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Do we know what the showstopper is was?

It almost looks like one of the contributing factors of this odd design is a requirement to put a cage around the sides that face the golf course (I can see what looks like a cage on the roof and side facing the golf course, but not the opposite side)

Aren't there already signs saying it will eventually close around 2025?

At Queen they are ALSO installing digital ad signs between the tracks. Sooo, ads everywhere!!

I think the sarcasm went right over your head.

Anyone notice the Presto pucks at the subway stations seem to have been replaced? They only have 4 LED lights now and they seem to be just as fast at detecting my presto card as the original green readers before they were replaced with the pucks

Line 1 and 2 maps (not sure about Line 4) both use the vertical styling at stations so maybe that's something they've decided to be consistent on.

I agree, I'm just saying the new maps they've been installing look terrible with the LED's and I heard that they were going to turn them off. 🤔

I thought the plan was to just shut off the lights? They've been replacing the maps with new maps that don't have transparent holes for the lights.

For those curious this pic shows the cross over just south of St. Clair: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/online-exhibits/web-exhibits/web-exhibits-transportation/the-ttc-100-years-of-moving-toronto/canadas-first-subway-construction-begins/

The plan AFAIK is to turn them off. In fact some of the TRs already have new maps with solid white circles instead (the light can still pass through but it doesn't look great).

Toronto's historical imagery doesn't go back far enough but I think you can see the old path it followed here: http://jpeg2000.eloquent-systems.com/toronto.html?image=ser12/s0012_fl1947_it0018a.jp2

Could be anything really. Could have shifted resources to underground work until the Spring, shifted resources to Yonge/Eglinton, etc

Saying Cedarvale is clear is a bit of a stretch

On downhill sections of track there were timed blocks which are designed to prevent humans from going over the speed limit. The signal would show red with a flashing white light. If the train approached at the correct speed, the signal would turn green or yellow before the train actually reached...