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

[Duck]

So if I'm reading this right:

7pm: Lea lift out of hole
9pm: Eglinton shuts down
9pm-11pm: Lea transfer to flatbed transporter
2am-5am: Drive to Other shaft

Is that about right? Just trying to decide when to go, Kitchener is a bit of a hike to there and back at those hours.

 

[M II A II R II K]

How nerdy was that gathering....

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Lol. Anybody who made it out there are the ultimate transit nerds.

 

[nfitz]

Lol. Anybody who made it out there are the ultimate transit nerds.

Or perhaps just lived nearby. If it was a 10-minute walk, I'd have walked over. Otherwise ... I'm sure the pictures will tell a good story.

 

[LNahid2000]

Lol. Anybody who made it out there are the ultimate transit nerds.

I wonder how much foam they had to clean up after the boring party.

 

[howl]

So if I'm reading this right:

7pm: Lea lift out of hole
9pm: Eglinton shuts down
9pm-11pm: Lea transfer to flatbed transporter
2am-5am: Drive to Other shaft

Is that about right? Just trying to decide when to go, Kitchener is a bit of a hike to there and back at those hours.

Eglinton is shut down all weekend.

 

[nfitz]

Eglinton is shut down all weekend.

If driving from Kitchener, I'd park at free (weekend) parking lot at Wilson, and just take the subway to Eglinton West, right in the centre of the action. Well, when I lived there, I'd park at Yorkdale ... but the TTC lot is still closed for a few more months.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Lol. Anybody who made it out there are the ultimate transit nerds.

And I thought watching streetcar testing at 3 am was bad.

 

[ehlow]

My exciting yet boring evening!!! Well worth it... The whole street lost internet last night and im not good at posting photos from my phone... anyways one down and one to go.

Thanks for posting! Way more people than I would've thought. Huge sign of transit progress, a 10km tunnel on Eglinton is a huge deal for Toronto.

 

[BB ON]

Here's a time lapse I made:

[video=youtube;NZv6QYAwIxE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZv6QYAwIxE[/video]

The movement happened in about 10 minutes. The remainder was crazy slow. They got it about half underground before 5:30 am.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Thanks for posting! Way more people than I would've thought. Huge sign of transit progress, a 10km tunnel on Eglinton is a huge deal for Toronto.

Did you make it there?

 

[JayBeeGooner]

Or perhaps just lived nearby. If it was a 10-minute walk, I'd have walked over. Otherwise ... I'm sure the pictures will tell a good story.

Lots of locals, for sure.

I live right at St. Clair West, so it was easy to get there at night.

 

[Marcanadian]

I took a ton of pics, but here's a small sample from this morning:

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr


The move begins!

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr


Time to go to bed!

Eglinton Crosstown TBM Move by Marcanadian, on Flickr

 

[TheTigerMaster]

So how long will it be before Dennis and Lea reach Yonge?

 

[M II A II R II K]

And they actually bothered to name them.