Tunnelling for The Crosstown

Metrolinx is moving ahead on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, part of the Province's 8.4 billion dollar investment in transit expansion for Toronto. Construction will begin by digging tunnels that will be constructed by large tunnel boring machines or TBMs for short. Visit www.thecrosstown.ca to learn more.

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[aranhilfp01]

thumbs up for the animator!

[Geoffrey Carman]

Very well done animations. Are they using two TBM's one for each tunnel, or just reusing the same one for both tunnels?

[Hairee Stener]

Edmonton, Canada was the first city to build a subway style LRT.

[zaghy2zy]

Great idea, but I think it isn't about the eyesore problem, but street space problems... If they decide to use overheads, they don't have space for regular traffic on the street, or use up pedestrian space, plus there isn't enough overhead space to actually execute the idea. I'm pretty sure this was considered before they started drilling. Afterall, if they are dumb politicians who know nothing about transit (like what some people say out there) they would have executed something worse.

[bloorwestreno]

They should use the excess earth to create islands/isthmuses/spits/fjords on Lake Ontario

[ZackMartin24]

Oh my god you just made me die of laughter.

[soli82cat]

I'm originally from Brooklyn, NY and coming from a city that has an expansive subway and overhead railway system, I strongly believe this LRT is too costly and time consuming. It's a great idea but I think it's a much better idea only because it is faster and cheaper to build cemented or concrete overhead railway tracks. They might be eyesores but the city and the GTA's will finally have rapid transport.

[James Gray]

1:08 "regular monitoring of boring activity will be undertaken"

[MrAlec00]

they use 2 different TBMs

[KardiFan2000]

The Eglinton strip today is denser than it was 25 years ago, and as more people move into the city, lines like this need to be built...I get what you're saying though, this could've been done for much cheaper, had it been built in the first place.

[canucktunes]

Cool video.