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05-13-2016, 05:18 PM
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The Duke shuttle is cute. I'm curious to see how that works out.
Erb going bi was a no brainer, I'm glad red tape and silly rules didn't get in the way of that happening.
Also:
Quote:Construction of the Victoria Park LRT stop will begin in late-May
I wonder what they mean. It looks like all the other platforms - are they implying that in a few weeks, they'll start kitting out the platform with the mosaic wall and roof, etc?!
I watched a GRT bus stop halfway through the Erb/Caroline intersection, 4-ways on... At first, I thought it broke down, and then I realized it was stopping because of the angled tracks. That's hilarious.
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I think when they say Victoria Park stop, they are referring to the Queen stop, though I'm not sure why the misnaming
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(05-13-2016, 05:08 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Duke closes at the railway tracks in a few weeks, for 1 week. They're starting a shuttle service for pedestrians to navigate this >1km long detour, thank god. The shuttle will run every 30 minutes from 6am to 6pm
Where do you read this? It's not currently listed on either the Grandlinq traffic closures or the Kitchener traffic closures.
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(05-13-2016, 07:51 PM)kps Wrote: (05-13-2016, 05:08 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Duke closes at the railway tracks in a few weeks, for 1 week. They're starting a shuttle service for pedestrians to navigate this >1km long detour, thank god. The shuttle will run every 30 minutes from 6am to 6pm
Where do you read this? It's not currently listed on either the Grandlinq traffic closures or the Kitchener traffic closures.
They emailed an update this afternoon to anyone who's on the mailing list.
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I like writing out highlights of the update into this thread, it makes me feel productive 
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King at Union this afternoon:
King at William this afternoon:
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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(05-13-2016, 09:32 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: King at Union this afternoon:
Huh. I guess that's the first complete embedded double-track intersection!
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Can you do me a favour, and post those two photos in the facebook group? Some dolt was going on 2 weeks ago about how "Grandlinq fails again" because there was "no way these are going to re-open on time".
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(05-13-2016, 09:52 PM)Markster Wrote: Huh. I guess that's the first complete embedded double-track intersection!
Stirling opened on Monday.
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Another photo of King/Union, definitely ready to open on Sunday:
![[Image: WrSWhnI.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/WrSWhnI.jpg)
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And, just a reminder of what this intersection looked like, less than 2 weeks ago (Photos from April 30):
Incredible work by all involved.
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(05-13-2016, 09:53 PM)Canard Wrote: (05-13-2016, 09:52 PM)Markster Wrote: Huh. I guess that's the first complete embedded double-track intersection!
Stirling opened on Monday.
I guess I haven't seen a picture of that yet! Something looked distinctly different about this one, so I thought it was the first.
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05-13-2016, 10:27 PM
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Ted posted some bright and early on Monday morning on the facebook group.
I'm still hoping for concrete and pavement painting/demarcation:
![[Image: GoldCoastLightRail.jpg]](http://www.vipac.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/GoldCoastLightRail.jpg)
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(05-13-2016, 05:08 PM)GtwoK Wrote: ![[Image: 13116256_10154203495922959_8114430732894166534_o.jpg]](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13116256_10154203495922959_8114430732894166534_o.jpg)
Great photo!
In case anyone doesn't realize, this is the Schneider Creek crossing between Hayward and the Parkway. The new bridge for the freight track at right was completed last year; the former freight bridge was removed and, as you can see, the LRT bridge is well under way.
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Is that LRT bridge for both sets of track?
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