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[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 4/16/15:

 

Metrolinx logs continued progress on Eglinton Crosstown light-rail project

 

Metrolinx announced yesterday that two of its tunnel boring machines had reached the halfway point of their journey in the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail transit project in Toronto.

Working on the 6.2-mile western segment of the tunnel, the machines now need to be extracted from the ground at Allen Road, moved across Eglinton Avenue and reinserted on the east side of Allen Road, Metrolinx officials said in a press release.

 

Full story here.

[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 9/25/15:

 

Ontario continues tunneling work for Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line

 

Next week, tunnel boring machines will begin their westward journey as they make way for Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown Light-Rail Transit (LRT) project.

The westbound tunneling will start from the launch shaft east of Brentcliffe Road and proceed toward Yonge Street, officials from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation said in a press release.

Here is the latest.

[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 11/4/15:

 

Crosslinx signs $9.1 billion contract for Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line

 

Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario and Crosslinx Transit Solutions yesterday signed a $9.1 billion construction and maintenance contract (in Canadian dollars) to complete the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail transit (LRT) project in Toronto.

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[KevinKorell]

Toronto, ON Star, 8/19/16:

Eglinton-Crosstown tunneling comes to boring end

After their long, subterranean journey, Toronto’s favourite tunnel boring machines — Don and Humber — arrived at Yonge St., signaling the completion of the 10-kilometre LRT tunneling.

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[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 3/31/17:

 

 

Ontario to create battery backup system for Eglinton Crosstown rail route

 

Ontario is partnering with electricity provider Toronto Hydro to build a battery energy storage system for the future Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line.

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[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 8/14/17:

 

Track work begins on Eglinton Crosstown light-rail project

Crews installed a track turnout for the 11.8-mile line. Photo – Crosstown's Twitter account

 

Construction crews have installed the first piece of track for the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail project in the Toronto area.
 

Workers installed a turnout track that will move vehicles through the future Mount Dennis Station and adjoining light-rail maintenance and storage facility.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Energy Storage News, 2/26/18:

 

 

 

Ontario’s new light rail transit line using 30MWh RES system to reduce peak energy, add backup

 

 

 

 

RES (Renewable Energy Systems) has confirmed the expected capacity and output of a photovoltaics-linked energy storage system being developed for a railway in Canada which will use lithium-ion batteries.

 

Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation announced in mid-February that local company Toronto Hydro has entered into an agreement with RES to design and build a battery energy storage facility for the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit (LRT) line.

 

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[CNJRoss]

Railway Age, 3/5/19:
 

Crosstown construction nearing completion

 

 

Work on Toronto’s 12-mile (19-kilometer) Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, the city’s largest, is heading toward the last lap. The line is scheduled to open in September 2021.

 

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This year will see track laying begin on the surface section, east of Brentcliffe Road. The first trackbed has been poured between Victoria Park and Pharmacy Avenues, a distance of about four blocks. Some utilities work, road widening and bridge strengthening is in progress between Brentcliffe and Victoria Park, preparatory to track installation. The Crosstown is being built to railway standard gauge, rather than the TTC’s, which is two inches wider.

 

The Crosstown LRT, upon completion, will bring much improved transit to one of Toronto’s busiest and most important east-west arteries, Eglinton Avenue. Extensions from both end terminals are currently in the discussion stage.

 

More here with worksite photos.

[KevinKorell]

Railway, Track, & Structures, 4/21/20:

 

 

  Boring machines pulled from Toronto’s Crosstown light rail project   

 

 

 

 

Two tunnel boring machines were recently lifted from the project, marking the end of the 10-km underground framework construction. Crews took apart the 10-m-long, 400-tonne machines. Both pieces of equipment will now be sold for scrap.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Railway, Track & Structures, 5/1/20:

 

   Watch: First trip of Toronto’s Crosstown line underground; station construction progress  

 

 

 

Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown light-rail project is moving along swiftly. After the tunnel boring machines came back up to the surface and were removed, Metrolinx, an agency created to improve the coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Toronto and Hamilton area, released some video showing project progress.

 

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