the Midtown line there, right? That way, people on the Lakeshore West line don't have switch at Union to Line 1 to get up to Line 2. I was...
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Aecon consortium reaches commercial close on target price transit project

www.aecon.com www.aecon.com

FCC consortium reaches commercial close on target price transit project - FCCCO

29/01/2025 FCC consortium reaches commercial close on target price transit project Send Print Compartir en Twitter Compartir en Linkedin Compartir en Facebook RSS Compartir en Whatsapp...
www.fccco.com www.fccco.com

I suspected they held back details because metrolinx was prepping an announcement, but hey its metrolinx "its happening" soon LOL
 
generalcanada said:

GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

So, I was thinking that if the GO 2.0 plan opens up the Midtown line, you could in theory run trains from the Lakeshore West line up to Kipling to join the Midtown line there, right? That way, people on the Lakeshore West line don't have switch at Union to Line 1 to get up to Line 2. I was...
urbantoronto.ca urbantoronto.ca
and

GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

So, I was thinking that if the GO 2.0 plan opens up the Midtown line, you could in theory run trains from the Lakeshore West line up to Kipling to join the Midtown line there, right? That way, people on the Lakeshore West line don't have switch at Union to Line 1 to get up to Line 2. I was...
urbantoronto.ca urbantoronto.ca

Aecon consortium reaches commercial close on target price transit project

www.aecon.com www.aecon.com

FCC consortium reaches commercial close on target price transit project - FCCCO

29/01/2025 FCC consortium reaches commercial close on target price transit project Send Print Compartir en Twitter Compartir en Linkedin Compartir en Facebook RSS Compartir en Whatsapp...
www.fccco.com www.fccco.com

I suspected they held back details because metrolinx was prepping an announcement, but hey its metrolinx "its happening" soon LOL
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The linked press releases are for commercial close on the SSE SRS contract.
 
Bojaxs said:
With the existing fleet? I asked that same question awhile ago on this forum and the response I got was that it doesn't really. The switch to concrete ties is for reduced maintenance costs since they typically last longer than wooden ties.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge on this subject can give you a better response.
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CN has been putting concrete ties in as well in strategic areas mostly around sharp curves. The area all through Parry Sound is concrete ties now. Though no speed limits have been raised
 
April 30
@crs1026 there is currently a 4 track signal bridge east of Logan with the 2 tracks in service where they are plan to be east of Pape to the Don. The signal bridge is on the curb. If crossovers are to go in, it will be on the south side of Dundas St or a new block and signals south of Queen St or about around there.

Crew drilling anchor holes on the southside of Queen in preparation for the new pier support for the OL bridge once the old CN bridge is remove this month.

Shooting Eastern Ave, noticed GO trains were 2-4 minutes apart in both directions with a VIA about the same time westbound behind the 2nd GO Train. A eastbound VIA train was 4 minutes behind a GO train a Pape.

More to follow once I get to the photos I shot.
 
This was a good visualization on how it'll speed up the connection. And cool to see the tunneling progress.

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Sauga89 said:
Metrolinx has announced the start of construction on two new logistics hubs, one near Kipling GO at the old Obico yard, and another near Mimico on the south side of the existing Mimico yard. Construction is expected to take 8 months.
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Here is the construction announcement for a third logistics hub. This one is on the Kitchener Line near Islington Ave, to the east of Etobicoke North GO. It has the same 8 month construction timeframe as the other two. For whatever reason, the document wasn't posted to Metrolinx's website until a couple of days after the first two were announced.
 
It says it will cut down the walk from 8 minutes to 2 minutes, but a rough measure on google maps says the roundabout way is 375 metres and the direct way is 165 metres. So 44% as far, doesn't sound like it will cut the walk to a quarter of the time. But avoiding going outside is a major benefit a lot of the time, especially with luggage.
 
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