Yonge subway delays and construction

[lead82]

Over the last week and a bit the commute down the Yonge line from Finch has taken a lot longer than usual. The trains seem to run ok until Lawrence, but after which they run slow and stop in the middle of the tunnel frequently for no apparent reason. The new average time to get from Lawrence to Eglinton is now about 7-10 minutes vs the usual 2 minutes. Also, it takes forever to get to Davisville. The train then speeds up to normal once it reaches the tunnel at St. Clair. A usual 25 minute trip from Finch to Bloor now takes easily 35-40 minutes.

Questions:
a)Anyone know if there is any track work going on between Lawrence and Eglinton southbound? I know they're doing the nightly tunnel work but why the slowdowns during the day
b)What's going on at Davisville, is looks like they're renovating the southbound plaform forcing the trains to use a different track.
c)Is this the new normal for the foreseeable future, or just a summer construction?

I wish the TTC would put something up on their website to say what the heck is going on and when will normal service and travel times return to Yonge! The commutes to work are becoming frustrating, and it's the summer period when less people are travelling to work due to vacations.

 

[scarberiankhatru]

The work at Davisville is slowing trains north of Eglinton, too, or so said an announcement the other day.

Summer on the Yonge line means people left behind on the platform from Lawrence south instead of from York Mills south.

 

[Swarley]

There's been a slow order on the Keele bridge for over a year now - even though it seems like they finished the repairs and the project was taken off the website. Kind of frustrating when they don't seem to be doing anything.

 

[EnviroTO]

It is the work at Davisville slowing the line down. They are using the rarely used west platform at Davisville for southbound trains since they are rebuilding the center one. The tracks accessing that platform don't seem to be designed for the speeds required for normal operation.

 

[rbt]

There's been a slow order on the Keele bridge for over a year now - even though it seems like they finished the repairs and the project was taken off the website. Kind of frustrating when they don't seem to be doing anything.

It can take a long time for concrete to cure to full strength. CN has about a 6 month period where they let tracks settle. I imagine TTC has a similar policy in areas where warranted. Full speed vibrations may cause damage to a new structure, hence the slow order.