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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(07-07-2015, 12:32 AM)BrianT Wrote: The tunnel you see is only for the freight tracks. An entirely separate new tunnel has been dug just east of it (to the left from this view) for the twinned Ion tracks. I tried to fit it into the shot, but the sheer length of the corridor combined with the greenery at the far end means it couldn't be easily shown.

And yes, there will be triple tracks in the corridor from Ottawa to Hayward; the freight tracks here get too busy to share with Ion trains like the Waterloo spur will.



Here's a shot that I took last winter just after construction was finished. It will be wide enough for two trains. The single track tunnel is to the left of this one.

Thanks all for the clarification!
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