drum118
Superstar
Oct 20
First of all, when or is TTC planning on up dating their crappy PA system on the trains and platforms?? Heard a lot of announcements at 9:30 am on my trip from Kipling, and no clue what was been announced. People around me started to look at each other to say what is going on. At one point, someone asked what was being said and what was happening. A few responding no idea and cannot understand what is happening or said.
Second: Stop by Russell yard and the the last phase has started for the yard as well the tracks from Queen St, New poles along the north end with new overhead from Queen for the west end. All the tracks that have been rebuilt with the new overhead system, the overhead system has the bracket off the poles like QQ, Fort York and St Clair ROW.
This will not be done until summer 2025.
Third: The city really screw up traffic and transit this weekend and time the city moves the marathons and cycling events out of the core. There wasn't one street that I waked today that wasn't gridlock, drives trying to disobeyed Road close signs, make illegal left turn. The City had traffic disobeying no through traffic on King, but they only made it to Yonge. I ended up buying more groceries that became to heavy to walk around and photographing, I call it a day late in the afternoon. Waiting for an eastbound car at Ontario St and seeing none after 5 minute with a pile of westbound car, decided to walk to Yonge. I ended up waking to Yonge faster than the 4 westbound cars trying to get to Church with a mob of riders waiting for an eastbound car at Church.
As a note, I ended up getting off a 501 a few stops before where I was planning to get off at after leaving Russell as it was gridlock. After taking a few photographs where I had planned to get off at, the streetcar I was on was approaching me.
Fourth: Hit Bloor station and Line 2 platform was pack full that you thought it was peak time that was an hour away for a Sunday, let along a weekday. Both trains arrived with peak load with crew of my train advising riders to not to board it as it was already full with another train 2 minutes behind this one. After waking 23,000 steps and tidied, I wasn't prepared to stand a 30 minute ride and waited for that train Two minutes later the other train show up almost empty. Announcement was made just before Jane, the train was going out of service at Jane to go back eastbound with another train 2 minutes behind my train. Two minutes later the other train arrived and still got a seat to sit down.
Fifth: Don't see much change for the tunnel roof and getting close that said date it will be done by this year.
Sixth: With construction of Kipling Station Condos underway, the retraining wall is 90% gone with a large area that shows how wide that sidewalk can be once the tower is built. the other 10% belongs to TTC and the city. This would be a great time to widen the existing sidewalk from the retraining wall to the new sidewalk where Subway Cr used to be to deal the the pedestrians flow that is too big for the old sidewalk.
Photos will follow at some later date due to my backlog and only working on Sept 17 photos now.
First of all, when or is TTC planning on up dating their crappy PA system on the trains and platforms?? Heard a lot of announcements at 9:30 am on my trip from Kipling, and no clue what was been announced. People around me started to look at each other to say what is going on. At one point, someone asked what was being said and what was happening. A few responding no idea and cannot understand what is happening or said.
Second: Stop by Russell yard and the the last phase has started for the yard as well the tracks from Queen St, New poles along the north end with new overhead from Queen for the west end. All the tracks that have been rebuilt with the new overhead system, the overhead system has the bracket off the poles like QQ, Fort York and St Clair ROW.
This will not be done until summer 2025.
Third: The city really screw up traffic and transit this weekend and time the city moves the marathons and cycling events out of the core. There wasn't one street that I waked today that wasn't gridlock, drives trying to disobeyed Road close signs, make illegal left turn. The City had traffic disobeying no through traffic on King, but they only made it to Yonge. I ended up buying more groceries that became to heavy to walk around and photographing, I call it a day late in the afternoon. Waiting for an eastbound car at Ontario St and seeing none after 5 minute with a pile of westbound car, decided to walk to Yonge. I ended up waking to Yonge faster than the 4 westbound cars trying to get to Church with a mob of riders waiting for an eastbound car at Church.
As a note, I ended up getting off a 501 a few stops before where I was planning to get off at after leaving Russell as it was gridlock. After taking a few photographs where I had planned to get off at, the streetcar I was on was approaching me.
Fourth: Hit Bloor station and Line 2 platform was pack full that you thought it was peak time that was an hour away for a Sunday, let along a weekday. Both trains arrived with peak load with crew of my train advising riders to not to board it as it was already full with another train 2 minutes behind this one. After waking 23,000 steps and tidied, I wasn't prepared to stand a 30 minute ride and waited for that train Two minutes later the other train show up almost empty. Announcement was made just before Jane, the train was going out of service at Jane to go back eastbound with another train 2 minutes behind my train. Two minutes later the other train arrived and still got a seat to sit down.
Fifth: Don't see much change for the tunnel roof and getting close that said date it will be done by this year.
Sixth: With construction of Kipling Station Condos underway, the retraining wall is 90% gone with a large area that shows how wide that sidewalk can be once the tower is built. the other 10% belongs to TTC and the city. This would be a great time to widen the existing sidewalk from the retraining wall to the new sidewalk where Subway Cr used to be to deal the the pedestrians flow that is too big for the old sidewalk.
Photos will follow at some later date due to my backlog and only working on Sept 17 photos now.
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