I live at Eglinton and Wynford. During the COVID period, I watched the construction progress of the line. I was shocked to see construction of the track being done on a rail-by-rail basis, instead of using pre-constructed track. Machines that do this are also built to be able to perform this task in tunnels. As recently as late fall of 2024, I saw working, which looked like a measuring of the distance between the rails being done in the evening and at night. This experience contrasts with the extension of the subway from Eglinton to York Mills. I grew up on Cortland Avenue, which was made into a dead end so that the entrance to the bus transfer could be constructed. Construction began in the spring of 1970; the extension opened in April 1973.
And you know that they used TTC staff to accomplish that with only minor contracts to third parties. So called public/private partnerships end up over budget and unaccountable because the private companies wall themselves off from scrutiny under the claim that a public airing of their processes and procedures would benefit their competitors.
Your best video yet, and emotion in your voice reflects the feeling of all Toronto residents. Now here's a bit of history about rail building (from Wikipedia): "America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay." 3000KM over 6 years!!!!!!! Two centuries ago!!!!!!
How pathetic! I’ve seen lots of delays in a lot of other projects but never to anywhere near this extent. The announcer sounds pretty angry here and has every reason to be and then some.
Has anyone else noticed what happened on Eglinton Ave, near the east portal, the slope to the south was finally graded and seeded in the spring, trees were planted, and it was actually finished, this fall, hydro work to replace poles destroyed the landscaping under the lines. No thought was given to using mats to prevent ruts and damage, or doing the work BEFORE, the landscaping was completed. I wrote a letter to the Mayor’s office, was told that basically this area was still under Metrolinx management, and the city has no say in what happens, but was assured restoration would take place in the spring. All could have been prevented if someone had a bit of foresight.
I am a UofT student, living by Eglinton West. I moved to Toronto in my first year in 2022. I am currently halfway through my third year, and almost done my undergraduate degree. Having it open would make my life so much easier, and it is sad to say that I don’t expect it opening at all during my time here, completing my undergraduate studies. Great content though 👍
Funny story. I have a grandmother that lives close to Laird station. and because of the delays the Eglinton line makes she says that Toronto’s transit is “50 years” behind schedule.
I live near Finch West so I'll give you an update. The line is a ghost town. Nothing is really happening. No trains in site. Potentially won't open this year, but I don't know.
It's really a shame to see this project fumbled so hard. Eglinton has been a mess for 10+ years, and now we have to see more repairs on a line that isn't open yet! This is why we have a hard time building transit in the city.
Metrostinx is sooooo pathetic. I remember when Bombardier was a bit slow in delivering the test rolling stock and Metrolinx got all upset and ran out an bought other more expensive trains. In the end they spent more money on the other single source trains and they are probably sitting in some yard rotting and burning money.
2 weeks back, I saw three lrt set coupled together and fixing the mirrors on the end of the platforms along eglinton avenue east between O'connor and Kennedy. Now we got notices that they would put rolling blocks along the eglinton avenue which means additional time for me to commute to office
The most amazing part is that not one of the five lines and expansions is complete or up and running and none of them are likely to be operational in the next 12 months.
It always amazes me, and I can’t help but find it funny how quickly the snow gets cleared from the platforms and outside the stations every winter season. It’s like they’re out there even before the roads get properly cleared. Who are they clearing it for? The ghosts of the people who passed away waiting for the line to finally open?
I disagree, bike lanes don't solve the problems of public transit, in this case, when the Ontario Line is years away, bike lanes should have been implemented closer to the date of completion, this is Canada, it's minus 25 today.
@@hikarikaguraenjoyer9918Toronto residents are the smarter ones. His stupid drug addict brother made us look like fools, so of course we told Doug the slug to 🖕 off.
I was talking to a construction worker on this project in 2021 and he said there was 0 chance it got done before 2023. So if in 2021, they knew at a base level it was going to be 2 years (in addition to previous delays) behind. I can only imagine where they are at today. I wonder how much equipment and of the project is getting close to needing to be rebuilt. 15 years of construction; some of the stuff they laid down has to be getting close to needing maintenance or updating potentially.
In fairness, prior to handing over to the operator, the operator does some testing during which it will fid things that need to be fixed. Some thing can't be tested intil very late in the project when you can run trains end to end. And prior to handover of project, the soon-to-be operator will inspect and find flaws and require those to be fixed too. (station finishes would likely be such). The problem with PPP is that the builder has 0 incentive to find problems during construction because it delays when they get paid. So they rather declare step X complete so they get paid to complete step X and then get a delay at the end when all the problems are formally discovered and require a fix. When RTG tested the Ottawa LRT, they didn't operate the doors at the stations because they knew that would uncover problems that would require to be fixed before getting paid for that step of project. They didn.t run the trains during a big snow storm because they knew problems would be found. Had this been the city, they would have tested the hell out of the trains during that sow tor to find out what works and what doesn't work. Oh, and those PPP contractors don't necessarily have expertise. Look at Ottawa. During the hearings, it was revealed that Alstom couldn't start testing vehicles because SNC Lavalin or Ellis Don hadn't laid the tracks to standard gauge between Blair and Tremblay. And the Alstom folks didn't know that they needed to mainyain the pantographs otherwise they would wear out and damage the overhead wires. So obviously Alstom France didn't properly educate all the newbies they hired for Ottawa.
Metrolinx should not have been given this project in the first place. The amount of issues and delays shows how ineffective they are. They need to be held accountable as they are the ones planning & managing the project -- that's how it works in any other business. The contract with Metrolinx should have included clearly defined penalties for delays at each phase of the project.
If I am not mistaken, there are video scenes of the new Finch West, Line 6. This line uses the Siemens streetcars and some of the Bombardier streetcars.
One common traut of those P3 projects is the information firewall between the builder who knows exactly what the problems are, and the public who is told absolutely nothing to explain the delays. The "managing company" may not be allowed to blame a delay on Alstom, or Thales, or Ellis Don and while Metrolinx may be told the details of the problems/delays are instucted thsi is under strict NDA because the contract doesn't allow blaming of individual contractors, so they have to place generic blame on Crosslink and just leave the public in the darl on the actuial cause of delays. If they at least explained to the public what the problems were, the public would have more inderstanding. But lack of transparency exacerbates impatiece and distrust.
I'm not sure why you are discussing "how we do transit projects in this country". Surely you mean "how we do transit projects in this province?" Vancouver is in this country, and both Skytrain systems are brilliantly efficient. Montreal is in this country and the REM is not only a superior design to the Eglinton Crosstown, but also to the UP Express. Edmonton is in this country, and while phase one of the similar Valley Line was late, it came in _under_ budget and is better designed and configured.
More B stock of Finch than Eglinton in this video. A lot of the problems seem similar to those in Ottawa, out of gauge track, incompatible systems etc. The "maintenance" is to fix things that are not built properly to start with. An engineer I met of vacation said Ottawa has severe problems and Eglinton is not far behind. The different groups that formed the consortium are not used to working together and would not talk to each other. IIRC the signal system was not the one that Bombardier developed so the two systems had to exchange info to interconnect their two systems. This they did not do so. I don't think they are "repairing" the system so much as building it to correct specifications which they did not appear to do the first time. Get rid of P3s and have 1 group get responsibility. Get rid of Metrostinx and make it a part of the MoT so there will be a minister who has to answer question in the legislature.
I have 2 work places both along the proposed eglinton line that I currently have to drive to because the transit is not up to par. I have been dying for this line to open so i can stop fighting thru rush hour 8 times a week
The problem has been the huge underground destabilizing of buildings under Yonge street. They have kept it hush hush… and engineers are stuck in how to fix.
This entire project needs to be investigated for corruption. And when it does get up and running I bet it will be just as reliable as the OCTranspo in Ottawa.
So what are the projected delivery times? Taken with grains of salt. Any passing grades for vehicles, tracks, stations, signaling? Where do we go from here?
You talk about this like it is only a transit issue. As far as I see it, this is a broader issue that strikes at the core of how we do things in North America. We priorise profits for shareholders over everything else. It is about how capitalism in North America has gone way off the rails and is willing to sell off our safety for the sake of profit. What we have is a serious cultural issue that desperately needs to be addressed.
The sad part is that Finch West LRT probably be completed before this is ready and they will hold Finch West LRT on purpose that will require the same maintenance after a while
You think this is bad? Ottawa says “hold my beer”. At least Toronto is making repairs BEFORE opening it to the public. OCTranspo is still doing it on the fly with passengers in the train. Clearly light rail is poorly conceived, poorly engineered, and poorly executed.
This video DID NOT even mention the Eglinton LRT Extension before the regular LRT even takes on a single passenger. WHO THE FK APPROVED the extension by the same builder?!
DEI and ESG seem like a thing in retrospect here. Who is being hired and what construction assets are they even using? That bloat is always connected these days.
Metrolinx is a disaster. Every project they have taken on is late and hugely over budget, now including Ford’s Ontario Line which has already tripled in budget yet Ford keeps hiring them. Completely ridiculous.
You should do video on the Ontario Line, how its impacting business, the scope of the project and probably the poor quality of a line probably 12-15 years away. Also, the city removing car lanes for bike lanes when the overall finished project is years away. Great planning people.
When they started this on the first day by blocking off Eglington, I remember we were stuck on the bus for 5hours, people even joke lets call pizza. But I said it's alright they will build the rail line and we will move so fast...unfortunately I was so so so wrong, and I did lost 5hrs of my life sitting on the bus the very first day they started building this.
Yes, 14 years is unacceptable to wait. But it wd be worse to open up, then find something that would require Pilling the LRT Nd using buses until the problems were fixed. Several times?
Imagine a right of way for electrified rubber tire buses. Instead once this thing finally opens they will begin replacing the rail before long and replace service with buses.
Too many middle men, and that company should never work back in the city.. bring in Chinese company better, faster and cheaper.. some people might hate them but they get the job done.
The same thing will hapapen with Ontario LIne, watch. This is typical of infrastructure nowadays unfortunately. How is the company paid for this? Just like insurance scams, they're probably stringing the province along to make as much money as possible and don't care about the outcome at all.
How do you show a video of the vehicles being tested, but then wonder how it's possible that the new the vehicle still need to be maintained without a single passenger using them and that the vehicles have just been sitting around for years? When clearly they are being used and like everything they need to be maintained.
Good points. You ask how a European city can get this stuff done well and a Canadian city can't. In a way I'm not surprised. Europe and other parts of the world have good public transit systems, so there is already established pattern in delivering these projects. In North America the focus is on cars, so these public transportation projects are secondary things and thus there are no established patterns. This shouldn't be an excuse, though; smart engineers and other people are in North America, as well...
Nobody knows how to build and more importantly deliver on this not just engineers. The politicians, bureaucrats, contractors, managers etc. There's no credible experience for them to actually tap into and are basically flying blind.
@@Haxerousyes, sounds true. Though can it be used as an excuse when they can hire someone from Europe to PM the project? Even government companies hire consultants…
@@BlueAlgon you can hire say some companies (not consultants, but actual contractors, engineers, developers, policy experts) from France we have a great deal of experience and expertise in delivering similar tram projects. But they don't actually do that, the companies tend hire local people and/or those companies don't always know or fully understand the way things are done here (like the geography, city laws, utilities infrastructure).
I swear it’s like whomever is in charge for Metrolinx enjoys at our absolute out rage n laughs internally (NOT A LAUGHING MATTER) but some numbnut sits in the director board idk how these ppl get their positions 🤷
Ok but it's literally the same Issues they have repeated for the last 4 yrs of delays ??.. Rumors that it was gonna open this May ...have already now been pushed to Aug or Sept ..now it looks like early 2026 ???
1:45 Blaming delays: Poor security - materials, tools and equipment being stolen. Poor workmanship - "ongoing repairs", how many workers are high at any time on the project? They also got the gauge wrong which means either they don't know how to read a blueprint or a measuring tape. Underpinning Line 1 - Hopefully they got this right.
The trans Canada highway was built faster across the whole nation, blasting through the Canadian Shield to build roads. This is a catastrophic embarrassment
Too much blather and hyperbole and too few facts pieces of evidence. Get to the point after a short overview and then don't just yell the listener. Tell a story if you have one. Should this have been a subway in the first place? Other than moving hidden underground p[pes and wires (and how extensive was that: sewer, water, cable, electricity, and why so complicated and why didn't Liberal govt that launched this ask the hard questions?, what have the challenges been? Do you have inside sources or are you just speculating or giving an opinion?
First of all, Fk Slob ford. Secondly, the right wing loser Mike Harris cancelled the Eglinton subway. Drug ford is now ruining Ontario, not only Toronto's transit but our healthcare, education, etc. Conservatives suck and are never to be trusted.
I wonder whether the management of Metrolinx has been taken over by the same front office as Rogers Blue Jays Baseball? Both groups seem incapable of achieving simple targets and promised goals while consistently asking the public to pay more for their dysfunctional operations.
It is waste public tax-pay money to buy an overdate technology trans-system, it running in street-car speed which similar to a bicycle speed, the time spend from east Scarborough to Toronto downtown using this new line will over 2 hours, slow than or similar to the original bus system.
I’m not gonna be celebrating when this line finally opens because it has been tainted for many years, and I live near Cedervale Station. No need to celebrate anything
I want to go to that area at least a few more times because I don’t have daytime pictures of the park during summer, autumn 🍂 or winter ❄️ with lots of snow on the ground.
In the time of this project Elon musk went from selling PayPal to build Tesla modernizing it globalizing it and launching SpaceX into space and landing verticallyyy in the launcher itself 😵💫 never mind starlink set up 🤷 China went from barely having underground networks in 2011 to having 10-12 or more lines PER CITY 👏👏🤷 celebs became big and retiredddd Friggin Romans were done faster 2000 years back 😅
Greener, just a buzz word. We all know where a lots of the money is going. I am near the Long Branch GO station. The upgrade project is costing an insane amount and will cost way more than posted. Also, at the rate of the work, will go well past the posted completion date. Something tells me that once it opens, there will be many issues and plenty of breakdowns. The St. Clair line was another cluster ^%#$.
If we did that, we'd lose our universal healthcare. Because a private company has never done anything wrong, and never gone over budget on a project ever in the history of humanity... 🤦♂️ Room temp IQ, son.
I live at Eglinton and Wynford. During the COVID period, I watched the construction progress of the line. I was shocked to see construction of the track being done on a rail-by-rail basis, instead of using pre-constructed track. Machines that do this are also built to be able to perform this task in tunnels.
As recently as late fall of 2024, I saw working, which looked like a measuring of the distance between the rails being done in the evening and at night.
This experience contrasts with the extension of the subway from Eglinton to York Mills. I grew up on Cortland Avenue, which was made into a dead end so that the entrance to the bus transfer could be constructed. Construction began in the spring of 1970; the extension opened in April 1973.
And you know that they used TTC staff to accomplish that with only minor contracts to third parties. So called public/private partnerships end up over budget and unaccountable because the private companies wall themselves off from scrutiny under the claim that a public airing of their processes and procedures would benefit their competitors.
Yesss back when we knew DEADLINES WERE DEADLINES
Your best video yet, and emotion in your voice reflects the feeling of all Toronto residents.
Now here's a bit of history about rail building (from Wikipedia):
"America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay."
3000KM over 6 years!!!!!!! Two centuries ago!!!!!!
I fixed my mic 😆
2011, I was 16 now 2025, I'm 29, turning 30 in March still not operational
How pathetic! I’ve seen lots of delays in a lot of other projects but never to anywhere near this extent. The announcer sounds pretty angry here and has every reason to be and then some.
We all areeee if there’s a protest against line 5 hold up COUNT ME IN!!
Will the warranty on the coaches expire before paying passengers are being carried?
Has anyone else noticed what happened on Eglinton Ave, near the east portal, the slope to the south was finally graded and seeded in the spring, trees were planted, and it was actually finished, this fall, hydro work to replace poles destroyed the landscaping under the lines. No thought was given to using mats to prevent ruts and damage, or doing the work BEFORE, the landscaping was completed. I wrote a letter to the Mayor’s office, was told that basically this area was still under Metrolinx management, and the city has no say in what happens, but was assured restoration would take place in the spring. All could have been prevented if someone had a bit of foresight.
You're getting so good at this! The quality has really improved since those early days. 🎉
Didn't realize anyone has been watching for that long. Just can't picture it lol, thanks!
I am a UofT student, living by Eglinton West. I moved to Toronto in my first year in 2022. I am currently halfway through my third year, and almost done my undergraduate degree. Having it open would make my life so much easier, and it is sad to say that I don’t expect it opening at all during my time here, completing my undergraduate studies. Great content though 👍
The consequences of this have definitely had a ripple effect throughout the community.
Hopefully you can send your kids to the same place for university and then can make use of it.
A family member of mine who lived near one of the surface stop recently passed away before the thing even opened.
Funny story. I have a grandmother that lives close to Laird station. and because of the delays the Eglinton line makes she says that Toronto’s transit is “50 years” behind schedule.
Can you please do a specific video update on the Finch West LRT?
When I have time and there is something new.
@@OurToronto I love the last update - "we'll let you know before we plan to open" - nice and vague 😂
I live near Finch West so I'll give you an update.
The line is a ghost town. Nothing is really happening. No trains in site. Potentially won't open this year, but I don't know.
It's really a shame to see this project fumbled so hard. Eglinton has been a mess for 10+ years, and now we have to see more repairs on a line that isn't open yet! This is why we have a hard time building transit in the city.
Metrostinx is sooooo pathetic. I remember when Bombardier was a bit slow in delivering the test rolling stock and Metrolinx got all upset and ran out an bought other more expensive trains. In the end they spent more money on the other single source trains and they are probably sitting in some yard rotting and burning money.
The new equipments are getting so old that they need to be repaired now?
2 weeks back, I saw three lrt set coupled together and fixing the mirrors on the end of the platforms along eglinton avenue east between O'connor and Kennedy. Now we got notices that they would put rolling blocks along the eglinton avenue which means additional time for me to commute to office
The most amazing part is that not one of the five lines and expansions is complete or up and running and none of them are likely to be operational in the next 12 months.
It always amazes me, and I can’t help but find it funny how quickly the snow gets cleared from the platforms and outside the stations every winter season. It’s like they’re out there even before the roads get properly cleared. Who are they clearing it for? The ghosts of the people who passed away waiting for the line to finally open?
The irony is that it would cost just the same if the line was running.
I disagree, bike lanes don't solve the problems of public transit, in this case, when the Ontario Line is years away, bike lanes should have been implemented closer to the date of completion, this is Canada, it's minus 25 today.
Metrolinx with GO:🗿
Metrolinx will TTC:🤡
GO serves commuters who vote for Ford, TTC servers Toronto who doesn’t
@@hikarikaguraenjoyer9918I guess that makes sense 😅
@@hikarikaguraenjoyer9918Toronto residents are the smarter ones. His stupid drug addict brother made us look like fools, so of course we told Doug the slug to 🖕 off.
I was talking to a construction worker on this project in 2021 and he said there was 0 chance it got done before 2023. So if in 2021, they knew at a base level it was going to be 2 years (in addition to previous delays) behind. I can only imagine where they are at today.
I wonder how much equipment and of the project is getting close to needing to be rebuilt. 15 years of construction; some of the stuff they laid down has to be getting close to needing maintenance or updating potentially.
They could have put 2 bus lanes there and run busses instead of trains and this would be done and over with in 3 years
In fairness, prior to handing over to the operator, the operator does some testing during which it will fid things that need to be fixed. Some thing can't be tested intil very late in the project when you can run trains end to end. And prior to handover of project, the soon-to-be operator will inspect and find flaws and require those to be fixed too. (station finishes would likely be such).
The problem with PPP is that the builder has 0 incentive to find problems during construction because it delays when they get paid. So they rather declare step X complete so they get paid to complete step X and then get a delay at the end when all the problems are formally discovered and require a fix.
When RTG tested the Ottawa LRT, they didn't operate the doors at the stations because they knew that would uncover problems that would require to be fixed before getting paid for that step of project. They didn.t run the trains during a big snow storm because they knew problems would be found.
Had this been the city, they would have tested the hell out of the trains during that sow tor to find out what works and what doesn't work.
Oh, and those PPP contractors don't necessarily have expertise. Look at Ottawa. During the hearings, it was revealed that Alstom couldn't start testing vehicles because SNC Lavalin or Ellis Don hadn't laid the tracks to standard gauge between Blair and Tremblay. And the Alstom folks didn't know that they needed to mainyain the pantographs otherwise they would wear out and damage the overhead wires. So obviously Alstom France didn't properly educate all the newbies they hired for Ottawa.
Chinese contractor would build thIs line for this money OVERNIGHT.
Wow, this project makes Ottawa's LRT construction projects somehow look good!? That's wild!
It's the same .
Everyone involved in this project needs to be be blacklisted from any public projects going forward
Well you could go up the ladder and blacklist City of Toronto . But tororontonian canabanadians are too scared to do that .
@@lassepeterson2740is that a portmanteau of the words cannabis and Canadian?
Carry On Doing Great I think !
Appreciate it!
Metrolinx should not have been given this project in the first place. The amount of issues and delays shows how ineffective they are. They need to be held accountable as they are the ones planning & managing the project -- that's how it works in any other business. The contract with Metrolinx should have included clearly defined penalties for delays at each phase of the project.
Can you make another video where you explain all thats wrong with PPP projects and how we can fix it?
If I am not mistaken, there are video scenes of the new Finch West, Line 6. This line uses the Siemens streetcars and some of the Bombardier streetcars.
One common traut of those P3 projects is the information firewall between the builder who knows exactly what the problems are, and the public who is told absolutely nothing to explain the delays. The "managing company" may not be allowed to blame a delay on Alstom, or Thales, or Ellis Don and while Metrolinx may be told the details of the problems/delays are instucted thsi is under strict NDA because the contract doesn't allow blaming of individual contractors, so they have to place generic blame on Crosslink and just leave the public in the darl on the actuial cause of delays. If they at least explained to the public what the problems were, the public would have more inderstanding. But lack of transparency exacerbates impatiece and distrust.
This isn't a P3 problem, nor is it a Metrolinx being muzzled problem. This is purely a decision coming from the people of the top to shut up about it
I'm not sure why you are discussing "how we do transit projects in this country".
Surely you mean "how we do transit projects in this province?"
Vancouver is in this country, and both Skytrain systems are brilliantly efficient. Montreal is in this country and the REM is not only a superior design to the Eglinton Crosstown, but also to the UP Express. Edmonton is in this country, and while phase one of the similar Valley Line was late, it came in _under_ budget and is better designed and configured.
Yeah i think you're right, saying province in this case may make more sense.
@@OurToronto Kudos to you for allowing the point. Your integrity I'm sure will keep your platform on trend.
repair before opening amazing...
Finch West Line 6, already looks old, and has weeds growing in it.
More B stock of Finch than Eglinton in this video. A lot of the problems seem similar to those in Ottawa, out of gauge track, incompatible systems etc. The "maintenance" is to fix things that are not built properly to start with.
An engineer I met of vacation said Ottawa has severe problems and Eglinton is not far behind. The different groups that formed the consortium are not used to working together and would not talk to each other. IIRC the signal system was not the one that Bombardier developed so the two systems had to exchange info to interconnect their two systems. This they did not do so. I don't think they are "repairing" the system so much as building it to correct specifications which they did not appear to do the first time. Get rid of P3s and have 1 group get responsibility. Get rid of Metrostinx and make it a part of the MoT so there will be a minister who has to answer question in the legislature.
I have 2 work places both along the proposed eglinton line that I currently have to drive to because the transit is not up to par. I have been dying for this line to open so i can stop fighting thru rush hour 8 times a week
Don't forget that we have yet to see how well it will run and work out once it opens.
The problem has been the huge underground destabilizing of buildings under Yonge street. They have kept it hush hush… and engineers are stuck in how to fix.
This entire project needs to be investigated for corruption. And when it does get up and running I bet it will be just as reliable as the OCTranspo in Ottawa.
Turn it into a bike lane
So what are the projected delivery times? Taken with grains of salt. Any passing grades for vehicles, tracks, stations, signaling? Where do we go from here?
It will open on Feb. 30! 🙂
Lets hope it does
@@Torontoplenspotter Does your calendar have a Feb. 30? 🙂
@@James_Knott oh wait
You talk about this like it is only a transit issue. As far as I see it, this is a broader issue that strikes at the core of how we do things in North America. We priorise profits for shareholders over everything else. It is about how capitalism in North America has gone way off the rails and is willing to sell off our safety for the sake of profit. What we have is a serious cultural issue that desperately needs to be addressed.
The sad part is that Finch West LRT probably be completed before this is ready and they will hold Finch West LRT on purpose that will require the same maintenance after a while
Could happen.
You think this is bad? Ottawa says “hold my beer”. At least Toronto is making repairs BEFORE opening it to the public. OCTranspo is still doing it on the fly with passengers in the train. Clearly light rail is poorly conceived, poorly engineered, and poorly executed.
This is why I cover mainly Toronto, the rest are much worse 😀
What do you expect. 10 years exposed to the elements. I’m not surprised when the line open, it is almost time to replace the tracks.
But usually it would have taken passengers before that needs to take place.
Now you know why you are paying high tax for nothing
This video DID NOT even mention the Eglinton LRT Extension before the regular LRT even takes on a single passenger. WHO THE FK APPROVED the extension by the same builder?!
Is it actually by the same builder? If so, this entire thing needs to be investigated for corruption.
DEI and ESG seem like a thing in retrospect here. Who is being hired and what construction assets are they even using? That bloat is always connected these days.
total clown show on Eglinton
REPAIRS ??? it’s never even been in use….and now we’re doing REPAIRS….oh great!😡
Metrolinx is a disaster. Every project they have taken on is late and hugely over budget, now including Ford’s Ontario Line which has already tripled in budget yet Ford keeps hiring them. Completely ridiculous.
They could've just made this line a Subway line and none of this could've happened...
Blame Mike harris! He cancelled the subway in the 90s and filled in what was dug with concrete
Blame Harris, he ruined Ontario, not just Toronto. Always vote "ABC".
This is supposed to be about Eglinton but a lot of this video is showing Finch.
Maybe that’s the closest comparison that is actually in operation?
You should do video on the Ontario Line, how its impacting business, the scope of the project and probably the poor quality of a line probably 12-15 years away. Also, the city removing car lanes for bike lanes when the overall finished project is years away. Great planning people.
Bike lanes are not the problem, especially when the aim is to reduce car usage downtown.
Not to mention the exact opposite has been done by Doug Ford @@EVIL-C
When they started this on the first day by blocking off Eglington, I remember we were stuck on the bus for 5hours, people even joke lets call pizza. But I said it's alright they will build the rail line and we will move so fast...unfortunately I was so so so wrong, and I did lost 5hrs of my life sitting on the bus the very first day they started building this.
Then multiply that by all of the riders along that stretch of Eglinton.
Yes, 14 years is unacceptable to wait. But it wd be worse to open up, then find something that would require Pilling the LRT Nd using buses until the problems were fixed. Several times?
Imagine a right of way for electrified rubber tire buses. Instead once this thing finally opens they will begin replacing the rail before long and replace service with buses.
Too many middle men, and that company should never work back in the city.. bring in Chinese company better, faster and cheaper.. some people might hate them but they get the job done.
Why do some Canadians "hate" Chinese company? Because the Americans say we should?
Utter garbage from end to end. Every aspect was mismanaged.
You're talking about the LRT and not my video right? Lol
This thing has been under construction for half of my life
Remember the SIX Ps. Proper Preparation Prevents P1ss Poor Performance!
The same thing will hapapen with Ontario LIne, watch. This is typical of infrastructure nowadays unfortunately. How is the company paid for this? Just like insurance scams, they're probably stringing the province along to make as much money as possible and don't care about the outcome at all.
How do you show a video of the vehicles being tested, but then wonder how it's possible that the new the vehicle still need to be maintained without a single passenger using them and that the vehicles have just been sitting around for years? When clearly they are being used and like everything they need to be maintained.
Good points. You ask how a European city can get this stuff done well and a Canadian city can't. In a way I'm not surprised. Europe and other parts of the world have good public transit systems, so there is already established pattern in delivering these projects. In North America the focus is on cars, so these public transportation projects are secondary things and thus there are no established patterns. This shouldn't be an excuse, though; smart engineers and other people are in North America, as well...
I agree with all that, if we can't build something then just tell the public otherwise get it done as it was promised.
Nobody knows how to build and more importantly deliver on this not just engineers. The politicians, bureaucrats, contractors, managers etc. There's no credible experience for them to actually tap into and are basically flying blind.
@@Haxerousyes, sounds true. Though can it be used as an excuse when they can hire someone from Europe to PM the project? Even government companies hire consultants…
@@BlueAlgon you can hire say some companies (not consultants, but actual contractors, engineers, developers, policy experts) from France we have a great deal of experience and expertise in delivering similar tram projects. But they don't actually do that, the companies tend hire local people and/or those companies don't always know or fully understand the way things are done here (like the geography, city laws, utilities infrastructure).
I swear it’s like whomever is in charge for Metrolinx enjoys at our absolute out rage n laughs internally (NOT A LAUGHING MATTER) but some numbnut sits in the director board idk how these ppl get their positions 🤷
@@VAPOURIZE100 so true
Ok but it's literally the same Issues they have repeated for the last 4 yrs of delays ??.. Rumors that it was gonna open this May ...have already now been pushed to Aug or Sept ..now it looks like early 2026 ???
1:45 Blaming delays:
Poor security - materials, tools and equipment being stolen.
Poor workmanship - "ongoing repairs", how many workers are high at any time on the project? They also got the gauge wrong which means either they don't know how to read a blueprint or a measuring tape.
Underpinning Line 1 - Hopefully they got this right.
A Streetcar Named Delay
The trans Canada highway was built faster across the whole nation, blasting through the Canadian Shield to build roads. This is a catastrophic embarrassment
You repeated yourself multiple times. Stop watching after 3 mins the rest is a repeat.
Too much blather and hyperbole and too few facts pieces of evidence. Get to the point after a short overview and then don't just yell the listener. Tell a story if you have one. Should this have been a subway in the first place? Other than moving hidden underground p[pes and wires (and how extensive was that: sewer, water, cable, electricity, and why so complicated and why didn't Liberal govt that launched this ask the hard questions?, what have the challenges been? Do you have inside sources or are you just speculating or giving an opinion?
Subway would’ve been built and running by now. Rob Ford would be furious by now.
First of all, Fk Slob ford.
Secondly, the right wing loser Mike Harris cancelled the Eglinton subway.
Drug ford is now ruining Ontario, not only Toronto's transit but our healthcare, education, etc.
Conservatives suck and are never to be trusted.
I wonder whether the management of Metrolinx has been taken over by the same front office as Rogers Blue Jays Baseball? Both groups seem incapable of achieving simple targets and promised goals while consistently asking the public to pay more for their dysfunctional operations.
SUB CONTRACTORS are the only problem.
It is waste public tax-pay money to buy an overdate technology trans-system, it running in street-car speed which similar to a bicycle speed, the time spend from east Scarborough to Toronto downtown using this new line will over 2 hours, slow than or similar to the original bus system.
I agree
Next time hire a Chinese company
Noooo, We don't have enough kids.
@@rlow8888 ?
Isnt it always the lowest bidder that gets the project?
Line 5 is taking forever. It’s five years late.
I’m not gonna be celebrating when this line finally opens because it has been tainted for many years, and I live near Cedervale Station. No need to celebrate anything
I actually think the same thing, what will there be to celebrate? It's basically patronizing in a way.
I want to go to that area at least a few more times because I don’t have daytime pictures of the park during summer, autumn 🍂 or winter ❄️ with lots of snow on the ground.
This is so embarrassing for a "first world" country smh.
Half of your video is Finch LRT built by Mosaic.
Typical micro managementing by inexperienced people who can even read a proper drawing. Then, need a meeting. Experienced first hand.....
Toronto will be a "WALKING" city LOL
Or driving city.
More like a car-addicted city.
I walk everywhere I go anyway.
In the time of this project Elon musk went from selling PayPal to build Tesla modernizing it globalizing it and launching SpaceX into space and landing verticallyyy in the launcher itself 😵💫 never mind starlink set up 🤷 China went from barely having underground networks in 2011 to having 10-12 or more lines PER CITY 👏👏🤷 celebs became big and retiredddd
Friggin Romans were done faster 2000 years back 😅
Lots of hyperbolic statements
Greener, just a buzz word. We all know where a lots of the money is going. I am near the Long Branch GO station. The upgrade project is costing an insane amount and will cost way more than posted. Also, at the rate of the work, will go well past the posted completion date. Something tells me that once it opens, there will be many issues and plenty of breakdowns. The St. Clair line was another cluster ^%#$.
that why the less government the better... for everything
Voting Conservative in the next federal election? 😆
If we did that, we'd lose our universal healthcare.
Because a private company has never done anything wrong, and never gone over budget on a project ever in the history of humanity... 🤦♂️ Room temp IQ, son.
@@OurTorontoHell no. Acting like private companies are perfect and never do anything wrong is the mentality of a 4 year old.
@@EVIL-C it's not are money no IQ
@@rah2389our. How deliciously ironic.
Another option, just buy a shitload of Tesla self driving taxis
What a joke
Metrolinx is a Joke Crown Corp.....Phil was to Blame, but now he has quit, the blame falls on the Premier......Nice Job Doug.....!!!!
Rob and Doug are to blame....FORD NATION!
The ford's suck!
@@richardintoronto5028No more fords!!