West End Neighbours for a Noise Smart Railway
Protect Our Homes. Build the Noise Barriers.
Bloor Lansdowne Station · South of Bloor St
Sign the Petition for Equal Noise Protection Along Our Rail Corridor
We're neighbours near the future Bloor Lansdowne Station, just south of Bloor St. We're calling on Metrolinx and the City to deliver two essential protections for our community: noise walls along the corridor, and a real plan to mitigate train bells at the station. The new track will have bells ringing approximately every 7 minutes during service hours.
We support GO expansion. More trains, more often, is good for the region.
We want it built right. Noise walls and bell mitigation are standard tools — let's use them here.
Proposed Noise Wall
What we're asking for
Two fixes. Both standard, both achievable.
Our advocacy is focused, specific, and grounded in tools Metrolinx already uses elsewhere on the network. We're not asking for anything new — just for it to be applied here, south of Bloor St.
Noise Walls Along the Corridor
Continuous sound barriers along the rail corridor south of Bloor St, sized to current and projected GO and freight traffic — not just the minimum required for today's service.
Train Bell Mitigation
A defined plan to reduce bell noise at grade crossings — through engineered alternatives, timing changes, or crossing upgrades already used elsewhere — instead of leaving it as an unaddressed side effect of more frequent service.
Local Noise Barriers
- Noise barriers in-place.
- Noise barriers currently proposed — details TBC.
- NO noise barrier proposed — where people actually live next to tracks.
A noise barrier built in 2025 ends at Bloor.
Those who live on both sides of the Bloor-Lansdowne GO Station are closer to the tracks.
Sign the Petition