Recent content by drum118

It needs to be to Steeles to help to take pressure off Line 1 some what.. Going to Sheppard will not help Line 4 but will help Finch a lot more.

Line 5 Eglinton set to open Sunday; TTC reminds customers about multiple boarding points along the line February 6, 2026 The TTC has released scheduled train departure times for Line 5 Eglinton ahead of the start of service this Sunday morning. With strong public interest expected throughout...

A lot of UT member will be long gone and will miss the ride when this sucker starts service in 2050. The cost is out of hand considering TTC used to say it cost $50 million per km for a double track ROW. The portal will cost more than the $50 million. It shows how much is been eaten up for the...

Yes you will go though the loop one way or another once its in service. That is why there has to be a wye at Burnhamthorpe like there is a wye at the 403 flat area between the bridge and the two elevated sections. Until the loop was approved for construction in January 2024 as well yesterday...

To be very bunt, the loop is a joke and have oppose it since day one and still do for a number of reasons. Moving the line from Duke of York to Confederation is the right choice as it will service Parkside Village that is still 10-15 years from completion as well M City that maybe 10-15 years...

You can build the airport extension easy but not cheap before a transit hub surface. You tunnel under the airport to a spot close to where it would be the best location to service. Depending on the location for the extraction of the TBM, it may end up just been burying the TBM just past the...

Why is it that Ontario has a problem with LRT Lines while the rest of NA doesn't?? There are systems in the US that make no sense why they exist in the first place. Norfolk VA, Buffalo, Washington DC and Cincinnati come to mind. Washington DC is shutting down this year.

LRT loop in downtown core of Mississauga is a go: Ontario premier

While fixing photos shot in 2012, I fill in missing info and streaming tags with two things jump out at me for them. All LRT tracks I have seen in Europe Have a groove rail system something TTC had until there was no supplier in NA who produce them. TTC gets special ones for switches from X...

Sprinkler pipe bursts at Mount Dennis station days before opening, video shows

The only problem with these battery power trains that they are single level. I have yet to see and hear anything about double deck trains. What would the headways be for all lines for GO system with they went with single level trains not only today, but down the road?? What would the length be...

Better to have a design in place for the Western Yard encase funds show up down the road from all levels than starting design work when funding announce It will save years getting the yard built once funding is found with construction starting sooner than later.

Wait tell TTC meeting on Tuesday to hear when considering all other other levels have said Feb 8 with TTC notices posted at various stop for Feb 8

Been fixings tags and streamlining photos shot over the year as well adding more info to them. While working on Marseille France transit photos, I check to see what the LRV's were and surprised they were Bombardier Flexity Outlook not the Alstom cars I thought they were at the time. I shot a...

There was talks years ago about a south platform for LSW to deal with the removal of bridges as well building the new ones and has die.