^ converting all the Sheppard line stations' platforms to sidewalk height to match the low floors of the new LRT's, replacing all the tracks along the Sheppard subway route, installing overhead power wires, dismantling the current setup and the money thrown away that was spent to build the Sheppard subway
as a subway will likely cost as much as building another few
subway stations to STC. Just build 3 stations further apart than currently and rough in future stations. Most of it would be cut and cover as there is little built density along the route.
I hope that Metrolinx takes Toronto's Transit City proposal as a guide but converts the Sheppard, Eglinton and Paper LRTs into full blown subway lines. A bonus: DRL.
Nonetheless, back on topic: we're getting the new trains in 2009? That's great news.. I somehow thought it was much later.