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[ARG1]

It occurs to me that the 407 Transitway would be a very good environment for demonstrating low floor automation (among other things I rather strongly suspect that whatever the GTAA comes up with will be a single mixed busway/LRT corridor between Humber College and Renforth).

Why? The 407 Transitway is planned to be fully grade separated, there is absolutely no advantage to using low floor tech for any rail conversion for that corridor. How about we don't pull the same mistake as Ottawa and make a fully grade separated low floor line.

 

[Toronto1834]

Photos from West Open House presentation https://www.metrolinxengage.com/sites/default/files/west_voh_april_14_2021_v6.pdf
Mount Dennis GO/UP

Mount Dennis Bus Terminal

Keelesdale

Caledonia

Fairbank

Oakwood

Cedarvale

 

[rbt]

It occurs to me that the 407 Transitway would be a very good environment for demonstrating low floor automation (among other things I rather strongly suspect that whatever the GTAA comes up with will be a single mixed busway/LRT corridor between Humber College and Renforth).

The 407 transitway is a 2050 or later project. A lot about transportation tech will change between now and then.

 

[toronto647]

Seems like the at-grade portion (Leslie - Kennedy) will be getting powered up by the end of the week. Big step for the Crosstown LRT project. I guess this means they will be able to commence testing on the at grade portion next month as Metrolinx promised.

Overnight Overhead Cable Installations - Brentcliffe Road to Kennedy Road | Crosstown

www.thecrosstown.ca

 

[Richard White]

Seems like the at-grade portion (Leslie - Kennedy) will be getting powered up by the end of the week. Big step for the Crosstown LRT project. I guess this means they will be able to commence testing on the at grade portion next month as Metrolinx promised.

Overnight Overhead Cable Installations - Brentcliffe Road to Kennedy Road | Crosstown

www.thecrosstown.ca

Leslie to Ionview.

I doubt Kennedy will be powered up for awhile.

 

[crs1026]

I wonder how many of the east end Traction Power Substations are complete and ready to operate. From past ML notices
TPSS 9 - Don Valley
TPSS 10- Victoria Park
TPSS 11 - Warden
TPSS 12 - Birchmount

I am sure there is redundancy and interconnectivity so maybe only one is needed to begin testing

- Paul

 

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[Ozman]

I wonder how many of the east end Traction Power Substations are complete and ready to operate. From past ML notices
TPSS 9 - Don Valley
TPSS 10- Victoria Park
TPSS 11 - Warden
TPSS 12 - Birchmount

I am sure there is redundancy and interconnectivity so maybe only one is needed to begin testing

- Paul

Just curious: At which underground stations are TPSSs 1-8 located?

 

[yin_yang]

Can we pretty-please get some photos of the nearly-completed surface stations from the east end of the line?

 

[H4F33Z]

Can we pretty-please get some photos of the nearly-completed surface stations from the east end of the line?

look at my previous post.

 

[Tunafish13]

So with the instillation of overhead wires from Brentcliff to Kennedy and potential train testing by the end of the month, my 2 questions are:
1. How are they going to get the test train over there? As for as I know they've only brought trains a few stations away from Mount Dennis.
2. If they instead transport a train to the east end just for testing, where will they keep it? Maybe at Kennedy or Science Centre so its inside?

 

[Richard White]

So with the instillation of overhead wires from Brentcliff to Kennedy and potential train testing by the end of the month, my 2 questions are:
1. How are they going to get the test train over there? As for as I know they've only brought trains a few stations away from Mount Dennis.
2. If they instead transport a train to the east end just for testing, where will they keep it? Maybe at Kennedy or Science Centre so its inside?

Kennedy is nowhere near complete enough to "safely" store a train inside. Yes it is a cavern but I don't think it is powered yet nor do I think Metrolinx wants vehicles parked in a construction site for any length of time

 

[Allandale25]

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[reteequa]

Are the station roofs translucent? If not would have been nice to see some solar panels on top

 

[drum118]

April 11
Finally got to these 85 photo that are up on site now as well seeing which few I could post here for the 3 locations I shot that day. As you can see the OS was 99% to 100% in place.

Portal to Don Mills

Sunnybrook Park Station

Sloane Station