The LSEW line is the oldest in the entire Toronto city transport network, and the second with the highest volume of traffic. The work includes the conditioning and preparation works for the installation of a future fourth track, which seeks to accomodate a 400% increase in the daily volume of passengers.
The works to be developed include the adaptation of approximately 6 km of slope for the track layout: the extension of the platform by 3.54 km, which will require the construction of six retaining walls (1.8 km), in addition to the extension of three railway bridges, embankments, a final layer of sub-ballast and drainage works.
We will also execute the 2.74 km extension with the construction of five retaining walls (822 m), extending a culvert to channel a stream under the railroad, grading and land clearing.
Some of the benefits consequence of this railway development will be lighter road traffic, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and less fuel consumption, as well as the improvement of the quality of life of users and faster travel times.
