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Branding isn't a bad thing, within limits. What's silly is when organizations or government think their choice of brand will stick. More likely, depending on how the new line performs, and perhaps because of some attribute or future event that none of us have noticed yet, a popular name will emerge that will become part of our culture.

TTC didn't create the term "Rocket" - it emerged in popular use and TTC decided to appropriate it.

Eglinton may be like that. (I like Eggbeater, myself.... remember where you saw it first ;-) )

- Paul
 
crs1026 said:
Branding isn't a bad thing, within limits. What's silly is when organizations or government think their choice of brand will stick. More likely, depending on how the new line performs, and perhaps because of some attribute or future event that none of us have noticed yet, a popular name will emerge that will become part of our culture.

TTC didn't create the term "Rocket" - it emerged in popular use and TTC decided to appropriate it.

Eglinton may be like that. (I like Eggbeater, myself.... remember where you saw it first ;-) )

- Paul
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Very True when the Jays first came into the league Labat apparently tried very hard for the short form of the team name to be the Blues inevitably though the short form Jays stuck.
 
Leo_Chan said:
More specifically, will anyone actually use the word Crosstown?
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No, particularly in the current implementation under construction.

I'll call it Eglinton Line. Yonge/Spadina conditioned me to using street names because "Take Line 1 North" is less helpful than "Take Spadina Line North"
 
Leo_Chan said:
How do you think people will refer to this line when it opens? It's obvious that the TTC will refer to it as Line 5 in their announcements, but what about the general public? I assume people will have names like Eglinton, Eglinton LRT, Eglinton Line, Line 5, Orange Line, Midtown Line, etc. More specifically, will anyone actually use the word Crosstown?
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Line 5.
The Orange Line.
Eglinton Line.

Crosstown is a marketing name from Metrolinx that will disappear as soon as Metrolinx does. The brand is TTC and no one will ever think of Metrolinx again once the last press conference is held.
 
TransitBart said:
Line 5.
The Orange Line.
Eglinton Line.

Crosstown is a marketing name from Metrolinx that will disappear as soon as Metrolinx does. The brand is TTC and no one will ever think of Metrolinx again once the last press conference is held.
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the crosstown will be in way more use than "line 5" or "The orange line" If you do, you would be the 1st to use colors as an alternative to line names
 
Aplus23 said:
the crosstown will be in way more use than "line 5" or "The orange line" If you do, you would be the 1st to use colors as an alternative to line names
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I don't think the Crosstown would be even heard after a few years. Technically Line 2 is the real crosstown line. It reaches more in the west. I'll expect the Eglinton Line, Line 5 or Line 5 Eglinton be used more regularly in the news and by the TTC. Some riders will call it the Orange Line. Besides us calling the subway to Vaughan as the TYSSE or Spadina subway extension, you won't hear that term used in a boarder environment.

It'll be interesting to see if people will use the term LRT to refer to Line 5. LRT is harder to say than subway in quick speech. Maybe people will adopt the term subway for it, especially the west end since it is a subway till Laird.
 
Steve X said:
I don't think the Crosstown would be even heard after a few years. Technically Line 2 is the real crosstown line. It reaches more in the west. I'll expect the Eglinton Line, Line 5 or Line 5 Eglinton be used more regularly in the news and by the TTC. Some riders will call it the Orange Line. Besides us calling the subway to Vaughan as the TYSSE or Spadina subway extension, you won't hear that term used in a boarder environment.

It'll be interesting to see if people will use the term LRT to refer to Line 5. LRT is harder to say than subway in quick speech. Maybe people will adopt the term subway for it, especially the west end since it is a subway till Laird.
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Subway.

Aside. I had no idea that surfers were such transit users....
 
EastYorkTTCFan said:
I'm surprised that no one asked if there will be a washroom in it. It's like with the subway extension everyone wants every sation to have washrooms in them.
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I think every station should. It would (if accompanied by sufficient cleaning) be a huge improvement in the ability of those challenged in that area - young, old, disabled - to access transit without undue stress, especially when considering transfers to the surface network as the entire journey length. If the low tax crusaders can’t stomach that, put a library on top with a washroom there - with Presto going in and out of the fare paid zone isn’t the problem it used to be. But instead we get the bare minimum, and not even full length/width shelter at surface Crosstown stops.
 
I have a friend living on Eglinton (who isn't in anyway a transit fanatic) and they just refer to the Crosstown as a subway. I doubt anyone in Toronto will call it an "LRT" given Torontonians don't really know what an LRT is (and don't really care) so I inevitably see the line being interchangeably called subway or streetcar. Same for Finch West, when talking to folks along the street I refer to it as a streetcar line as confused faces start to form when I mention LRT.

dowlingm said:
I think every station should. It would (if accompanied by sufficient cleaning) be a huge improvement in the ability of those challenged in that area - young, old, disabled - to access transit without undue stress, especially when considering transfers to the surface network as the entire journey length. If the low tax crusaders can’t stomach that, put a library on top with a washroom there - with Presto going in and out of the fare paid zone isn’t the problem it used to be. But instead we get the bare minimum, and not even full length/width shelter at surface Crosstown stops.
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I rather like the minimalist design considering how overboard the TYSSE stations look in comparison. Realistically, a normal commuter is spending a max. 10 minutes in a station and is looking to get from point A to B, not gawk at oversized modern art for a couple of hours. I do agree on the washrooms, Vancouver is currently installing small portable toilets inside their stations so it's conceivable that Eglinton can do the same. Even portable outhouses outside the station entrances would be acceptable in my opinion (if cleaned regularly they aren't too bad).
 
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