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W. K. Lis said:
What's wrong with the above picture?
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Nimbys. that's what's wrong.

Recall, that they did try to improve the Eglinton East design, but because it triggered changes to the EA, the Nimbys were getting wound up, so they just went for what was already approved, to save the trouble.

Obviously, it's less of an issue in that part of Etobicoke.

Also note, that the Eglinton East alignment does grade separate two roads - Don Mills and Kennedy. People seem to forget that was optional.
 
I was just wondering:

Was it always the plan to have the Crosstown station at Kennedy a little bit north of the subway platforms?
If the Scarborough LRT and Malvern LRT were still being built, where would they have gone? Would they reuse the SRT platform?
 
APTA-2048 said:
I was just wondering:

Was it always the plan to have the Crosstown station at Kennedy a little bit north of the subway platforms?
If the Scarborough LRT and Malvern LRT were still being built, where would they have gone? Would they reuse the SRT platform?
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The crosstown platform would have been right up along the north side of the subway platform, and level with it. The SRT Platform would have been directly above the crosstown, but it was a single platform loop. The Malvern LRT was to be directly in line and level with the Crosstown LRT on the east side of the GO train tracks.
 
Voltz said:
The crosstown platform would have been right up along the north side of the subway platform, and level with it. The SRT Platform would have been directly above the crosstown, but it was a single platform loop. The Malvern LRT was to be directly in line and level with the Crosstown LRT on the east side of the GO train tracks.
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Interesting, thanks. Any idea why that scheme was drop for the current proposal (slightly longer walk)?
 
where exactly is the crosstown platform going to be in kenedy sation and does the old post office station on one of the access roads to it factor into it as I've noticed it has fences around it.
 
The site of the future Mt. Pleasant Station

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It's actually 1 of 2 Mount Pleasant Station entrances. The other one will be in the old bank/starbucks building on the north west corner.
 
rbt said:
Some bright person will eventually add a "get off the train at the next stop and turn left to exit the station" announcement to the various navigation kits. At that point stations won't even need names.
The in-station WIFI and microcell IDs should be sufficient to provide the necessary information.
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Well, that's a new idea for a locally-made app!

Incidentially, they've introduced a 30-day Twitter logon process, so now my devices automatically connect everytime the subway train stops.

On a moving subway train, this doesn't provide enough time to surf a website, but long enough to load a web bookmark, or send/receive email, Facebook posts, tweets, or texts/iMessages. I now check the "Immediate Departures From Union Station" bookmark for GO schedules (to find out which platform I need to go to) while I'm sitting on the subway.
 
While waiting for the train, commuters can read about the station they are in on Wikipedia (and edit it too!).
 
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