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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(08-03-2015, 05:59 AM)Pheidippides Wrote:
(08-02-2015, 10:24 PM)timio Wrote: My guess is they'll be creating an entrance to the yard from the west end, near Park street, hence the upcoming closure.  Once that's been relocated, they can get to work raising the tracks across King.

Thank-you, but I was referring to the actual tracks, not the vehicle entrance to the yard.

If they are raising the main track 2-3m won't they need to also raise the GO sidings/stubs as well? Otherwise where the three tracks meet will vary in height too much. Plus, even if they do not have to change the GO tracks the small distance between the tracks will make if difficult to change one track (add material) without affecting the other tracks.

He was referring to the tracks also. The trains will enter and leave the GO sidings from the West end. This is unfortunate because they will have to perform an awkward reverse in order to move to and from the terminal station but it avoids the problem with the grade difference. Trains from the new GO storage facility off Shirley Ave. won’t have to reverse to get to the station, but will have to reverse in order to start their revenue runs.

I have to note that I think they’ve messed up the logistics on this. The work on Park St. should have been done before King St. was closed, or at least before King St. was closed to pedestrian traffic. The West track connection to the yard could have been built anytime in the last year or more.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by ijmorlan - 08-03-2015, 08:38 AM
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