The Best Regional Rail Project in Canada Opens! | Davenport Diamond Grade Separation
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The Davenport Guideway is a transit project I've followed since before I ran my UA-cam Channel. It's a great project, enabling high frequency electric passenger trains, better freight movement, a new greenway and the opening up of a whole community. So I got up real early this week and made a video about it - with the help of 20 friends!
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I'm one of the electricians on this project. Absolutely loved seeing some of the angles of the guideway in your video!
Highly recommend getting up high for a view at night. It looks really cool with the entire length lit up! Give it a few more months and we will have the ascetic lighting system up and running 👍
Thank you for a job well done!
Awesome, thank you for your excellent work!
Without doubt, the davenport diamond has been the coolest project I've been on so far in my career.
Thanks so much to you and the whole team!
Thanks for what you do every day, advancing the city.
While construction is something that I personally don't want to do, I've always thought it must be so cool going to work every day and 100% knowing that you're making a difference.
Riding past something 5 years later and thinking "hey, I built that!" or even riding a subway line that you worked on
So there is the space for a second track, that will become necessary if they want to really turn this line into a regional rail service. They didn't build a viaduct for just one track to have to rebuild it later. Nice to see.
Yes I was going to question why there was only a single track on the viaduct as this could be very limiting on service frequency. It's a bit disappointing that the entire route is not being upgraded to double track already.
@@tintin_999 they will be upgrading it to double track VERY soon. They just layed down a single track to begin testing it early
@@tintin_999 They started by plunking down a bypass track to the east of the original, tearing out that original track, and then building the two-track guideway and bridges west of the bypass. Unfortunately, the bypass track was in the way of completing the eastern half of the approaches. Now that the guideway's west side track is connected, the bypass can be torn out, the full width of the approaches completed, and enable connection of the east side track.
Yes, though I don’t really agree it’s needed for the “regional” service, more so the urban / suburban service
Yeah, double track is always much better for a high frequency commuter service. Perhaps they will add it soon.
🖐👴
It’s honestly very impressive how much Toronto (and Ontario at large since GO Transit is arguably at the centre of this transit expansion) is improving in building more transit effectively and how massive the expansion of transit is. I’m glad that we didn’t fall into the typical Canadian trap of thinking that being the best in the continent (which I would argue Toronto was even before all this expansion) means we don’t need to improve anymore. Excited about the future of Transit in Ontario!
I’m excited too, despite our problems we’ve are doing a lot
I like how the Conservatives are quietly pumping huge investments into regional transit. It goes against the ideals of their largely anti-urban voter base. Lots of things to criticize about ol' Dougie but he sure does love spending on needed infrastructure.
Dougie has accomplished more in the last 7 years than the last two leftard premieres combined.
@@adellis24 neolibs aren’t left, but that is true - though i wonder how much of it is to woo the construction unions (not complaining though lol)
Bought and paid for by the rest of Canada, enjoy the infrastructure while the rest of the country falls behind.
One of the most impressive projects in Canada based on the speed of construction, very excited for the park underneath!
Now if we could only scale it down for LRT construction.
Yep! It went fast and is having a big impact already!
@@jeanbolduc5818 Far better "boring" than "nothing" . We're just trying to catch up to cities like Philadelphia which have had services like this running for a century.
Agreed.
@@jeanbolduc5818 Why does it need an identity? The entire point is to be functional. Toronto is expensive and rapidly-growing, and needs LOTS of infrastructure projects.
The focus is on getting shovels in the ground
RM branching out into lofi beats to travel/relax to
This isn’t a new thing for me 😂
Not only do I think it looks fine, it will really open up the area because people can walk underneath the guideway and the area won't be separated by rail.
Yup, it'll do an amazing job of stitching together neighbourhoods that have been separated for decades. Hopefully a lot of the fencing near the soon-to-be greenway will come down to allow lots of cross-flow.
i agree big time.
The diamond had to GO.... Hehe.
Lmao
Here we GO!
That it did
Love it!😂
About your comment on sound: It is scientifically proven that it's detrimental to your health to live near a very busy street, basically because of the constant sound pollution. Living close to rail infrastructure is not as bad, even if there's trains frequently passing by... It's just a couple of seconds.
I did actually live in an apartment that was like 10 meters from an above ground section of the green line subway in Stockholm. I found the intermittent sound annoying for a week, after that I more or less didn't notice anymore....and oh yes, I lived really close to the subway stop, so I was really happy about the location.
Since then I've always chosen to live in apartments that are really close to the subway....
Yeah, the convenience factor is huge
Previously southbound trains had to approach the Davenport diamond prepared to stop regardless of signal progression. Now they just have to slow to 45MPH before the guideway and then it is 60MPH on the guideway and then 45MPH again taking the crossover at Parkdale. This makes things significantly faster as previously, the diamond speed limit was 30MPH so the new setup is way faster. But the removal of diamond speeds up southbound trains the most and Barrie commuters should find a roughly 5min time savings going to Union which is significant.
Just gonna add the conversion cause I got confused.
45MPH = 72KMH / 30MPH = 48KMH / 60MPH = 96KMH
@@jcwasheregt MPH is the standard unit used on the GO network currently. Thanks for your addition.
@@kiefershanks4172 Wait, what?
@@sonicboy678 Canada and the UK still use imperial units for a lot of things
And the ability to increase frequency will also be amazing.
A lot of the level crossing removals here in Melbourne have been done using overhead rail (which we call skyrail), and while the locals sometimes resist it before it's built, there's near-universal approval once they're opened because of the gain in green space and the removal of the barrier between each side of the rail line, which you don't get when a rail-under-road trench is built.
I experienced this on The Canadian in the Skyline car, just yesterday! While it did not Impact our journey much, it was a pretty sweet way to see this key peice in action. Great insight as always
I'd love that too. Hope that two F40s can still pull a 26 car transcon up the increased grade.
Thanks for watching!
@@haweater1555 with a little bit of inertia, the short incline should be no issue for any traction
@@haweater1555 unless the guideway is steeper than the Rocky Mountains that train also needs to climb, I'm sure it'll be fine.
The fact that they were able to use the nearby land for parks reminds me of the dueling proposals regarding an old railroad right of way in Eastern Queens in NYC: Queensway (which seeks to turn it into a linear park a la the Highline) and Queenslink which wants to bring back transit access by attaching it to the subway system (in a region lacking in it) while utilizing the land near and under the bridges to make a park. I support Queenslink ofc but a video on this topic would be most appreciated!
Yeah Queenslink definitely needs to happen. Either subway or return to LIRR service but with high frequencies
That's certainly a good thing you bought to attention given that the NY Subway is notoriously Manhatten centric and the Queenslink is one of the few opportunities to fix these missing connections.
Yeah, first thing I thought, too. And of course, because it makes too much sense, that's why you won't see it happen anytime soon.
Queenslink looks really interesting. Thanks for the info.
I don't understand the obsession that cities have for parks. Wouldn't it be better to build housing and amenities, especially in cities notoriously lacking in those areas, than more parks, of which there are plenty already?
This reminds me of a similar project in Chicago where a flyover was constructed in Englewood so as to eliminate an at-grade diamond where the Rock Island District crossed Norfolk Southern's tracks.
I remember that, though it’s not nearly as long iirc
Fun Fact: Chicago did a similar thing with the Englewood flyover to improve service on the Metra Rock Island district line.
IMHO they should paint the guideway in a friendly color and decorate it with ornaments to look nicer. But that's just me, maybe. (and not only this one)
It hasn’t been clad yet I don’t think, when it has been, it would look much nicer
You want beautiful infrastructure in your cities? What are you, a socialist? ;)
Reflective cladding will be going up soon. You can see all the attachment points on the concrete sound walls.
Awh? That community driven montage was soooo cute ☺️
Right?!
I particularly enjoyed watching it pass over the backed up traffic on Bloor. I'm impressed that you managed to capture a moment on Dupont that wasn't backed up.
Heard your CBC Radio 1 interview about this the other day, very informative for people who don't follow you, well done.
As a very infrequent user of GO’s rail network I’m looking forward to making more use of it as service levels ramp up. Riding the rails gives one a completely different impression of Toronto not unlike what I experience in large cities such as Tokyo & London. I don’t know what the zoning under the guideway is but it would be cool if small businesses could operate under them. It would be nice if they had some of the vibrancy that such locations have in Tokyo & London.
Thats not the plan for now, but I agree it could make it an especially cool spot!
Well hopefully they will upgrade tge line soon to make it double-tracked & electrified.
Great job RM transit! ❤️ ❤️
Kudos for using the community approach to assemble that fantastic video. Great job by everyone.
Thank you kindly!
I just realized you're one of the only UA-camrs I watch at regular speed (as opposed to 2.5x). Such good work!
I think it is really cool that you were able to get video contributions from lots of transit fans along the way to supplement your own video. Teamwork makes the dream work!
I was in charge of the production for the reinforcing steel (rebar) in the fabrication of the girders. The amount of steel in these girder pieces is tremendous. Nice video 👍
We need more North American rail activists like you👍
It looks more scenic than before when travelling on a train through this viaduct
Absolutely does!
Amazing to see a Toronto transit project actually constructed, done and up in service within a short, reasonable time.
I really enjoyed taking Go when I visited Ontario last summer. I don't think I would have visited downtown Toronto without it. I saw this flyover being built, surprising it's open not even a year later. It's good to see improvements being made to what already seems like a good train line.
The grade separation of the "Snider" diamond north of Toronto cleared the way for this project.
Only a short distance to the west is the "Junction" ; the CP crosstown / CN Weston mainline grade separation, carrying GO trains to Guelph. That was a monumental construction job in its own right several years ago.
Well done. A treat for all Canadians to watch.
I like to think beyond Canada too!
Ooo!!!! They sure are future proofing those bridges for electrification! You love to see it
I was actually able to take it the 4th on my way to school. It felt very smooth and I am glad this is now a thing as a frequent Barrie line user
Absolutely it’s super smooth!
Really fantastic video - well done to you and all the collaborators! That was a really cool compilation of the video heading north. Kind of funny how many shots you got from the same park but to be fair that's a great location.
Well done Toronto - very cool to see news about this even in non-transit media. Congrats! Grade-separate all the things!
Thanks for watching, and yes! More grade separation!
I was one of the various Track Protection Workers at this site and it's refreshing to see this video and knowing you took part of something amazing in your community.
Man, I love TransLink, but I am so jealous of Toronto’s regional rail expansion. We do desperately need regional rail in metro Vancouver to the north shore, northeast, south surrey, Squamish/whistler, and the Fraser valley.
Rail up to Squamish / Whistler would be a dream. It would be interesting to see what design solutions could be made for Whistler village, given that the line is rather far away downhill. I could imagine a branch off the mainline, being level and so going underground as it goes to the village, with an underground station there and at the upper village
As an American, I am SOOOOOO jealous of Toronto's massive expansion and improvement of public transportation broadly. No other metropolitan region in North America (other than Montreal with the amazing REM system) is even close in terms of how much high-capacity rail transit is being built. I'm considering going to graduate school in Toronto rather than somewhere in the US in part because of all the amazing transit. Canada should be proud of how much transit is being built in Canadian cities (and how much more ridership Canadian transit projects receive compared to projects in the US). Where I live, in Minneapolis St Paul Minnesota, we have built 2 LRT lines and they have attracted very high ridership per kilometer for US light rail, and we are constructing a lot of arterial bus rapid transit projects, have built 2 high speed highway BRT lines, and we're about to complete this massive extension to one of our light rail lines, with other rail projects in the works, but The sheer ambitiousness of projects in Canada just completely dwarfs those of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, and I wish that wasn't the case.
Yep that would be great!
Just took them yesterday. Absolute amazing, and glad to see Metrolinx's response to address the issue with the CP rail and Wallace Ave crossings, and managed to finish this guideway project in a considerably fast time (comparing with other transit projects).
I remember my first time riding a Barrie line train and I was wondering what was going on. Came here and found out. It’s been cool to use the line every couple of months and see the progress and the improvements it has brought.
It seems like Canada in general is better at making elevated rail lines. Hell the REM is a big example of a project massive in sale being on time and on budget and that's elevated. Meanwhile the Eglinton LRT is like 1/3 the length and taken twice as long at twice the budget. Maybe it's time we kinda get off the we must dig far underground or have this weird subway/LRT hybrid that has an identity crisis and focus on something we've done well with elevated rail. Bad sadly nimbys don't like icky concrete structures along the middle of their stroad, phfff.
I agree, we are pretty good at elevated! But it’s also way easier
Can you do a video on the Chicago Metra
Great video! Informative, energetic and nicely edited and scored. Excited to have this project quickly moving towards completion. Now let's see how the green space shapes up.
Wow am amazed. I think Toronto needs more elevated train lines like this. Also The scenery is along the elevated is so cool. So much to see!
In terms of other potential elevated train line projects in toronto, they’re planning some for the Ontario Line of the subway, as well, there is a large abandoned elevated train line called the Don Branch that runs north/south through the don valley and hooks into the CP mainline going east, if they ever wanted to run Go Trains towards Peterborough or if the Feds want to use it for their High Frequency Rail project to Peterborough they may end up repairing it.
@@WanukeX I think Toronto could learn from London’s Overground and the Elevated Sections of the NY subway. I think its a faster, more cost effective way to build mass transit in Toronto and the GTA. They should extend line 4 from Don Mills to Malvern Town using the same technique they used for the Davenport Diamond overpass. Sheppard Ave E is wide enough to accompany it
Not far from my place - so awesome. Along with planned underpass park for bicyclists, joggers, etc
I pass by this everyday on my commute and since I started university, I've seen every step of the construction process. I was so excited to have the elevated view of the city! The greenspace under the elevated portion is gonna be so great too. I'm so happy the community will have that connection because transit ways shouldn't be barriers that split up neighbourhoods if an alternative is possible
Vancouver needs the WCE to work through out the day. Some suburban trains there could be built is Vancouver - Langley - abbotsford - Chilliwack
I was thinking they definitely need another route, they have just one rn.
@@Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist Well the WCE currently stops in Mission, it could simply be extended and cross the river into Abby/Chilliwack
That would definitely be good, but we don’t really appear to be planning for it
@@RMTransit The infrastructure is there to extend the WCE into Abby/Chilliwack from Mission, why not use it? Not much needs to be built
That's great Reece. This is the line I use to go downtown so I can't wait
2:46 Note in the shot of construction, appears the tail end the VIA 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 departing west. Crossing the bridge while riding in the dome feels like you're flying over the urban landscape.
I had some involvement in this project in the past but I am still surprised how quickly it was built and how seamless it is for the everyday Barrie Line rider. This sure gives me hope that when Metrolinx and their contractor are aligned, things can be done very quickly. So glad I no longer need to occasionally wait for CP train to pass by if the train schedule on the original crossing got thrown out of whack.
This is a great project! I live about three blocks from the guideway and look forward to the creation of the new linear park and the better East-West connections
You should make a video on the Lakeshore east expansion into downtown Oshawa and Bowmanville. As well as the current discussions regarding the Simcoe Street rapid transit plan in Oshawa. It would be interesting to see your analysis on the history of transit there and the potential impact of these new transit projects in Durham 🤔
Great seeing you on the “Agenda” the other day. Nice job 👍
Looking forward for REM’s updates .
I’m looking forward to it opening!
I enjoyed the ride along with the chill music, so awesome and relaxing
Kudos Canada. Money well spent.
You will always have NIMBYs. One group called Options for Davenport, said that "Forty per cent of people said they would move out of the neighbourhood (if the bridge is built)", Sam Barbieri. "Davenport MPP Cristina Martins said many of her constituents have told her they will move." Other residents opposed that plan, arguing that the "Gardiner expressway for GO trains" would block views and cause noise pollution.
My favourite nimby here in Sydney was “ the bridge would block the view of the bridge “. Somehow old bridges are heritage and increase property values new bridges are blights on the landscape 🤷🏼♂️
Thank you for this excellent video! I watched the Metrolinx video about the project and was left totally confused and in the dark. Your video cleared it all up and gave me a proper understanding of the guideway.
I'm guessing the focus now is removing the diamond and building the last bit of infrastructure to facilitate the second track. There's an approach that needs building but that'll probably happen when the old track goes.
Obviously CP benefits enormously from this, any chance we got any finance out of them?
I understand putting Freight on a guide way would have cost far more, but I hope that didn't stick the government with the whole bill.
Why not? What is wrong with the government using money for infrastructure? Roads help businesses by making them accessible... Government SHOULD be involved in tax payer funded infrastructure. That's kind of what taxes are for. The idea of making other entities pay to just reduce costs is silly in my view.
@@Wofly-me3pq I guess the idea is that because they also benefit from it a little bit they should also pay a bit? Like for example where I live we have a couple of infrastructure projects that are mostly government funded, but also partially funded by ASML as they benefit from it as well. It does makes sense since it leaves the government with more money that they can then spend on other infrastructure projects or on something else entirely, as taxes are not just for infrastructure.
@@Wofly-me3pq Because CN didn't get a subsidy, or Via (which heavily uses CN track).
If you want to nationalize rail ways go for it, but so long as they are privately owned and benefited from, we shouldn't be excited when they get a windfall. Particularly after CPs actions last year around workers, or their history of letting trains explode in the GTA.
@@neolithictransitrevolution427 I almost feel like you're describing Norfolk Southern.
@@sonicboy678 That's a convergence on the problems with private freight railway ownership, not confusion on my part, to be clear.
THIS is how you do rail to trail properly.
Service every few minutes means they're planning on adding a second parallel track, right?
On another note, as someone that lives in "core" Toronto, it's easy to forget about the GO, even though it actually has a pretty impressive network. I feel like at this point, GO would seriously benefit from a outer arc line that connects the middle/tails of the branches, since the only rail connection in most cases in Union. One can only dream that it'll begin to look something remotely like the JR
A tunnel for a double decker train, that would be asking for a lot of clear space for a tunnel. It would be very challenging to design and very expensive indeed.
Ground level condos just went up in value.
CP is grandparent?
MSE also contains a stabilization system. The facing wall is just there for æstetics and to prevent spalling, not for any structural reason.
Please talk about the yonge north extension line in your future video please. Would love to hear your analysis
There is a reason why here in Europe, diamond crossings are practically only heard of at junctions, tramways, history or Newark as they're level crossings with all the dangers and disruptions they're coming but taken up to 11. In general, NA generally hasn't put much attention to grade separation even US and Canada so it's good to see it going away.
Let‘s renovate go train!!!
I live here. How did I not hear about this? News? Commercials? Thank you??
Of course the rail news is fantastic, but I'll digress to the editing of this video...the old pro in me almost melted because of how well it was done!
I really dug how your location coordinations gave perfect cutaways in real time to the clips you got. Even if all done easily with digital platforms, it's cool to see multiangles like those in real time.
Overall, thanx for the visual treats!!
(Maybe somewhere in another comment I'll gripe about what Niagara Region could gain by renewing the old NS&T system with platforms like those.)
Good to see this happen. Also, it will be interesting to see if tents proliferate under it.
I’d enjoy more videos like this
Great video. Btw, did you hear that the LGA AirTrain project has been scrapped?
Hey! MSE isn't just retaining walls and dirt. They use some equivalent to rebar to increase the strength of the soil.
See practical engineering's video about it!
This... a guideway is needed along the VIA line to up frequency and speed. Also, Line 2 in Ottawa uses a guide way now to separate itself from the VIA line near the Bronson/Airport parkway.
Canada needs bullet trains between major hubs. Building a line in 2023 on which a train can go 100km/hr... CMON! My guess is the rest of the world is probably hitting the 400km/hr mark. Can you imagine Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal in 2hrs, Toronto-Barrie in 15 minutes, Toronto-Kitchener-London in 20 hrs, Calgary-Edmonton in 1hr, Vancouver-Abbotsford in 10 mins?
Wow, that's really impressive, so quickly built. And opening it in increments is also impressive! I found Canada generally not good at that. They like an all-or-nothing approach where it takes a decade and then the whole project gets scrapped.
I'm super jealous coming from Montreal too 😆our regional rail gets no love at all, and it's practically unusable.
In your case the rem took over a lot of the commuter train stuff and that what killed the amt in Montreal …. And as a former Montréaler , hope the government does something about your train service as well as other stuff for transit in Montreal
@@magesnz just to confirm, are you saying that the REM is what is killing exo and ARTM? Before I write a reply
@@SkaN2412 that what I think , cause the commuter system was better before the rem took over half the town , and for many years now there hasn’t been much way to travel between many suburbs that were previously accessible by the commuter rail network
@@magesnz alright. I don't know how long ago have you left Montreal, to be fair. FYI, ATM trains are now branded as exo and ARTM has been formed as an umbrella transit commission of the greater Montreal.
A couple of the train lines have been half-decent (the Deux-Montagnes and Vaudreuil lines), but even they were not frequent, they only ran into the city in the morning and out the city in the evening. Barely any service on the weekends.
The rest of the exo lines are absolute trash. 3 trains to the city in the morning, 3 trains back in the evening, no service on weekends and stat holidays. That's before the REM was even announced.
What if you have an unusual travel pattern? Let's say, you don't work 9-5 or you live in the central Mtl, but work in the suburbs? Your best option is driving. That's not ideal at all.
Enter the REM. They only took over one line from exo - Deux-Montagnes. The construction period is indeed painful, but already next year you will be able to go in and out of DM every 15 minutes during off-peak hours and up to every 7 minutes during rush hour. IN and OUT. Plus, they're adding rapid transit where there was none - Brossard and Baie-d'Urfe, and eventually even the airport.
In the meantime exo and ARTM are expanding absolutely nowhere at all. The biggest move they've done is that rebranding into exo, in fact. I've literally reached out and asked them if they're planning to introduce service on weekends and they said "there's no demand". How would they know if there's demand, if there's no service? I mean, the 20 and the 40 are always congested, you wanna tell me people from RDP or PAT don't go downtown during the weekend? Ridiculous.
STM's and exo's service is abysmal and they keep reducing it while raising rates. STM's only expansion that's allegedly being built at any point in the next decade is 5 stations on the blue line. All the while REM is commissioning the first leg of the system this spring and the remaining network next year. They will have built it within 6-7 years.
So the way I see it, the REM is a necessary shake up that the ARTM is gonna finally get. In the last few years they've been steadily trying to blame the REM for their own failure, but they weren't being successful before the REM either. They just finally have a scapegoat. Hopefully once the REM is commissioned and is a success, the people will wake up to the fact that transit can actually be good and force these no-good execs of STM and ARTM to do their job. Or more ideally, give them all the boot and transfer all transit in the greater Montreal region to the REM team.
Didn't Montreal build dozens of kilometers of this for the REM in the same amount of time?
Great project, despite being small, it is a good step and a good initiative for an efficient development of the infrastructure. For those from Europe like me, I in Italy, these projects show that having the ability to move with any means of transport is useful. In Liguria, an Italian region, completely mountainous and overlooking the sea, the train often saves people's journeys due to the high road traffic in the Genoa junction, also for this reason the high-speed line of the third pass is being built and improving the Genoa railway link. Seeing Toronto growing in transportation similar to Milan makes me happy, especially for a country I've always liked. In the end, the metropolitan area of Milan in inhabitants is similar to Greater Toronto, 7.6 million for Milan in less than 5,000 square kilometers and 7 million for Toronto in 7,000 square kilometers, so we need more and more infrastructure projects like this.
To all those non-Canadians watching... This video is early spring so Canada's landscape looks little bleak with scary looking leafless trees. By mid May, the land turns lush green and THAT makes Canada looks what it is... a heaven on earth.
Very much hope I get a chance to take the train next time I'm in Toronto. Also, could see my sister's place in a couple clips- super cool!
Vids are great man
When does a fast train coming into town
Like the TGV in europe, will it happen in canada u think realistically
All this construction finally completed just for metrolinx to break my heart and reduce the barrie lines service by I swear over half starting april8
You have earned a subscriber! I would love to see you talk about what’s happening up here in Ottawa. the 2 new LRT lines have been some of the most disorganized projects and the new mayor has pledged to “fight the war on cars” so this city is in dire need for new leadership and direction. But there’s hope with Ryan Reynolds lol as he’s proposing to purchase the Ottawa Senators and build a new stadium downtown which along with the new rail lines, could be the last home for reviving this shell of a city lol
O Train Line 2 is actually pretty good, they just keep not sufficiently futureproofing it. This time should be better
7:30 The music and scenery going by....
Toronto would install a multi hundo-million dollar signalling system on Line 1 to allow for more trains to only turn around a year later and cut service. The TTC is fucked so it’s nice to see GO making actual progress.
I know what I will be testing out this long Easter weekend! It has the feeling of riding on the Shinkansen on an elevated section over an industrial area (at a third of the speed of course ). For its length, this elevated guideway seems to be a first of its kind for diesel powered trains in North America
Watch the video at 2x speed
Great compilation
Congrats toronto
Interestingly we are also using a similar technique to construct Mumbai Ahmedabad high speed rail corridore. The difference is that instead of two sets of pillars and two girders to complete a span we are making one large pillar and one large girder to cover the span. But the idea of launching is the same.
I was amazed by the speed at which work can take place using this technique. Normally for our metro project, we already use pre cast girders but they are launched by two mobile cranes which means that work can only take place at night because cranes require space and those trucks in which girders are brought to site are also massive so they can move only at night. But then if you eliminate the trucks and use the already built viaduct to bring in new new girders suddenly work can happen 24/7.
That’s because Japanese Shinkansen trains are much lighter than North American trans
I remember there was a lot of criticism from the community regarding doing the bridge instead of a tunnel - as well as Metrolinx's tendency to disregard public input - but look forward to seeing the greenway part get done. The big question that remains is how to connect this greenway with the West Toronto Railpath ...
3:10 yeeeeaaaaaah not for Ottawa unfortunately 😔
Took 30 years to build 100 km of track for Skytrain in BC, lol.
China does that in an hour.
"A lot of plans & no action" is the TLDR of literally every single transit project in Toronto/GTA
The construction method is very familiar. My workplace is just south of the 40 across from Fairview Mall. I just to watch precisely the construction method used here while the elevated sections of the REM were being put into place.
Couldnt help but notice that this route is not opened yet, I live on Davenport and surprise surprise this Diamond" route is not open yet.
When do electrification works start?
Very nice footage! Do you know if and when they are going to remove the old tracks that are part of the diamond? That bit is still pretty loud every time CP rail passes.
I really wish brightline had plans to build a guide way along their Miami to west palm beach section, there’s just waayyy to many grade crossings.
I’m so excited for Toronto’s future with the GO expansion and 2 LRTs
what about the Ontario Line, Yonge subway expansion, scarborough subway expansion and sheppard subway expansion
@@TheTroyc1982 The Scarborough extension should have started a decade before the Sheppard line, but that's fine... Happy to see all the projects coming together!
I filmed what may be the last run of the Canadian at the ground-level crossing at Wallace two weeks ago.
Nice video Amigo. Feeling good about my hometown"s commitment to PT.
It's funny to hear you say that trains arent around for very long. Thats absolutely trune in north american regional rail, but my trip to Netherlands i spent around 3 hours reading in westelpark, and trains went by every couple of minutes the entire time, but so quietly that a train 50 meters aewy was almost unnoticed.
Thats Europe tho😭😂😂
Great video and explanation!, What hit me when I saw this while driving on Bloor street, is how ugly the concrete side panels are. The guideway and piers look elegant, but the sides look like an afterthought, literally bolted on, why wasn’t the guideway designed with integrated sides?