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Post by rajacobs on Sept 23, 2011 8:21:31 GMT -8
Nice pic, Expolinefan! You're really "johnny-on-the-spot" (even if you're name isn't "Johnny"). What are inobvious are the black railed fences, bridge just underneath you're camera and the other parrallel, on the oppoiste side of the bridge. ..Guess I would have liked to see something more functional and refurbished, rather than a walled-off display of a vacant and "used-up" bridge. Of course, it's early... If something is done to the structure it will be done later after the Culver City section is functionally completed. Now where were you last night around 9:30PM when the Samitaur Tower was all lit up over at Hayden?
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 23, 2011 9:15:07 GMT -8
Did you notice the guard rails? I wonder why they don't use them on the aerial structures on the Expo Line now. The risk of derailment for modern LRT systems must be negligible.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 23, 2011 9:17:28 GMT -8
The Expo - Blue junction is apparently still not working according to the latest train-testing notice. This now almost rules out a late-2011 opening for the Expo Line.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 24, 2011 10:21:11 GMT -8
The Expo - Blue junction is apparently still not working according to the latest train-testing notice. This now almost rules out a late-2011 opening for the Expo Line. I Don't read that in the Testing Notice This weeks Night time Test's and Saturday's test's will be a good indication to how the Junction is or is not working. lets see what Metro has to say next week I Will ask the Crews tomorrow if I get a chance That's a possibility but I expected them to test the junction next week too. We'll probably find out if the line could open in 2011 at the October 6 board meeting, Since they can't open it after Thanksgiving and we're almost running out of time for the six-week prerevenue operation, my guess is no and my further guess is that they are inclining toward a February or March opening to Culver City in order to make things simpler.
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Post by bluelineshawn on Sept 24, 2011 11:32:08 GMT -8
I Don't read that in the Testing Notice This weeks Night time Test's and Saturday's test's will be a good indication to how the Junction is or is not working. lets see what Metro has to say next week I Will ask the Crews tomorrow if I get a chance That's a possibility but I expected them to test the junction next week too. We'll probably find out if the line could open in 2011 at the October 6 board meeting, Since they can't open it after Thanksgiving and we're almost running out of time for the six-week prerevenue operation, my guess is no and my further guess is that they are inclining toward a February or March opening to Culver City in order to make things simpler. As of the Sep 1 board meeting the date for substantial completion was estimated to be October. Personally I discounted opening this year several weeks ago and am beginning to worry about a March opening to Culver City being possible. It's hard not to be pessimistic given all of the delays. If you read back in this thread two years ago Metro was estimating a 55 week delay that they were hoping to decrease. They were considering and we were discussing a potential opening to Crenshaw, which now sounds ridiculous given where the delays are. Now here we two years later and that 55 week delay that they were trying to decrease is at what? 70 weeks and counting? And we thought that the 5 month gold line delay was bad. On a brighter note, so far Phase 2 is moving very quickly.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 24, 2011 12:51:44 GMT -8
and am beginning to worry about a March opening to Culver City being possible. I don't understand why they didn't buy the OCS hardware for Culver City in time. It's the same problem with the Farmdale Station -- they are waiting for the station hardware. For some reason the Expo Construction Authority is a big-time procrastinator. They were supposed to finish the Culver City Station tracks and OCS long time ago and be testing it along with the rest of the system now. Except, it hasn't really started yet. But let's hope it can open in (early) 2015.
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Post by simonla on Sept 24, 2011 14:37:25 GMT -8
Has La Brea and La Cienega received their ticket machines as of today?
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Post by darrell on Sept 24, 2011 22:14:56 GMT -8
(Images moved to Phase 2 thread)
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Post by rajacobs on Sept 24, 2011 23:39:36 GMT -8
Venice and Exposition, south side of the street: Went walking south on Exposition to where the fence blocks further access, with the Culver City station on the right. ...So I stood there staring at the station in the late twilight dusk. Suddenly a yellow-jacketed guard reared his head on the station platform, made noise and began staring at us. We turned away from the fence and continued east on Venice.
Apparently, Expo or Culver City has put security on the station, and yet the southern entrance to the worksite (from Washington) remains open.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 25, 2011 9:43:06 GMT -8
Nice to see the Phase 2 right-of-way being cleared!
Although, these photos would be more appropriate under the Expo Phase 2 construction thread.
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Post by andop2 on Sept 26, 2011 13:53:41 GMT -8
Has La Brea and La Cienega received their ticket machines as of today? NO Thay do Not Have there Machines as of Today At lunchtime today I watched several workers programming the innards of ticket machines on both sides of the La Cienega station... Sorry, no pix.
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Post by macross287 on Sept 27, 2011 12:08:27 GMT -8
So are La Brea and La Cienega stations getting TAP readers not turnstiles?
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Post by darrell on Sept 28, 2011 23:32:03 GMT -8
I caught a single-car test train this afternoon. Here are two photos of it approaching Farmdale and safely crossing. (These also happen to be the 9,999th and 10,000th photos taken on my Canon T2i in 19 months...) It got beyond me by La Brea.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 29, 2011 7:39:40 GMT -8
I caught a single-car test train this afternoon. Next time, videos, Darrell, remember. I wonder why they are back to single cars. Perhaps they are testing faster trains now? Did you watch the ATP action at Farmdale? Did they fix it or is it still until the rear of the train clears the pedestrian crossing?
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Post by LAofAnaheim on Sept 29, 2011 8:55:02 GMT -8
I caught a single-car test train this afternoon. Here are two photos of it approaching Farmdale and safely crossing. I wish there were some construction workers in the background at Farmdale station. I ride by it every week on bike and the progress on the station has been lackluster since the beginning of August. Culver City station is moving fast!
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 29, 2011 9:13:55 GMT -8
I wish there were some construction workers in the background at Farmdale station. I ride by it every week on bike and the progress on the station has been lackluster since the beginning of August. That's because they are waiting for the station hardware to be made and shipped, which is a rather long-lead-time item, even though it's being made by the same company that made it for the other stations. If there were constructions workers there now, they would all be sitting an waiting. The Farmdale Station wasn't environmentally cleared and designed until recently and they couldn't order the station hardware until the design was complete.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 29, 2011 15:14:29 GMT -8
Yesterday were Also running Single Car Train at Real Time Speed Have pictures but No Video Hope to get video on friday moving at full speed east of farmdale the train realy moves Perhaps, you can time the line now? You would probably need someone else at the other end of the line though.
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Post by LAofAnaheim on Sept 30, 2011 14:56:05 GMT -8
THE BIGGEST NEWSThe Station Hardware has Arrived at Balfour Beatty and Crews Will Start Installing Monday Morning and Both Platforms will be Done by Weeks End (( Not sure if they mean Power to Platform Also) but definitely all the Canopy's Farmdale station or Culver City station?
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 30, 2011 18:03:34 GMT -8
The line is now looking sleek.
I saw that some catenary and contact wires are already hanging near Washington Boulevard in Culver City. They should finish this quickly.
Since the late-2011 opening seems to be out because of the Holiday season, my guess is that we will see the line initially opening to Culver City in February 2012. Hopefully Farmdale Station will be completed by then too and and it can be included in the initial opening as well.
They may tell us about the opening at next Thursday's Expo board meeting.
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Post by Gokhan on Sept 30, 2011 18:12:18 GMT -8
still hearing 2011 fall opening Who knows. Perhaps they can open at the end of November or at the beginning of December. We'll probably find out next Thursday if this is actually the case.
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Post by James Fujita on Oct 1, 2011 13:30:32 GMT -8
Well, some of us have been more dedicated to Culver City or Bust than others. Others of us are wondering how many thousand Trojan fans will be crossing the tracks in November ;D
At this point, all we can do is wait and see what Metro decides.
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Post by rubbertoe on Oct 1, 2011 15:06:55 GMT -8
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Post by carter on Oct 1, 2011 17:00:21 GMT -8
With the Progress this week and today on the catenary Wires we could see test Trains into Culver City as Soon as the TPSS is Installed Monday and Hooked up Balfour Beatty defiantly has there act all together Stay tune for Farmdale Canopies install Video on Monday I assume you meant that Balfour Beatty definitely has their act together, but I like to imagine the contractor being defiant all the same
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Post by Gokhan on Oct 1, 2011 19:19:36 GMT -8
Sorry Gokhan, no videos, use your imagination I actually prefer photos for construction (ideally time-lapse photography but hey . Test trains require video footage, as it's a fast dynamic event.
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Post by Gokhan on Oct 1, 2011 19:26:12 GMT -8
One minor development. I saw on Friday that it looked like they were starting to demolish the FFP construction offices at Exposition and Arlington. This probably means that the substantial completion -- or simply the completion -- of the Phase 1 construction (excluding the BBI work in Culver City and at Farmdale) is around the corner -- a huge milestone for Phase 1.
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Post by Gokhan on Oct 3, 2011 12:04:03 GMT -8
The end of the OCS for Phase 1 is interesting. There are two oversized poles at the end, sitting in the middle of each track. They serve a dual purpose: (1) Prevent the train from falling off the unfinished aerial structure. (2) As the end pole for the catenary and contact wires. Once Phase 2 is built, they will have to temporarily stop the service for Phase 1, probably over a weekend or two, to remove these poles and redo the end of the OCS for Phase 1. Here are other pictures for the OCS in Culver City. It's not yet finished. It may take a week or two to finish and adjust and tweak it around. They were installing the canopy poles at Fardmale Station. They were also doing some minor work around the line, including installing some additional signs at the stations.
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Post by bzcat on Oct 3, 2011 13:28:56 GMT -8
This is very exciting news. After a slow summer, all of a sudden we are seeing lots of work being done just in the last week or so. I hope this means Metro is intend on opening the line this year and pushing Expo to finish it ASAP.
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Post by Gokhan on Oct 3, 2011 13:40:27 GMT -8
All that is Left is to add the Upper to Lower Hangers [/b][/quote] From experience, that's the slowest part of the OCS installation though. A lot of adjustments and readjustments are to be done. As far as the opening is concerned, we may hear about it this Thursday. Stay tuned. By the way, they are only starting the plaza area of the Culver City Station now. It took forever to do it for the La Brea and La Cienega Stations. Hopefully BBI will do it quickly for the Culver City Station.
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Post by Gokhan on Oct 3, 2011 14:30:46 GMT -8
There is a very long agenda for this Thursday's Expo board meeting. In particular, various Phase 1 work is being extended through the end of June 2012, particularly the Farmdale Station. This doesn't mean that it will take until late June to finish the Farmdale Station but they are extending various third-party contracts just in case. For the final closing pay, Expo is paying the contractor $2.7 million less than they are asking for various change orders. In addition, Expo is also going to ask for liquidated damages for late completion. There is going to be a lot of fight between the contractor and Expo. BBI gets $300 thousand for finishing the aerial structure 30 days in advance. They had claimed 90 days. There is a long master cooperative agreement with Santa Monica. There will be an update on the Expo maintenance facility, to be built in the former Verizon site in Santa Monica. The final sentence reads: "The facility is scheduled to be completed and open for operations by December, 2014." It looks like Expo Line can open to Santa Monica in early 2015, as they have been aiming for.
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Post by bobdavis on Oct 3, 2011 18:20:43 GMT -8
If the Expo Line is completed in early 2015, maybe the Gold Line Foothill Extension will be ready to run shortly thereafter! Keep the faith!
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