Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[robmausser]

The only reference I could find was in Wikipedia, from this link.



While only 24m shift northward, that still means why we had Line 1 closures on the weekends.

I cant believe I remembered that but dont know what I had for breakfast yesterday....

Line 1 closures are also for ATC upgrades and for other work not involving the shift in platform length but the work under and around for the Crosstown station that would have been dangerous to do with trains running above. Typically you don't remove temporary support columns while trains with hundreds of people in them are whizzing above.

 

[drum118]

Dec 7
Finally caught an LRV on Eglinton. 6260 + 6262 LRV were sitting at Birchmount Station MU while waiting for clearance to test Kennedy Station. Also got to see the areas where grass has been added west of Victoria to DVP.

The stations I saw have finally have their ramp pour with grey concrete.

Still a lot of work to be done. Either they removed grass next to the rails and replace it or the LRV are putting a grove in it. Looks like grass still has to be place at Victoria.

 

[drum118]

The only reference I could find was in Wikipedia, from this link.



While only 24m shift northward, that still means why we had Line 1 closures on the weekends.

Shifting the platform north would have some impact on the crossover/pocket track from what I was seeing years ago as well the tunnels.

There is a new stair being put in at the north end of Line 1 platform to the Line 5.

If Line 1 platform was being extended, it would started a few years ago. To late to do it now without major shut down not only on weekend but a week at times or more.

 

[turini2]

The grass track damage looks like it's from a road/rail vehicle like this being used as part of construction - the tracks are in the right place. If the LRT was doing that, it would dragging against concrete in other places.

 

[smallspy]

Shifting the platform north would have some impact on the crossover/pocket track from what I was seeing years ago as well the tunnels.

There is a new stair being put in at the north end of Line 1 platform to the Line 5.

If Line 1 platform was being extended, it would started a few years ago. To late to do it now without major shut down not only on weekend but a week at times or more.

They are shifting the platform northward.

In fact, the platform extension to the north is complete. They're now working on all of the various accesses down to the LRT.

Dan

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but is that a car trap I see in one of the pics

 

[cplchanb]

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking, but is that a car trap I see in one of the pics

Nope... theres no spikes or boiling oil.....

 

[robmausser]

Man, that looks terrible with the concrete and grass only partially covering the tracks like that.

Howcome when it comes to transit in this city, we always have to half grass it? XD

Ok ill see myself out...

 

[W. K. Lis]

Man, that looks terrible with the concrete and grass only partially covering the tracks like that.

Howcome when it comes to transit in this city, we always have to half grass it? XD

Ok ill see myself out...

Someone thought that when they said "grass", it was the OTHER "grass", man. As soon as their head clears, they'll put in the other, other "grass".

 

[kotsy]

Man, that looks terrible with the concrete and grass only partially covering the tracks like that.

Howcome when it comes to transit in this city, we always have to half grass it? XD

Ok ill see myself out...

but seriously, why is the grass applied so inconsistently is some places? I find this incredibly irritating lol

 

[sche]

Man, that looks terrible with the concrete and grass only partially covering the tracks like that.

Howcome when it comes to transit in this city, we always have to half grass it? XD

Ok ill see myself out...

Also why is the area between the curb and the outside track not grass?

European green track for reference: (Paris and Amsterdam)

 

[superelevation]

Also why is the area between the curb and the outside track not grass?

European green track for reference: (Paris and Amsterdam)

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The laws of physics are different in Europe

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Also why is the area between the curb and the outside track not grass?

European green track for reference: (Paris and Amsterdam)

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I’m going a random uneducated guess here. I think we tend to build with additional infrastructure in place (eg. Drainage, sewage, communication lines, track and road base etc.). Whereas in those pics and from what I’ve seen from other pics of European systems that use grass ROWs, they tend to be au natural with minimal added infrastructure; natural drainage, no beefed up track base, track laid down and basic simple streetcar-like cantenary strung up. Even their stops tend to be very basic with a stop pole and a concrete or paved pad. A legacy left over from old construction techniques. This is my guess of course.

 

[Undead]

The laws of physics are different in Europe

Yeah, we have different mathematics in Canada

 

[DirectionNorth]

Yeah, we have different mathematics in Canada

Some people actually use this as an argument against transit in the US ...