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I think if it was anywhere close to then, that they'd have said it would be sometime this year.Best bet is probably September.
I expect it will be years, myself.
I think if it was anywhere close to then, that they'd have said it would be sometime this year.Best bet is probably September.
There is still a lot of 2nd trackwork that needs to be install and will not be done by Sept on the Stouffville line. Both Agincourt and Milliken 2nd platforms can't go into service until the 2nd track work is done. Both stations will be ready come Sept with Agincourt ready now.Best bet is probably September. Thinking that they want to get the most done before those lines make a return, including new 30 min service to Unionville (and maybe to Bramalea as well as Stouffville trains interline with the Kitchener line and they also seem ready for 30 min service as well).
Any rumours on when Stouffville and Barrie off-peak/weekend service are coming back?
Is any work actually being done in the evenings? It's always one step forward and two steps back on the Stouffville line. We're stuck with the same service we had 10-15 years ago and this construction has been what, four or five years?
It's frustrating to see work on the new Finch station going ahead before we get service back as well.
We all know how well Metrolinx is in keeping things close to their chest. I would not be surprised at all with just a weeks notice of return to service of off peak rail on those lines. If there is no announcement by late August, then yes, it will be longer begore mid day trains make their return.I think if it was anywhere close to then, that they'd have said it would be sometime this year.
I expect it will be years, myself.
The stations are all complete save for Kennedy (and the one platform that will be used there is almost done). Most of the trackwork is just about done and ready, except for the bridge over Highland Creek - and I've never been able to find out what the hold up is there.Is any work even being done at all? Hardly see much progress anywhere on the Stouffville line. It's going at a snail's pace. It would be great to at least have a night train to take after a downtown event like a Jays game, buses can be really packed at that time.
Have to install the switch at the south end of Kennedy or when the new connection is built to connect to the Lakeshore East Line. Then adding the missing section of the west track north of Kennedy Station.
The Google Maps imagery is older than thatGoogle map is a year old for the area to see what is new this year. If one of the dome folks could take some aerial shots, it would help to see where things stand today for the bridges.
There is no industry north of Progress. The only switches there are for the new control point "Highland", which is located between Progress and the bridges over Highland Creek.The last I saw of the tracks north of Progress, trackwork still not done for the industry switch area. Still have to installed the west track at Milliken and could be done on a weekend or after the east platform is in service since it now more advanced than the existing one..
The only switches in the area will be the new control point immediately north of the station, "Oakworth" (as well as the single switch to the Geco Spur immediately south but which isn't to be signalized at this time). The second track isn't going to be completed south of Kennedy for a while.Have to install the switch at the south end of Kennedy or when the new connection is built to connect to the Lakeshore East Line. Then adding the missing section of the west track north of Kennedy Station.
This is what I saw on April 20 for KennedyLast I checked, the control point for the start of double tracking at Kennedy has been built but is not yet cut in, because the second track is not ready northwards from Kennedy. The CP signals are just north of the Kennedy platform.
The second platform at Kennedy and double track south to Scarborough Jct probably won’t be finished until after all the quad tracking on the Kingston Sub is done, so there will be a short stretch of single track between those points for some time yet.
- Paul
The switch I was referring to is this one unless it has been removed since I last saw it. Have a better shot, but can't find it at this timeThe Google Maps imagery is older than that
A friend of Paul's and mine lives in a condo overlooking the bridges at Highland Creek. He's sent us lots of photos and video of the site in the time that he's lived there. There is not an awful lot of work going on.
There is no industry north of Progress. The only switches there are for the new control point "Highland", which is located between Progress and the bridges over Highland Creek.
The only switches in the area will be the new control point immediately north of the station, "Oakworth" (as well as the single switch to the Geco Spur immediately south but which isn't to be signalized at this time). The second track isn't going to be completed south of Kennedy for a while.
Dan
Share the same frustration too with the Stouffville line. In fact, service has worsened compared to almost 40 years ago. A 1986 train schedule shows the same 38 minute train ride from Union Station to Unionville, making one more stop in between than we do now: http://goingstrong.gotransit.com/images/80s/timetable/go-80s-timetable-1.jpgIs any work actually being done in the evenings? It's always one step forward and two steps back on the Stouffville line. We're stuck with the same service we had 10-15 years ago and this construction has been what, four or five years?
It's frustrating to see work on the new Finch station going ahead before we get service back as well.
I haven't seen much going on at all on the joint corridor between Pape and the Don. There was some tree cutting earlier ... perhaps some utility work.Meanwhile it's been reported on UT that tons of work is going on in the Joint Corridor. I think they don't want those extra 2 TPH there and they already cut express service on LSE so they'd rather cut Stouffville than further cut LSE, which has significantly more ridership.