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Johnny Au said:
Doug Ford:

Having streetcars downtown isn't a war on cars; adding a tax on advertising vehicles that directly use fossil fuels is.

Even a 1% tax on all internal combustion engine car commercials in Ontario would generate enough revenue to fund some large-scale public transit projects.

Oh, and Doug Ford needs to visit Bangkok one day.
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Even though it is off topic, I agree with your comments.
 
KevinT said:
Note the delivery spur at the bottom right corner at 0:26 into the video. I like how even if a freight train were to accidentally get switched into it, it would derail at the end buffer rather than enter the EMSF and wreak havoc. Great design!
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My best guess, freight trains will back a flatcar with a new LRV into the spur in the direction of the blue arrow, then the vehicles will be towed down a ramp into the EMSF along the red arrow:

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hw621 said:
Why doesn't it show the on surface construction east of Science Centre?
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Not much has really be done on the above grade sections in terms of station construction, so there's really nothing to show at this point. Utility reconstruction/relocation is really what has been taking place so far.
 
Streety McCarface said:
I honestly thought they would have been further ahead by now. It doesn't even look like they've really started utility relocation between science centre and Kennedy, and there's still huge amounts of work to be done at all stations. With 2 1/2 years left, I have my doubts, hopefully things go according to plan.
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Surface work is ultimately just a road project; I'm not seeing anything concerning in the timeline yet...
 
Streety McCarface said:
I honestly thought they would have been further ahead by now. It doesn't even look like they've really started utility relocation between science centre and Kennedy, and there's still huge amounts of work to be done at all stations. With 2 1/2 years left, I have my doubts, hopefully things go according to plan.
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The footage used in the video is quite old, dating back to September or so. They had done a reasonable amount of work on the surface sections of the line, and since then they have started putting the final curbs along much of it. They've even dug the trench where the ROW will be built between Pharmacy and Victoria Park.

Dan
 
smallspy said:
The footage used in the video is quite old, dating back to September or so. They had done a reasonable amount of work on the surface sections of the line, and since then they have started putting the final curbs along much of it. They've even dug the trench where the ROW will be built between Pharmacy and Victoria Park.

Dan
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That ROW will be intresting, maybe DoFo will use it as an example of why he hates streetcars and LRTs ??
 
While tracks and catenary at the Mt. Dennis yard is mostly complete, likely the laying of the tracks inside the tunnels will be done by the end of this year (2019), depending on the station conditions. The overhead catenary in the tunnels would follow by in 2020. That would be followed by testing until the opening in 2021. The finishing at the stations would take forever, as any home-buyer knows.
 
Streety McCarface said:
It's not just surface work, some stations haven't seemingly started excavation in areas and concrete pours haven't commenced at many stations.
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This caught my eye also. I'm sure there is still time for that work to happen, but we must be approaching the date where all the station excavations have to be complete.

The really exciting date will be when the tunnel roof is complete throughout, and some of those excavations start getting filled in, so life can return to normal at street level.

I wondered about the status of Cedarvale and Yonge-Eglinton, especially - as these cross the existing Line 1 structure. Any unforeseens or oop's in those locations would be especially painful. And those excavations are not that far along.

- Paul
 
From October 31, 2018, at this link.

...Florin Merauta, chief of railway systems for Metrolinx, said it is a major undertaking involving 47 kilometres of track that will take about three years to complete...
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...Eglinton Crosstown crews first started laying track on the $5.3 billion dollar project in August 2017. They went underground with their track work later that year....
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...The 19-kilometre corridor will include a 10-kilometre underground portion, between Keele Street and Laird Drive...
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...By December 2018, crews are expected to reach the milestone of 10 kilometres of underground track installed. Track will need to be doubled along the entire 19-kilometre corridor to allow for trains to run in both directions....
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...By spring 2019, crews will face a new challenge when special track work begins.

Merauta says that’s when crews will move from their straight-line work to installing switches and crossover pieces.
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...By late 2020, all 47 kilometres of track is scheduled to be installed and test trains will begin running the route.

The Eglinton Crosstown is scheduled to open in 2021.
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