Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

[Glenco]

In this video at the end CBC specifically says "testing trains by November 2026":

Train testing on the existing track from the SE OMF. That is my guess.

 

[The_Cat]

Any trains delivered will probably be at the SE OMF. At least they have a small playground for testing with the tracks built.

 

[fromtraintotower]

Aren't you forgetting Lewis Farms?

 

[The_Cat]

I agree, Lewis Farms could also be used for testing, even though it's smaller capacity. I'm thinking there will be a lot of use of both facilities in the later stages of testing.

 

[Kosy123]

"If we have a huge year next year, which is the plan, then most of the physical build, if not all, will be done"

You know what, let Marigold cook. If they pull this off I ain't complaining.

 

[Oilguy]

There’s not a chance the testing is anything beyond basic in a small area. Still a ton of segments without trackbed, let alone rail. 102ave will take until mid 2027 to be ready for trains on that section at all. Feels like people are misunderstanding what cbc is reporting here.

We are 3 full years away still. And that won’t be mostly 2 years of testing. No stops exist yet, most overhead lines won’t be installed for another year still.

They seem to say it in different ways in a few different spots that thye think they can be done next year, seems unfathomable to my eye, but wow would that ever change things around downtown and to the west if they come even close to that goal.

Let er rip, it’s about time we started to get serious again about getting stuff done and productivity as a key goal.

 

[cloney]

Definitely getting ahead of myself here but if these ahead of schedule milestones are met, I think it would be foolish not to have MIP as the contractor for the next LRT Leg (metro north?). I know there’s procedures & bidding that has to happen but thier record with this line should be seriously considered. At the same time I hope its not 2029 before metro north breaks ground

 

[Barnaby]

I can't speak for MIP, but I have very good reasons to believe testing will not be possible on the VLW tracks until the entire extension is commissioned.

The Hyundai Rotem trains will be tested on the VLSE tracks.