[nightstreak]

...that's scarily deep, deep.

I recall going down into a cavernous station in the London Underground, you go down super long escalators but I think it's maybe one or two. In Toronto, you're going to have to take 4 escalators to transfer up from the Ontario Line platform to the Yonge line platform, 5 escalators to get up to the Eaton Centre lower level, 6 escalators to get to/from street level — six!!!

I hope they have a ton of elevator redundancy because if you have mobility issues and the elevators break down as often as they do in today's TTC, then you might as well bring a tent and live down there, because there's no way up. I was in crutches after a surgery once and it was difficult to ride an escalator so I relied on elevators. Throughout those 3 months, I became hyper aware of how often elevators were broken. Line 1 stations are shallow enough that I sometimes just hopped up the stairs. That's not happening here.

 

[nightstreak]

April 11

This thing has finally come to life. It seemed like they had a single guy with a shovel for months at a time. This bridge is going to be a fun subway construction spotting location for the next few years — unless Hudson's Bay shuts down . Or unless they put up a tent. So far, the messaging from Metrolinx places a tent on the east site. There's only mention of a gantry crane on the west site, which will theoretically move across the site from about James Street to Yonge.

 

[drum118]

This thing has finally come to life. It seemed like they had a single guy with a shovel for months at a time. This bridge is going to be a fun subway construction spotting location for the next few years — unless Hudson's Bay shuts down . Or unless they put up a tent. So far, the messaging from Metrolinx places a tent on the east site. There's only mention of a gantry crane on the west site, which will theoretically move across the site from about James Street to Yonge.

Depending on HBC, that bridge will be a shooting gallery for the building of the station. I have photos from the bridge before construction had started and when things of interests are taking place.

I see CF has name the bridge after one of their Architects who was with them for 49 years from my last visited.

 

[nightstreak]

Depending on HBC, that bridge will be a shooting gallery for the building of the station. I have photos from the bridge before construction had started and when things of interests are taking place.

As long as they don't put up a tent we'll have a front row seat to this station's complex build. The construction site for this station is so extensive and isn't around residences that they might skip a tent here. The east site is next to St. Michael's Hospital, which explains the acoustic tent. Steve Munro also says in one of his blog posts that the station will be decked over after the dig has reached a certain depth, though that depth is not specified. I guess, enjoy the view while we have it.

 

[kotsy]

I've got potentially bad news, gang. They have plans to put up at least one tent for Queen Station construction. Only the East site (between Yonge and Queen) has been announced so far, but I can imagine they'll be doing the same for the West site when they announce the upcoming work. I hope I'm wrong!

The following slide was taken from this presentation.

We'll probably know more about the West site at the open house this coming Thursday.

 

[Frankietls]

As long as they don't put up a tent we'll have a front row seat to this station's complex build. The construction site for this station is so extensive and isn't around residences that they might skip a tent here. The east site is next to St. Michael's Hospital, which explains the acoustic tent. Steve Munro also says in one of his blog posts that the station will be decked over after the dig has reached a certain depth, though that depth is not specified. I guess, enjoy the view while we have it.

There will be a tent, the biggest of them all.

 

[UT69420J]

There will be a tent, the biggest of them all.

So big it'll make the Chernobyl Sarcophagus jealous.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

I found a cross section of the Queen station but it's from very early in the Ontario Line design and likely outdated. But It gives an idea of the layout and depth of the new station.

This is looking north, centred on Yonge Street
View attachment 643510

Did you miss this from one page back?

East-West section cut.
Existing TTC station box is visible under street level.
Lower Queen level, currently abandoned, will be refurbished.
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[nightstreak]

Did you miss this from one page back?

Thanks for highlighting it. I had explored the entire thread and somehow missed that. Looks like it's from a 3D viewing app and part of it is cut out. I wonder if Metrolinx will send it. I've found that their community liaison is responsive to emails but never follow up with the requested information they say they'll reach out to other departments for.

 

[nightstreak]

I've got potentially bad news, gang. They have plans to put up at least one tent for Queen Station construction. Only the East site (between Yonge and Queen) has been announced so far, but I can imagine they'll be doing the same for the West site when they announce the upcoming work. I hope I'm wrong!

The following slide was taken from this presentation.

We'll probably know more about the West site at the open house this coming Thursday.



View attachment 643671

I brought this up earlier because perusing the community notices, there was mention of a gantry crane being installed on the west side (no mention of a tent) while the east site mentions the installation of a tent and a gantry crane. The tent would need to be quite long, extending from James to Yonge since it'll use a single gantry crane. The Victoria acoustic tent is necessary because of St. Mike's Hospital right next to the excavation site. Noise suppression isn't as critical on the west site with no residential or other noise sensitivity nearby.

 

[Frankietls]

Thanks for highlighting it. I had explored the entire thread and somehow missed that. Looks like it's from a 3D viewing app and part of it is cut out. I wonder if Metrolinx will send it. I've found that their community liaison is responsive to emails but never follow up with the requested information they say they'll reach out to other departments for.

I sincerely beg you not to bring that up to Metrolinx otherwise I'll be potentially cooked.

 

[generalcanada]

and people wonder why we dont get many leakers here LOL

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

and people wonder why we dont get many leakers here LOL

Er...that's not on us though. Folks need to be careful about posting things here if they're under a NDA.

 

[PL1]

Views from the Arcadian Court (8th floor) from this morning.
Edit to add: shooting these through dirty windows, so pardon the quality

 

[nightstreak]

I had an opportunity to ask a few questions at the open house. @kotsy and @drum118 you'll be glad to know that there will not be an acoustic tent on the west site. It’ll be an open pit excavation, though at times it’ll be decked over with steel platforms.

Excavation begins soon, then the station will rise up and will be capped off just below ground level so we’ll see the station being constructed either from The Bay (if they’re still around) or drone footage. Should be fun to watch.