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hw621
Senior Member
Those poles and wires are a mess...
cplchanb
Senior Member
i agree that the poles themselves could be trimmed down in height but what youre seeing is a skewed optical illusion. its actually not that bad when you go in person and you look at it from the side.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Steve X
Senior Member
That photo you see 3km away.
kotsy
Senior Member
That's what I thought. Makes it look like it's a construction zone lol
cplchanb
Senior Member
case in point its all about perspective:
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the famous japanese roller coaster bridge isnt actually abnormally steep at all when looked from the side.
syn
Senior Member
ARG1
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Rainforest
Senior Member
This is unfortunate. 
Maybe we can't blame the builders if the cause of this delay is the need to repair structural defects of the existing Yonge/Eglinton station structure. That problem could not be planned for or even discovered before the ECLRT construction began.
The absence of the proper Yonge-Eglinton interchange will result in some very weird transfers involving buses. Let's hope this situation will last for months not years.
Maybe we can't blame the builders if the cause of this delay is the need to repair structural defects of the existing Yonge/Eglinton station structure. That problem could not be planned for or even discovered before the ECLRT construction began.
The absence of the proper Yonge-Eglinton interchange will result in some very weird transfers involving buses. Let's hope this situation will last for months not years.
cplchanb
Senior Member
i would welcome this. To hold everything back because of 1 station is short sighted given how desperately we need the service to start. they could run more 34 short turn buses temporarily to cope with the influx on the bordering stations
toronto647
Active Member
To be honest personally I am overjoyed by this news. Looking at it the half cup full approach at least the Eglinton Lrt will open partially in early 2022 and fully in late 2022. I was expecting them to announce a delay into 2023 lol TBH anything before September 2023 is a blessing as thats whats I am still guessing as the full operational opening. (who knows what other delays will happen and problems during the testing phase)
Northern Light
Superstar
Lets note here that Metrolinx has not accepted the new schedule yet.
So whether or not this is what happens can be filed as TBD.
I'm not certain myself on whether opening the east segment; east of Yonge, makes sense w/o a proper transfer in place. Assuming buses are withdrawn to a large degree, that could make for some pretty chaotic transfers; and the intersection could be a worse mess than it has been during construction.
I'm not sure off--hand where the cross-overs are; but the option of running service that would likely be bound for Eglinton West/Cedarvale earlier sounds reasonable to me.
Running service that is bound for Eglinton, but w/passengers not able to make a clean transfer (or perhaps not egress at all) seems questionable.
Lets keep in mind, that TTC is supposed to staff those trains; and the staff will have to come off the bus network; so its unclear to me how many surplus staff the TTC would have to run overlapping services.
So whether or not this is what happens can be filed as TBD.
I'm not certain myself on whether opening the east segment; east of Yonge, makes sense w/o a proper transfer in place. Assuming buses are withdrawn to a large degree, that could make for some pretty chaotic transfers; and the intersection could be a worse mess than it has been during construction.
I'm not sure off--hand where the cross-overs are; but the option of running service that would likely be bound for Eglinton West/Cedarvale earlier sounds reasonable to me.
Running service that is bound for Eglinton, but w/passengers not able to make a clean transfer (or perhaps not egress at all) seems questionable.
Lets keep in mind, that TTC is supposed to staff those trains; and the staff will have to come off the bus network; so its unclear to me how many surplus staff the TTC would have to run overlapping services.
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NoahB
Active Member
They might actually be able to get away with asking people to transfer at street level. It is a major inconvenience, sure, but the ride to there will be much more comfortable than the bus (as well as the potholed roads)
From The Star article linked above:
It might not be easy to terminate the route at Cedarvale because the crossover apparently is after the station. I doubt that they will phase the line in segments if all segments are ready except the stations. Trains can bypass the incomplete stations and the city will have to continue running busses on the route until construction is complete.
For the crossovers I found this on the crosstown page:
From The Star article linked above:
Otherwise, if the station is completely closed, then it would have a cumbersome bus transfer that nobody will find acceptable compared to a single bus to Yonge.
It might not be easy to terminate the route at Cedarvale because the crossover apparently is after the station. I doubt that they will phase the line in segments if all segments are ready except the stations. Trains can bypass the incomplete stations and the city will have to continue running busses on the route until construction is complete.
For the crossovers I found this on the crosstown page:
Northern Light
Superstar
TY for that post.
So its very feasible to run an Avenue to Mt. Dennis service in the west, and leave the buses in the east until Eglinton is ready.