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[ownthesky]

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That’s crazy- obviously something horrible is going wrong with the crosstown (they unearthed a portal to hell under Eglinton station and their expedition to the Amazon haven’t located all the scrolls needed to close it yet), but how the heck could line 6 end up that delayed?

 

[Steve X]

That’s crazy- obviously something horrible is going wrong with the crosstown (they unearthed a portal to hell under Eglinton station and their expedition to the Amazon haven’t located all the scrolls needed to close it yet), but how the heck could line 6 end up that delayed?

It's the earliest not the latest date possible.

Isn't Mosaic Transit Group still suing ML over someone's costly mistakes that no one wants to pay. Line 6 won't open till they settle this.

 

[nfitz]

Isn't Mosaic Transit Group still suing ML over someone's costly mistakes that no one wants to pay. Line 6 won't open till they settle this.

I've seen no indication that work has slowed down because of this. Normally all this happens after the fact. And that's even more likely given that Mosaic's revenue increases when it's ready to begin operations - so holding up work may impact them the most.

 

[Towered]

14 years of construction for Eglinton Crosstown. They should have a cake and birthday party instead of a ribbon cutting, it will officially be a teenager.

Time to start thinking about renovation work!

 

[toraerach]

Of the urban rail systems in NA I tried to think of those that are grids rather than just hub and spoke and I got NY, Montreal, LA (kind of) and now Toronto. Did I miss any? I don’t think a lot of people are ready for the amount of change the opening of this line and its interchanges is going to have!

Mexico City would round it out.

 

[T3G]

This is beyond farcical.

What could the hold up be now if Ford has claimed that the Crosstown is complete? I mean I know better than to believe a word that comes out of a politician's mouth, but still. To me, "complete" implies that all the testing is done and the product is ready for hand off. And even in the context of the TTC needing how ever many board periods to simulate operations before putting the line into service, that would still not bring us anywhere close to June.

 

[cplchanb]

Can we organize a protest inside the ml office to demand answers? This is scandalous

 

[hw621]

Time to start thinking about renovation work!

Maybe time to think about decommission. What is the expected useful life of the line again?

 

[T3G]

Maybe time to think about decommission. What is the expected useful life of the line again?

Theoretically a rail car like a subway or streetcar is good for 30 years without a rebuild.

Add in one comprehensive rebuild and suddenly that number shoots up to 50-60 years. Of course, those numbers have some leeway to them.

One hopes that:

a) it's possible to rebuild these highly computerized modern machines without breaking the bank, and
b) that the countdown clock on their lifespan hasn't started yet

 

[TheGrimSweeper]

I just drove on Eglinton and saw at least 4 trains out testing.

Doing some snow testing by the looks of it.

 

[Steve X]

I just drove on Eglinton and saw at least 4 trains out testing.

Doing some snow testing by the looks of it.

Just remember rail vehicles’ worst season is fall not winter. Leaves is what causes them to slip, not snow.

Winter could bring some troubles to switches if they aren’t heated as well as ice storms caused overhead issues

 

[Bordercollie]

Bessarion only cost $36 million and this included the whole station, escalators, elevators, two exits, an emergency hatch, a large mezzanine, etc., etc., all of this in a deeper than average station. Why the hell are they building stations in open fields at Jane & Steeles that may cost three times as much? It's (*conspiracy theory alert*) not building codes or advanced technology, it's that they artificially inflated the cost of the extension to an almost absurd degree to ensure the subway extension would never get built...and now we seem to be stuck with this plan even after Rubber Stamp McGuinty came to town on a horse named 2020.

Something called inflation.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Just remember rail vehicles’ worst season is fall not winter. Leaves is what causes them to slip, not snow.

Exactly I think I read something about wet leaves getting crushed to a fine powder by the train wheels and even adding sand causes wheel slip.

 

[nfitz]

Exactly I think I read something about wet leaves getting crushed to a fine powder by the train wheels and even adding sand causes wheel slip.

It seems very unlikely to me that the compressive force of a train is enough to eliminate all the water from wet leaves and turn them to dust!

It's the wet leaves themselves that causes the slip. (I'd think that the coarseness of the sand would be the factor - I'd think that coarse sand should reducing slippiness).

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

It seems very unlikely to me that the compressive force of a train is enough to eliminate all the water from wet leaves and turn them to dust!

It's the wet leaves themselves that causes the slip. (I'd think that the coarseness of the sand would be the factor - I'd think that coarse sand should reducing slippiness).

Engineers work out why fallen leaves on train tracks are so slippery

A team of engineers at the University of Sheffield has found an explanation for the extreme slipperiness of train tracks when leaves have fallen on them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, the group describes testing the interaction of leaves with iron in their lab...

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