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The first crack is always free.

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Thanks for the warning.

2 long road bridges vs 2 short road bridges and 2 short rail bridges. Either way, there will be bridges built. In an RER world what role will a downtown train yard play? Guaranteed once this area becomes developed Metrolinx will look to monetize this real estate. There's cheaper spots in the...

...or move the rail corridor and bit to the south and raise it a few meters as it crosses the Don. Then the DVP could cross the Don with a couple low bridges and stay at grade as it goes under the rail corridor. The current rail bridge over the Don and DVP looks like it needs some TLC anyway.

I've been saying this same thing for awhile. To this end, I think the SELRT should be at surface on the south side of the road from Consumers to Don Mills. By not tunneling under the 404 a lot of cost would be avoided. In a future world I would think a majority of SELRT passengers would be...

With all these universities, we could call it SmartTrack. :p When we get this name thing sorted, can we move on to the number of angels on the head of a pin?

Lipstick on a pig.

I find that most things with a nationality in their name are not complimentary. e.g. French drain, Dutch oven, Egyption shower, Spanish solution...

The Bush shed would make about 3 very nice GO stations. Wouldn't look out of place at Bloor for example.

How did she get to the far side of that pool without getting her hair wet?

I'll take Queen's Quay Boondoggle to happen first.

Port Hope: Beautiful historic station building, but bit of stretch to say that's downtown. Your point stands though.

I appreciate your points. I see "non-starter" as a more fluid situation. Things may be different a few decades from now. Spanish solution helps, though stairs and aisles only empty so fast. And even though most of the service (i.e. people) terminate at union, the trains themselves need to...

But would that still be the rule if we had high wider platforms?

Yes, express/freight is a minor point and I treated is as such. I doubt that changing the track arrangement was considered at all. That's an issue of rail operations and the current shed rebuild has little to do with that. Lets be honest; It's a paint and paper job with the addition of a...

Here's the single track scenario. Suppose you start with an empty station. A train arrives and occupies the farside berth. Now, as long as that train is sitting there, if another train arrives its going to occupy the rear berth. Now as long as that train is sitting there, another train can't...

1. The passing tracks are not there to bypass union. They are there so an approaching train can slot into the far berth if the near one is occupied. Obversely, a departing train in the rear berth can depart while the front one is occupied. However, passing tracks can be used as well for...

Steady on Dan. No where did I say this would instantaenous, cheap or easy. In fact, I said I believe we'll be dealing with current setup for more than a generation. This topic began with a discussion of potential and lost opportunity. On the topic of platform numbers, yes there would be much...

Are you speaking about AECOM's 2011 US and USRC Track Capacity Study? It correctly states that 6 trains per hour can be achieved with through routing and 4 trains per hour with reverse routing. Back to back double berthing therefore gives you 4x2 = 8 which is a 33% increase. Ths report was...