Spadina Subway Extension | Expropriation | 8.7 km | $2.63 Billion | North York & York Region

[yin_yang]

amazing, thank you!

[icemachine]

Originally Posted by Diesel_Power

Holy crap! The Sheppard West Station pics really help me to grasp the scale of this project.

That area seems really empty and open. Look at all that room they have for construction.

I hope this project will encourage more density above the 401.

Sheppard West is inside Downsview Park, so those pictures are basically looking at the north end of the airfield

[gentle puppies]

Originally Posted by gan4volta

Despite for this dispute regarding utility of Spadina Subway Extension this extension still going on
Sheppard West Station
It is noticeable progress since my last report...

Just wow. They could be building this in the outskirts of Yelowknife...

[JustinB]

Really cool graphic on the construction of the Spadina Extension:

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpr..._expansion.pdf

[ONE HUMAN]

I was just poring over this for half an hour. Very cool and informative.

Here's a link to the GIF file for those that don't want to download a PDF:

http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpr...nsion_2500.gif

[spearhead]

This will surely serve all of you from scarborough and the surrounding areas once its done.

[ONE HUMAN]

Originally Posted by spearhead

This will surely serve all of you from scarborough and the surrounding areas once its done.

Huh?

[spearhead]

Originally Posted by ONE HUMAN

Huh?

Oooops sorry i meant it for the Scarborough LRT projects.

[rise_against]

its been a long time since i was in toronto. are the new subway cars being used yet? what are the reviews on them?

[icemachine]

New cars are in use, I'd guess they compromise somewhere around 30% of the service on Y-U-S.

[ONE HUMAN]

Originally Posted by icemachine

New cars are in use, I'd guess they compromise somewhere around 30% of the service on Y-U-S.

Or comprise. Lets not compromise when it comes to new subway cars. Love them by the way.

[The Mad Navigator]

Originally Posted by ONE HUMAN

Or comprise. Lets not compromise when it comes to new subway cars. Love them by the way.

Agreed. They are nice, however, I'm way more excited about the new Bombardier Flexity vehicles arriving. There will be a test model delivered to the TTC this summer! Exciting!

[ONE HUMAN]

Originally Posted by The Mad Navigator

Agreed. They are nice, however, I'm way more excited about the new Bombardier Flexity vehicles arriving. There will be a test model delivered to the TTC this summer! Exciting!

I'm looking forward to that too. In fact, just yesterday I was checking out this Steve Munro page: http://stevemunro.ca/?p=5714 and this TTC page: http://lrv.ttc.ca/Meet_Your_New_Ride.aspx with lots of info and pics.

Too bad we won't see them in actual operation until 2014 at the earliest.

[The Mad Navigator]

Originally Posted by ONE HUMAN

I'm looking forward to that too. In fact, just yesterday I was checking out this Steve Munro page: http://stevemunro.ca/?p=5714 and this TTC page: http://lrv.ttc.ca/Meet_Your_New_Ride.aspx with lots of info and pics.

Too bad we won't see them in actual operation until 2014 at the earliest.

2 years will go by faster than you think.

[rise_against]

Cool! So new subway cars, and street cars! So how will the LRT on the new transit city lines look?

Also how are the presto cards working out? Im living in Seoul which uses a reusable card system called t-money which can be used on any transit including taxi's and even vending machines in subways stations. Its amazing. I hope presto is well on it way to becoming the same thing?

[icemachine]

Originally Posted by rise_against

Cool! So new subway cars, and street cars! So how will the LRT on the new transit city lines look?

Also how are the presto cards working out? Im living in Seoul which uses a reusable card system called t-money which can be used on any transit including taxi's and even vending machines in subways stations. Its amazing. I hope presto is well on it way to becoming the same thing?

The TTC only has limited availability with the Presto Card, 14 of the Subway stations according to this list, it's basically a convenience for people using regional or GO transit to access the subway at this time. Most of the the GTHA regional systems have fully adopted Presto, Durham being the only one that has it only as a co-fare to the GO System

Full rollout of the system to the TTC is supposed to be happening by late 2014, it will be with the next Generation of the Presto system. Currently Presto relies heavily on the back-end system, meaning when you add cash to your Presto Card, it takes up to 24 hours for it to be seen by the card readers at the stations/buses. The Next Gen system is supposed to remedy this as well as adding some forms of Open Payment (phones with NFC's and Contactless Credit Cards)

PNG will be available on the Ottawa rollout this summer and is supposed to be systemwide this fall, though I would not be surprised to see that pushed back should the Ottawa rollout not go smoothly

[rise_against]

Thank you for the reply! I can not wait for the presto system to be up and running. These systems only make things easier and will bring more people to public transit. Have you guys ever lived in a city with a similar system? Makes such a massive difference.

[gan4volta]

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