VIA Rail Canada say its new fleet of 32 trains that will
service the Québec City-Windsor corridor will be among
the ‘most environmentally friendly in North America.’
Work has begun on VIA’s Toronto Maintenance Centre,
at 50 Drummond Street, near Royal York Road, for a
state-of-the-art maintenance facility for the shiny new
trains that will operate along the 1,150 km corridor.
Politicians and company officials broke ground June 10
for the massive project that will create up to 475 jobs in
the trade and construction industries until completion in
2026.
The work will include demolition of a portion of the
existing structure and construction of state-of-the-art
facilities; new addition, removal, and replacement of
tracks; and the addition of a wheel lathe facility and
critical infrastructure improvements in
the maintenance yard.
“The quality of life of our neighbours
and residents in the EtobicokeLakeshore borough is important,”
VIA Rail said on its website.
The company said measures have
been implemented to limit the
disruptions caused by the upcoming
work, including the retaining of an
engineering firm as noise and
vibration experts.
Monitors have been installed to check
noise and vibrations throughout the site and should
standards be exceeded, e-mail alerts will be generated to
both VIA Rail and the construction company, officials
said.
VIA maintenance yard on Drummond Street
An air-quality and dust control plan includes a review of
the planned construction work, methods of demolition,
dust control procedures and air monitoring requirements
at the property lines of the construction site.
Mario Péloquin, VIA Rail’s president and chief
executive officer, said the modernized maintenance
centre will “allow our employees to work with the most
modern equipment and will provide them the necessary
tools to maintain the new fleet according to VIA Rail’s
standards of excellence.”
VIA Rail has received the first of its fleet to serve the
corridor. Contracts have been awarded for the
modernization of its Toronto and Montréal maintenance
centres, which is an important pillar of the corridor to
service and maintain the fleet.
Some $1.58 billion was granted by Ottawa in the 2018
budget for the new fleet and modernization of the
maintenance centres, the implementation and integration
of various IT systems as well as the transformation of
maintenance processes.
VIA Rail Canada say its new fleet of 32 trains that will
service the Québec City-Windsor corridor will be among
the ‘most environmentally friendly in North America.’
Work has begun on VIA’s Toronto Maintenance Centre,
at 50 Drummond Street, near Royal York Road, for a
state-of-the-art maintenance facility for the shiny new
trains that will operate along the 1,150 km corridor.
Politicians and company officials broke ground June 10
for the massive project that will create up to 475 jobs in
the trade and construction industries until completion in
2026.
The work will include demolition of a portion of the
existing structure and construction of state-of-the-art
facilities; new addition, removal, and replacement of
tracks; and the addition of a wheel lathe facility and
critical infrastructure improvements in
the maintenance yard.
“The quality of life of our neighbours
and residents in the EtobicokeLakeshore borough is important,”
VIA Rail said on its website.
The company said measures have
been implemented to limit the
disruptions caused by the upcoming
work, including the retaining of an
engineering firm as noise and
vibration experts.
Monitors have been installed to check
noise and vibrations throughout the site and should
standards be exceeded, e-mail alerts will be generated to
both VIA Rail and the construction company, officials
said.
An air-quality and dust control plan includes a review of
the planned construction work, methods of demolition,
dust control procedures and air monitoring requirements
at the property lines of the construction site.
Mario Péloquin, VIA Rail’s president and chief
executive officer, said the modernized maintenance
centre will “allow our employees to work with the most
modern equipment and will provide them the necessary
tools to maintain the new fleet according to VIA Rail’s
standards of excellence.”
VIA Rail has received the first of its fleet to serve the
corridor. Contracts have been awarded for the
modernization of its Toronto and Montréal maintenance
centres, which is an important pillar of the corridor to
service and maintain the fleet.
Some $1.58 billion was granted by Ottawa in the 2018
budget for the new fleet and modernization of the
maintenance centres, the implementation and integration
of various IT systems as well as the transformation of
maintenance processes.
