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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
I will add, will bi-levels fit under all the bridges and through the Dow's Lake tunnel?
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All of the current structures over the Trillium Line, including the Dow's Great Swamp Tunnel, were built with at least standard railway clearances so there should be no problem moving large, high, rail cars
to Bayview Station – but perhaps not through that station.
Because the original mainline track that by-passed Bayview Station has been removed and the new station infrastructure put in its place, any future mainline (assuming that the track does eventually reconnect to the Prince of Wales Bridge to the north) will necessarily run on the station tracks – which are at an elevation of about two metres higher than the old mainline track. It is probable that the elevated tracks do not leave the minimum (legally) required clearance between the top of rail and the bottom of the Albert and Confederation Line overpasses.
I have not measured the clearance, but I seem to recall that there was very little distance between the top of the O-Train and the underside of the Albert Structure. That is fine for a private spur, as it had been, but it is not sufficient for a regulation mainline. When the City bought an active rail line, it was agreeing to maintain a minimum required standard; which may not be met with the City’s current plan.