Reecemartin
Active Member
Check out the newly constructed platform at Kennedy GO station!
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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
- Thread starter drum118
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smallspy
Senior Member
Portions of the Northeast Corridor in the US run autoracks and overheight auto-parts boxcars, which fit within the same clearance envelopes as many double-stacked container cars. And portions of the electrified network around Philadephia absolutely do run double-stacks.
Dan
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ I thought that was the case. The question has come up on this thread over the years several times.
drum118
Superstar
Nov 20
Look!!!.......................Concrete Platform.................More up on site
Look!!!.......................Concrete Platform.................More up on site
Fervid Corona
New Member
Looking at Metrolinx's GIS maps, some sections of walls are referred to as "Electrification Barriers" as seen in yellow, while other sections are referred to as "Noise Walls" as seen in cyan and pink. Does anyone know the difference?
From Metrolinx's ArcGIS Map: https://maps.metrolinx.com/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=199ded6da5e746c08f4742df9c921f8c
From Metrolinx's ArcGIS Map: https://maps.metrolinx.com/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=199ded6da5e746c08f4742df9c921f8c
drum118
Superstar
Nov 20
More up on site
More up on site
hw621
Senior Member
So this is an island platform?Nov 20
More up on site
drum118
Superstar
No, since this is a 2 track corridor with side platforms so far. They are grading the area where the new west platform is to go.
robmausser
Senior Member
Nov 20
More up on site
Man when this line is finished with all the grade separations, station upgrades, electrification and european EMU trains, service every 7-15 minutes, it will be the envy of the city.
Undead
Senior Member
Aren't LSE, LSW and Barrie getting the exact same upgrades? Also, I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm afraid most people will have no idea this line or its upgrades even exist lol...
Transportfan
Senior Member
Why are those extra rails for? You see them all the time on bridges.
Coolstar
Senior Member
It's rare for the media (CP24, CTV, Citytv) to even report on the RER project in general. Not many people realize how much GO will change in the coming decade.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I think that's more the fault of Metrolinx as they haven't really put out anything that makes people see it as something that is going to change the way they commute in the city and elsewhere.
crs1026
Superstar
They are a safety measure. If the train were to derail on the bridge, they would keep the wheels moving in the direction of the track rather than potentially turning sideways and steering the railcar over the side of the bridge.
-Paul
hw621
Senior Member
2050？