Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx
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asher__jo
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I have no objections with the alignment, but feel like it was a missed opportunity to put the terminus station between exhibition and Kennedy GO.
kotsy
Senior Member
Exhibition TBM update from today:
We've cut the first cutter head on site now (behind the red mobile crane)
Exhibition station footings are happening on the North side and looks like where the new GO platform is being built.
We've cut the first cutter head on site now (behind the red mobile crane)
Exhibition station footings are happening on the North side and looks like where the new GO platform is being built.
unrealestate
Active Member
The Finch opening had me depressed and uninterested in transit development. Line 5 being surprisingly good and quite transformational has me hyped again. Very much looking forward to watching this progress. The next few years should be fun with the impacts becoming very visible; stations being built up, don valley and don river bridges, etc..
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81-717
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Line 2 in 2030 has me more hyped than any of those other developments.
crs1026
Superstar
Looks like the long trailing portion of the TBM is already placed, and now the cutting end has to be assembled and lowered into the pit.
Very cool shots.
- Paul
Vanalla
Active Member
Exhibition Station is about to be a multi-modal paradise, especially with the airport a stone's throw away. Could be a smaller version of Amsterdam-Schiphol if we execute correctly, allowing intermodal transfer between streetcar, subway, regional rail, buses, cycle roads, short haul air travel, and maybe some VIA activity? Would LOVE to see a secondary CBD crop up around this node, even moreso than the amount of office space currently at play in Liberty Village.
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kotsy
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Space Gary
New Member
Looks like the first shield section of the TBM is in the shaft, great progress.
JasonParis
Moderator
Mx has let me know to possibly be ready for Friday now.
A 6264
Active Member
Plans for the Scarborough Subway extension and Scarborough Busway keep changing. I'm finding it hard to keep up! There is not much activity happening on the subway extension and busway threads, so I'll ask some questions here, because they affect OL too.
First question: "Wither Line 3?"
Originally, the Line 3 designation was to be retired. Then it was reassigned to the Ontario Line, and Wikipedia still says OL will be Line 3. (And so does the title of this UT thread!)
Then the TTC decided to call the busway Line 3 as well, since it was only supposed to be used until 2030, the original opening target date for the Scarborough Subway extension to Bloor / Danforth, and also for OL.
As I understand it, the target date of 2030 for the subway extension has been rescinded, and currently there is no target date for it.
Now it has been announced the busway will be permenant as a local route to run alongside Scarborough Subway after the latter opens.
Currently, the TTC's page for the busway still calls it line 3, and as far as I can tell, they do not have a page about OL.
Metrolinx does have a page for OL, but they do not mention a line number.
So... there there is no longer a plan to call OL Line 3, and no new number has been assigned?
Have I got anything wrong here?
Second question: "Wither Lawrence East Station?"
The original plan was to reuse the Lawrence East Station name as a new station on the Scarborough Subway extension. But now they are reopening the old station under its old name, according to TTC's website. I doubt both stations will have the same name, but since the TTC's site shows the old name on the busway map, to open in September, it suggests that name has been firmly decided, so the subway extension station will need to be assigned a new name. But nobody's saying anything about that. Any ideas?
First question: "Wither Line 3?"
Originally, the Line 3 designation was to be retired. Then it was reassigned to the Ontario Line, and Wikipedia still says OL will be Line 3. (And so does the title of this UT thread!)
Then the TTC decided to call the busway Line 3 as well, since it was only supposed to be used until 2030, the original opening target date for the Scarborough Subway extension to Bloor / Danforth, and also for OL.
As I understand it, the target date of 2030 for the subway extension has been rescinded, and currently there is no target date for it.
Now it has been announced the busway will be permenant as a local route to run alongside Scarborough Subway after the latter opens.
Currently, the TTC's page for the busway still calls it line 3, and as far as I can tell, they do not have a page about OL.
Metrolinx does have a page for OL, but they do not mention a line number.
So... there there is no longer a plan to call OL Line 3, and no new number has been assigned?
Have I got anything wrong here?
Second question: "Wither Lawrence East Station?"
The original plan was to reuse the Lawrence East Station name as a new station on the Scarborough Subway extension. But now they are reopening the old station under its old name, according to TTC's website. I doubt both stations will have the same name, but since the TTC's site shows the old name on the busway map, to open in September, it suggests that name has been firmly decided, so the subway extension station will need to be assigned a new name. But nobody's saying anything about that. Any ideas?
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81-717
Active Member
Not surprised at all. On the plus side, this means there shouldn't be a train shortage when the new cars start arriving in 2030 that'll necessitate keeping the old ones longer than they should.
crs1026
Superstar
Great images, as usual. Good to see so much getting done.
I am going to fire my financial planner, though. Apparently I missed the stock tip about investing in whoever makes those orange tarpaulins.
- Paul
hawc
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Smiffy
Active Member
I'm planning on getting some drone photos of lower don crossing bridge, cut and cover tunnel portal, and the rail corridor tomorrow. Wish me luck!