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I would prefer they retain a portion of the guideway as a linear park/walk and turn one of the elevated stations into a mini museum on the RT. They could also retain one of the trains at the station for viewing. Unlikely to happen but would be nice if Toronto cared about retaining parts of history at some point than just tearing everything down.
 
asey20 said:
I would prefer they retain a portion of the guideway as a linear park/walk and turn one of the elevated stations into a mini museum on the RT. They could also retain one of the trains at the station for viewing. Unlikely to happen but would be nice if Toronto cared about retaining parts of history at some point than just tearing everything down.
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A mini-museum would probably not be sustainable, but conserving enough of the hardware from the guideway is very appropriate as the propulsion technology is so unique. Hopefully a major. museum such as Rockwood will receive plenty of artifacts and things when the teardown happens and will be able to support a longstanding exhibit of these.

Another relevant home might be the Science Center on Don Mills. Oh, wait...

- Paul
 
The at-grade portion would be useful to expand the Stouffville line further, even if that's not needed in the near future. A third track would enable express trains. The extra capacity could also be used by HFR if it ever happens and uses that route.
 
just east of the creek said:
Forget the park. Google the Adelaide Bus O’Bahn (Adelaide Australia) and ask yourself why that could not be done in Toronto?
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The design can be borrowed. However, will any bus routes benefit from diverting to a relatively short r.o.w. corridor half-way between Ellesmere and Sheppard?

For example, an Ellesmere express bus .. it could run faster between McCowan and Midland using the guideway r.o.w., but that gain would be offset by the need to spend time on 4 additional turns.
 
There is a report on the subject of this thread to the next meeting of Executive Ctte:


While further, follow-on reports are recommended, the gist is clear enough, City staff recommend the substantive removal of the elevated portion of the SRT and do not suggest it be retained for adaptive re-use. They are open to retaining a very small segment as a commemoration or such, subject to further study.

The City will consider retaining some of the ROW, particularly those parcels it owns, for possible use as public parkland or mid-block connections or multi-use path at-grade.

A few excerpts below, for the details, follow the link above:

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Admittedly, this posting is a little provocative. Let's not forget the Sheppard Extension. Three snips from the most recent consultation.


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Brimley/Triton, to refresh memories, is where there was talk of an infill station on the RT a couple of decades back.

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And recall this image posted by denfromoakvillemilton on June 20.

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So while I don't think this is a very likely outcome, Metrolinx may still be tossing around the idea of reusing some of the RT ROW and even the elevated structure. I believe Michael Schabas first came out with this idea in his concept of rebuilding Sheppard and the RT into a unified system, which I still think was a viable and cost-effective option.
 
While riding the GO today I noticed that while the track materials and third rail have all been lifted along the SRT, all of the signalling cable remains in place. Now that the line is not operating, that struck me as a thief’s windfall. There must be a lot of copper along the line. Perhaps those cables remain needed for telemetry etc…. But there’s a reason why one puts copper at the top of tall poles!
Not advocating anything inappropriate - it just struck me as a surprise that this hasn’t been addressed in some way.
Ps - oddly, in places the track lights are still on. That can’t be cheap on a 24/7 basis.

- Paul
 
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robmausser said:
Im curious why they sheared off the rail tie supports and left the concrete bed. Are they honestly going to just pour the asphalt road over this surface? I'm surprised that its suited for that purpose and not in need of replacement after 40 years.
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The supports for the tie plates are not cast as part of the concrete base. They are cast-in-place as part of the rail installation process, and can (and likely will) be sheared off as part of the prep for paving the base.

So long as there has been no water intrusion into it, and therefore the rebar is still in good shape, there's no reason why the base can't be used with a layer of paving over top of it.

Dan
 
I'll stick this here:

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I'll stick this here:

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I think you intended to put this in a different thread? Danforth-Mosaic BIA is nowhere near the former Scarborough RT route. ;)
 
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