Avenuer
Senior Member
Heritage Valley is already developing as a TOD with a bunch of multi-unit residential already built or under construction.
Metro Line LRT | ?m | ?s | City of Edmonton
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The_Cat
Senior Member
Looks like more Blatchford roads have been paved near the Blatchford Station. I’m thinking there will be some kind of connection there soon.
fjordgard
New Member
When council was given an update on opening the new station(s) a month or so ago, they were told a connection from Blatchford would be complete before the end of 2023.
MacLac
Senior Member
Anyone got eyes on the testing of the extension?
Barnaby
Active Member
I'll go look. Didn't even know this was happening though.
MacLac
Senior Member
Who knows where they're at with the testing. Just throwing a dart. But yeah, you should go down and take a look and take some pics while your there!
EDIT: never noticed before the track bed does NOT have the concrete rail ties as in the rest of the this line or the Capital line.
fjordgard
New Member
I haven’t seen any trains being tested yet…
Barnaby
Active Member
Is this what you wanted?
fjordgard
New Member
How’d you get so close? From the NAIT side or through the Blatchford mud?
Barnaby
Active Member
The street by the Energy Centre is paved. I just walked down there, made sure there was no "no trespassing signs" and crossed about 100 m of dirt.
It looks like you'll be able to cross the tracks soon. A very small amount of that route remains unpaved.
It looks like you'll be able to cross the tracks soon. A very small amount of that route remains unpaved.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Now they just need to get this stretch operational.
yeggator
Active Member
@CplKlinger didn't your friend say that they've installed crossing arms and warning lights/bells at all the crossings along the Metro Line extension? I'd be concerned if that's not what the city ends up doing and they just use Valley Line-style crossings...
Barnaby
Active Member
The pedestrian crossing just west of temporary NAIT station has crossing arms. This is likely due to the higher speeds that the train will be traveling through this section.
The pedestrian crossings between the two stations are extremely clearly marked, have a bright train sign, have a beg button, but no crossing gates.
The street crossings also do not have crossing arms, and will operate like the Valley Line or Calgary's DT portion of the C-Train.
I expect 40-50kmh speed limits on these sections of track.
yeggator
Active Member
Foolworm
Active Member
According to the proposed 2023 operating budget, only the new NAIT station is to open for service next year (alternative case). Guess there is neither the trains or need to operate service to Blatchford Gate for the time being.