Canadian LRT/RT projects U/C

[DizzyEdge]

Originally Posted by GlassCity

This. I went to Calgary last summer and rode the entire CTrain system end to end. It's not a glorified streetcar, it's enhanced commuter rail.

Originally Posted by Corndogger

How is it commuter rail let alone "enhanced commuter rail"?

I think it's a bunch of things.

Downtown the CTrain is like a streetcar.
outside of the inner city it's commuter rail.
in between it's.. something in between.

[GreaterMontréal]

La Caisse , Important announcement tomorrow at 10am,

[SkahHigh]

Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

La Caisse , Important announcement tomorrow at 10am,

Both projects will finally be announced. Can't wait

Link of the press conference which will be broadcast online tomorrow at 10AM: http://www.icastpro.ca/events/caisse-de-...c/2016/04/22/cdpq-infra-press-conference

[kwoldtimer]

Work on ION in Uptown Waterloo is back on after a five week delay caused by archaeological work following the discovery of a corduroy road (circa 1800) under King St.

[SkahHigh]

The Valley Line will be added to the U/C list tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

It begins!



SE 'Valley Line'


http://www.railforthevalley.com

[SkahHigh]

Construction to start Spring 2017

67km
24 stations
5.5B$
To become the 3rd longest automated system in the world

[Metro-One]

Wow, is that for real? Is that all being built in one phase?

And since automated, I am guessing fully grade separated (true metro).

Also, what company? Must be Bombardier I am guessing.

[SkahHigh]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Wow, is that for real? Is that all being built in one phase?

And since automated, I am guessing fully grade separated (true metro).

Also, what company? Must be Bombardier I am guessing.

All built in one phase, from spring 2017 to late 2020.

Fully grade-separated, this will be like a second Metro system.

This will completely transform transportation in Greater Montreal.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by SkahHigh

All built in one phase, from spring 2017 to late 2020.

Fully grade-separated, this will be like a second Metro system.

This will completely transform transportation in Greater Montreal.

That is how you fucking do it Montreal!

Grade separated and automatic, welcome to the club

Hopefully this will add some more pressure to build Vancouver's Broadway extension and to ensure that the technology chosen for the Langley connection is an extension of skytrain (and not surface LRT).

This is now by far the most exciting transit project soon to commence in Canada.

Way to show up Toronto hehe, sorry for the jab.

[flipv]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

That is how you fucking do it Montreal!

Grade separated and automatic, welcome to the club

Hopefully this will add some more pressure to build Vancouver's Broadway extension and to ensure that the technology chosen for the Langley connection is an extension of skytrain (and not surface LRT).

This is now by far the most exciting transit project soon to commence in Canada.

Way to show up Toronto hehe, sorry for the jab.

I'd say GO RER is by far the most exciting and transformational transit project in Canada... But let's just ignore that one for now.

Enjoy dragging diesel trains to and fro the suburbs!

[SkahHigh]

High-speed train network to span across Montreal by 2020

Quebec’s largest pension fund manager announced Friday it will build a new high-speed rail network to link the West Island, the South Shore, and the northern suburb of Deux Montagnes.

“What we’re announcing today is the most important public transit project in Montreal in the last 50 years,” said Macky Tall, the president of CDPQ Infra, the infrastructure arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.

The Caisse said it will lead a $5.5 billion project using existing tracks and building new ones dedicated to passenger traffic. The project calls for a fully electric, automated, and universally accessible train, with Wi-Fi and place for bicycles. The stations will enter into service by 2020.

The 67-kilometre network will use the track running through the Mount Royal tunnel, taking over the Deux Montagnes Line currently run by the Agence Métropolitaine de Montréal. New tracks will be built over the Champlain Bridge, and link to the South Shore, ending near the intersection of Highways 30 and 10 in Brossard. Two other dedicated tracks will be built, branching off from the Deux-Montagnes Line where Highway 13 meets Highway 40. One track will head to the airport, with a stop in the Technoparc in St-Laurent. Another will follow along Highway 40 towards Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.

The Caisse has promised trains will leave every three to six minutes from the South Shore and every six to 12 minutes on the West Island and Deux Montagnes Line, with a 20-hour operation schedule from 5 a.m. to 1:20 a.m. The result will be four times more trains that currently serve the Vaudreuil-Dorion line.

It’s estimated it will take 40 minutes to take the train either from Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue or Deux-Montagnes downtown. The train will link downtown to the airport in 30 minutes. It will take between 15 and 20 minutes to travel from Brossard downtown.

Tall said the decision to follow Hwy 40 was made because of work going on in the Turcot Interchange. That work will prevent crews from building dedicated lines for the next five years. He said building along that corridor would also cost $1 billion more because it would have to build a track dedicated to passenger traffic.

The thorny issue of parking remains unsolved, however. Currently many stations along the Deux-Montagnes Line are over capacity, and there is no space to build new parking spots.

Tall said the Caisse will speak with municipalities about this issue and hopes to come up with a solution.

The announcement follows about a year of study by the Caisse ever since the Quebec government proposed it build the two train projects. The government adopted a law last year to permit a private company to build public transit projects for the first time.

In January 2015, Quebec proposed the Caisse build train service to the airport, and further west to boost service on the beleaguered Vaudreuil-Dorion line, and a light-rail project over the Champlain Bridge. The Caisse had been studying the viability of the projects since that time.

This is not the pension manager’s first foray into public transit. The Caisse is one of the builders of the Canada Line, a train that links Vancouver’s airport to the downtown region, and the suburb of Richmond. The train was built in time for the 2010 Olympic Games.

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-ne...te-for-montreals-west-island-south-shore

[SkahHigh]

More details

[Rico Rommheim]

OMG.

The deux-montagne line conversion. Did not see that one coming. That's fantastic!

[Aylmer]

Originally Posted by flipv

I'd say GO RER is by far the most exciting and transformational transit project in Canada... But let's just ignore that one for now.

Enjoy dragging diesel trains to and fro the suburbs!

Erm, it'll be fully electric. From what we know of the project, it seems that it's essentially the same thing as GO RER but with a different technology. That allows the REM to be fully automated and to attain higher peak frequencies, but it limits the ease with which it can be expanded onto other railways (like to Laval or Montréal-Nord), unlike RER which runs on conventional rail.

But one way or another, this is tremendously exciting and not at all what I was expecting.

My future wishlist for the REM: a branch to Laval via the A15 to Carrefour Laval to relieve the overcrowded Ligne Orange and a branch to the woefully-underserviced Montréal-Nord via the existing CN railway.

Very exciting indeed

[nephersir7]

It looks like it's going to use Skytrain-like rolling stock, with catenaries instead of third rail



http://cdpqinfra.com/sites/all/files/document/cdpqinfra_briefing_technique_anglais_2016-04-22.pdf

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by flipv

I'd say GO RER is by far the most exciting and transformational transit project in Canada... But let's just ignore that one for now.

Enjoy dragging diesel trains to and fro the suburbs!

Seems similar to regional express rail, but with the advantage of being able to run the trains off conventional tracks. I guess it all comes down to the EMU trainsets that Metrolinx decides to use, because some of the lighter models could internetwork closer to urban areas. Otherwise, you can't run an EMU trainset down or near main street in Toronto, of course (and however) there will be plenty of LRT connections/interchanges to to make the network efficient for moving people to their exact destinations.

[Corndogger]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Wow, is that for real? Is that all being built in one phase?

And since automated, I am guessing fully grade separated (true metro).

Also, what company? Must be Bombardier I am guessing.

What impresses me is the $5.5 billion cost for a 67 km line, especially if it's fully grade-separated.

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by Corndogger

What impresses me is the $5.5 billion cost for a 67 km line, especially if it's fully grade-separated.

it uses the Deux-Montagnes commuter rail line. The REM will go under the Mount-Royal.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by SkahHigh

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-ne...te-for-montreals-west-island-south-shore

Best thing sliced bread. Better even.

Wow, this is fucking huge.

Goddamn you Montreal for proposing all these goodies now that I am gone.

[Beedok]

So it's gobbling up Deux Montagne, but also adding some substantial new tracks right?