Eglinton Crosstown Vehicle Testing - EMSF to Keelesdale Station

[@ramrod3922]

You guys need to keep popping out these videos out weekly. It's fun and interesting to watch the progress of this each week. People' are home, there is not much to do....stay at home order's! Keep making these videos.

[@Leo_Chan]

Wow, they actually did it. A full video!

[@Nathan630pm]

This, and "We did it! 1 Station in 9 years!" Incredible.

[@haweater1555]

What a rollercoaster in some places... can't wait to try it!

[@cinthia9602]

It good to know that something came out of all the years of construction irritation.

[@anareel4562]

one thing i hate to call out this late is the different track gauge on this line and the Finch line compared to ALL other streetcars in Toronto. I know its the standard gauge used basically everywhere else in North America but having to purchase and maintain 2 separate fleets of essentially the same vehicles is counter productive

[@Humulator]

because these are the same vehicles going to other projocts and the others use standard gauge. its much easier for them to use standard

[@anareel4562]

@@Humulator did u even read what I said? Thanks for saying the same thing with spelling mistakes. Thanks for adding to the conversation

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

The LRT fleet would be incompatible with the streetcar fleet regardless of the track gauge. They are wider and they can't go around the tight curves of the streetcar network. Streetcars can't run on LRT lines because they only have doors on one side

[@anareel4562]

@@OntarioTrafficMan uhh as far as I know the turning circle of the Flexity and the Flexity are the same... The doors I can see being an issue but I wasn't saying it for vehicle sharing but for vehicle movement from 1 shop to another

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@anareel4562 "As far as I know"? Just look it up. Took me two seconds to find, since this is a really common question. The minimum turning radius is 25m for the LRVs, compared to 11m for the streetcars. They are 2.65m wide, compared to 2.54m. Their maximum grade (slope) is only 6%, compared to 8%. They can't navigate single-point switches (i.e. nearly all switches on the streetcar network). They run on 750 V rather than 600 V. There's absolutely no way the LRVs could run on the current streetcar network, regardless of the track gauge. There's a reason that the TTC had to get such custom-built streetcars.

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

Very excited to see this line opened!

[@alexanderip1003]

I Think the Science Centre needs a theme (Molecule Shaped Pillars/Gables at the station)

[@Boeing727ONTOP]

Exactly! It just looks like all the other stations, and that’s not fun

[@spongebobsquarepants921]

I can't wait for them to come out

[@purplerabbit638]

That's what she said

[@metropolitantransit7276]

The surface track west of Eglinton is also complete, LRT still cannot be tested there as construction on some of the other underground stations are being worked on until 2022.

[@metropolitantransit7276]

Sorry I meant east.

[@KrishRaju-p4g]

Cool I am very excited and interested on riding the new lrt line

[@MimicoBungalow]

FINALLY! A more or less COMPLETE video. We're SO eager to have this thing DONE! I've driven by this on the way to work for years and watched the progress...my station/area of interest is the Mount Dennis / Keelesdale bit...I could do without the crappy 'commercial music' sound-track...but, obviously - parts of this were sped up a little so that 'ambient' sounds would not have worked...nevertheless - in future videos - if they are in 'real time' - how about the ambient sounds of the train? Wow.

[@Absolute_Zero7]

Why does the video say to Caledonia, when the footage only reaches Keelesdale? Edit: Fixed

[@MIKEJ788]

Lol

[@Buzzlybee]

Petition to change Line 5 with actual subways

[@haweater1555]

If the Sheppard subway is extended, they could save a lot by converting it to an LRT line.

[@tristanridley1601]

Way too late for that. I hope they built it for relatively easy upgrading once the LRT capacity is overwhelmed.

[@CANMONQUE]

The fact line 5 not a subway, the cost of the project for no grade separation and all the delays making it the biggest transit feature in Canadian History. Having said that the line will still be useful, particularly all the connections to others lines, but it could have been so much more. Hopefully this serve as lessons for the future. I am not against LRT but overall this project was poorly design. The location was perfect for a subway.

[@olegs79]

That's cool. Excited for this.

[@hojoinhisarcher]

T.O stuff turns up in the algorithm for fun .Grew up here in the 50s when this was pastoral.If it hadn't been for the church at 4:30 would have no idea.

[@raxvillanueva6310]

The 19-kilometre, 25-stop Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line is set to open in 2022.

[@abdullahrizwan592]

Nice, I wish this can get done one time with out any more delays

[@bink023]

Looks great - but what happened to Caledonia?

[@JayFow]

apperently that was keelesdale, they made a mistake

[@さくら鉄道チャンネル]

Awesome video!!

[@moses8758]

KZbin recommendations at it agin but no problems look nice

[@Hafiz100ify]

God, I hope it isn't that slow during revenue service.

[@sovb]

Of course it won't. As this is just a test run, they aren't putting it at full speed, most likely because of the fact that this is the first time they're putting the vehicles on the track. Who knows if there's some non-visible defect in the track that will mess up a train going at full speed. Also, there's workers on the line, and a lot of the signage most likely isn't up yet. In addition, there's also the fact that the line isn't even finished fully. Edit: Oh and, all of the signals are red.

[@DP-gt7sr]

@@sovb They are moving even slower than you think. Look at the cars on the road and the workers on the side. The film is sped up!

[@brianmcdonald6519]

@@DP-gt7sr Thought I noticed the same thing a couple of times! Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me!! Lol!!

[@lvalledor3440]

Theres another video that shows the LRT can go as fast as the subway trains

[@d53101]

Bombardier vehicles, they can’t go any faster.🚂

[@WeatherxCalipha]

I assume they plan on having two or three sets of cars hooked up to each other considering how long platforms on both the streets and in the stations are.

[@happythecat9231]

I wonder when they will finish

[@nanaokyere7141]

It was actually suppose to be in service now in 2020 but delays with bombardier making the trains on time and covid have pushed it back another 2 years. They've now scheduled it for 2022.

[@PWingert1966]

@@nanaokyere7141 Even then Eglington and Yonge won't be open for another seven months after that due to underground pipes that no one seemed to know about suddenly being discovered and having to be rerouted once they figure out what they are for who owns them and get permits from them to move them.

[@davidbrowne3761]

@@nanaokyere7141 As well Rob Ford wanting to change which stations are street-level and which underground 🚇 and the length of the LINE

[@jeffskene42]

Does anyone know if this route uses any of the old started Eglington Subway scraped by Mike Harris

[@DarkDavesMirror]

No. Everything was filled in. So much for saving money.

[@nanaokyere7141]

Very cool. I wonder if they'll treat the surface stops as streetcar stops, meaning will they bypass surface stops if no one is there or hasn't pressed for their stop?

[@guldukat2453]

Stops every station like a subways. Cars will also be coupled (2-3 times more capacity than normal streetcar). Operating speed will be higher than streetcar due to grade separation. Basically, this is an LRT, not streetcar.

[@tailiu223]

​@@fahim5183 Yes Rob Ford called them 'streetcars' and he wanted to build something better. Then he built NOTHING.

[@tailiu223]

@@fahim5183 Other than capacity, there are speed, comfort, reliability, safety.....etc.

[@tailiu223]

@@fahim5183 Speed, yes. The stops are further apart than streetcar stops and they are not in mixed traffic. Safety, yes. They are not in mixed traffic. Reliability, yes, they are separated from vehicle traffic.

[@tailiu223]

@@fahim5183 No...those are streetcars.

[@donteatthechalk]

Getting very excited!

[@mikedrown2721]

I'd love to live here

[@guillermogouldburn763]

So where is this for those of us who are not from there? Nice rail system by the way.

[@MarcusCollins69]

Toronto, Ontario

[@TheODLawson23]

Cool, but sadly, old everything is gone. I miss those days in 80's and 90's.

[@lbeaton1]

Nice, but it's driving me just a little crazy that the camera isn't pointing straight ahead.

[@ianglynwilliams]

The problem is that the camera is fixed and not moving in concert with the wheel direction or eyesight of the operator.

[@meee2170]

oh it's going to be a streetcar. nice! atelast i can get to school quicker

[@Epiceditz735]

true

[@SomeGuy-lw2po]

I'm being pedantic, but it's called a tram. Cars and trollies are different.

[@Epiceditz735]

@@SomeGuy-lw2po it called a streetcar

[@SomeGuy-lw2po]

@@Epiceditz735 I hear you, but you're wrong. It's no big deal, but wrong is wrong

[@RipCityBassWorks]

Uh, isn't a street car street running? This looks like it has a dedicated right of way to me...

[@HAA0603]

Faster than the O-Train being built in Ottawa lol

[@jayvonnoelsmith8445]

This needs to be finish

[@ybmojimoji2066]

How big is it

[@adheebrahumathullah4099]

Can’t wait to operate the system yes

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Why on the road on the left hand side? Why not keep right like driving a car?

[@dariansamuels9357]

❤❤❤

[@kelvincao8359]

Just PLEASE finish the whole construction already! I’m sick of driving through the whole mess of construction on Eglinton

[@funvideofan1625]

Can you please rename Keelesdale To Keele North Station

[@spencergraham-thille9896]

Where is this?

[@JruGordon]

What's EMSF? Edit: Eglinton Maintenance & Storage Facility

[@billyfouronesix]

Maybe tell us what EMSF means?

[@brosandshortfilms7647]

eglinton maintanence storage facility

[@cosmoray9750]

5:08 The station is not even heated. wtf.

[@lvalledor3440]

Looking good. I do hope once the Eglinton LRT is in service it will run full time & hopefully not have to shut down parts of the line on the weekends & replace with shuttle buses due to track work, etc. I don't about anyone else but I feel sometime in the future the Eglinton LRT will extend west of Mount Dennis to Etobicoke & connect to the Mississauga Transitway Renforth station. That'd be nice too.

[@cumhachd]

Yup, Metrolinx has already had public meetings about the extension plan. Currently they're showing two elevated stations going west from Mt Dennis over the valley around Jane, then underground all the way to Renforth where it will end at a surface station connecting to the Mississauga busway. They are talking about a future Pearson connection but I don't think that's well-studied yet. See www.infrastructureontario.ca/Eglinton-Crosstown-West-Extension/ Frequent shutdowns happen on the old lines because they are very old and need a lot of modernization, and they are used so much that the little time they can afford to close for repairs doesn't allow for efficient work. They could probably refurbish everything in one go working 24/7 but they'd be fully closed for months. If they'd only known about the pandemic ahead of time it could have been a great opportunity.

[@KevinT3141]

Signal Passed At Stop. Tsk tsk... :-)

[@deepaksetia]

3 years and still waiting 😂

[@schnuurtchke]

Is it going to go faster than in the video during service

[@sovb]

Of course it will. As this is just a test run, they aren't putting it at full speed, most likely because of the fact that this is the first time they're putting the vehicles on the track. Who knows if there's some non-visible defect in the track that will mess up a train going at full speed. Also, there's workers on the line, and a lot of the signage most likely isn't up yet. In addition, there's also the fact that the line isn't even finished fully. Edit: Oh and, all of the signals are red.

[@thattallguy9053]

They our building one on finch and i’m hating the traffic. I mean seriously wtf are they doing.... They already opened finch west stn so why make an Lrt? waste of money

[@anhbinbaccuc8850]

I remember 2-3yrs ago around this time when people were out Christmas shopping , traffic was bad and they closed off partially Eglington street, our bus was stuck on Eglington - Don Mill for 5-6hrs. The passengers in the bus even joke "lets call pizza"

[@DarkDavesMirror]

With covid traffic, that won't be an issue this year.

[@chromebomb]

Toronto transit seems fragmented......i'm just an american who has been to Buffalo and YYZ

[@hoosierhermit]

The music is horrendous and loud

[@lisaking4160]

Please just finish it😒

[@gmailgmail1010]

Oh, it's just me or, It's so slow!

[@TheOneThreeFour]

Obviously a test run should be done at safe speeds, but this is so slow that the video is significantly sped up and STILL is incredibly boring to watch. Might as well have pushed the rolling stock by hand.

[@abdullahrizwan592]

lol

[@bobjeffersonjeffy7968]

Build those fema camps just like the Nazis

[@juliansmith4295]

For musicians, composing this sort of empty, one-size-fits-all background music that appeals to people in high positions who have crappy peach and off white prints of sailboats in their offices, must be like training to be a chef and ending up at MacDonald's.

[@peterpankova5532]

Toronto is way behind European cities in terms of Public Transportation. The development will take decades. Still, building something is better than nothing.

[@thetorontoyeller453]

What a fucking waste of money. The vehicles are the same as the street cars. They could have just gotten government subsidy to put as a street car right away. Looks the same as Harbour front right away.

[@bobjeffersonjeffy7968]

Bet that place will start falling apart in 3 years

[@Thanaxx3]

Where is this?