hw621
Senior Member
Doesn't take long...
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Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
...to get to TTC "normal".
Bojaxs
Senior Member
So are these recent issues on line 5 centered around the at-grade portion of the line, or is it impacting the underground portion as well?
crs1026
Superstar
Well, ok, it has been raining heavily…. But in a newly opened station, this isn’t encouraging.
Mount Dennis, this afternoon
- Paul
Mount Dennis, this afternoon
- Paul
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Wrong thread, but part of the issue is that these stations don't have forced air circulation so its hard to dry up moisture.
smallspy
Senior Member
It's actually not the rain that's the issue there, it's the humidity. And it's a problem at many of the underground stations.
It doesn't help that the tiles get fatally slick with the moisture, either. That ramp in down that hallway is downright dangerous.
Dan
nfitz
Superstar
Hmm ... what's the difference that causes this in these new stations compared to the un-airconditioned Line 1/2/4 stations?
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Give them a few decades and some stalagmites and stalactites may form in the passageways and stations. (If there is some limestone above them.)
81-717
Active Member
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
Some of them had the same issue as well. Recently, it was because the air got warm really quickly, but the ground was still cold. It also happens a lot in the summer t the Union Station streetcar loop, as it's essentially in a cave below the lake level
picard102
Senior Member
Fairbank station today. How does an area 2-3 meters in the air get so dirty?
Amare
Senior Member
At this rate, give all the stations 2-3 Years and they will end up looking like the platform level of Lawrence West, but even worse.
I've noticed the same at virtually all of the underground stations, this is actually embarrassingly bad.
Source: WikiCommons
PL1
Senior Member
I ride Line 5 every day, but usually just one stop (Laird to Leaside) on my way to work. Today was my first ride to Mount Dennis on my way to Pearson from work.
This line is such a game changer! I made it from Sunnybrook to T3 (with a 6 min wait for the LINK) in 75 min. My tap on the TTC bus to my tap off at T1 was 62 min.
This line is such a game changer! I made it from Sunnybrook to T3 (with a 6 min wait for the LINK) in 75 min. My tap on the TTC bus to my tap off at T1 was 62 min.
urbanclient
Active Member
Is this true? @smallspy because that would seem like a huge oversight. A very basic requirement in modern underground stations....
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
They're assuming the air pressure from the trains will push or pull the air out of the stations, most of the time. Doesn't work as well if the passageways are some distance from the trains' air pressure. (Reminds me of the old Klaatu song, "Sub-Rosa Subway", that used air pressure to move. The Beach Pneumatic Transit subway in New York City between 1869 and early 1870. See https://youtu.be/c4JUMcam3cc?si=iHIH4rWx_nlSm5Fv ),