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Jane2021 said:
27 Jane South to Jane Stn or 73B Royal York to Royal York Stn
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73B is one I hadn't thought of. It might be an option, though it seems to be a winding route. Otherwise I would go with Duffo's suggestion of 989 express to Keele. Thanks to all who responded.
 
The press seem to have some facts wrong in their news stories about what will happen when Line 5 opens. I'm looking at CityNews website's article posted 40 mins ago, and 2 things were spotted immediately.

1. They say opening time will be 5:45 Monday to Saturday, and a "potentially late start" on Sunday, as though they aren't sure it's true. I believe it's 7:30 opening on Saturday and Sunday.

2. They say "Officials also confirmed there won’t be parallel shuttle buses running at the same time" - but the TTC only calls it a shuttle bus when it's a temporary fix when a line is down. They seem to think there will be no parallel bus route on Eglinton, which isn't so.

Speaking of the new version of route 34, I'm not sure if it's a full route, since it will supposedly have "limited service". Is it like a non-express bus for local service that has more stops? That would make sense, but I get the feeling that's not the intent. We have been seeing many stops taken away from the 2 Eglinton routes over the last 5 years, which I think was done to prepare for Line 5 which won't serve those stops. If the new route 34 is to be a local route, they should put the stops back, and have it run at normal frequency for a bus route. Otherwise, what's the point?
 
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Question. I have stopped and gotten off and on at Eglinton station maybe a dozen times in the past year and I know that station very well from the past. This year, I recall seeing directional signs for Line 5 and it, from what i recall, was on the platform level. Is it possible to access the line 5 platform directly from the line 1 platform or do you have to go upstairs and then go back downstairs? One of the rarely mentioned aspects of good planning and design is how accessible the transfer points are and i would say that Bloor station is good in this regard and from what i recall about Line 6, it seemed not so good. i recall a long walk. from the station entrance and suspect a similar walk when you get off FW stn on line 1.

Its often the little attention to details (in planning and design) like this that can sometimes makes us look poor compared to other places in the world. I am hoping that they get this right.

PS.: the Montreal metro is outstanding for this. I am thinking of the creativity in design on Lionel Groulx station and how it makes travel times fast. I might nominate Lionel Groulx station as one of the best I have seen!! You get off the orange line at Lionel groulx a and change line by just crossing the platform, depending on where you are going. plus you have a convenience store and newsstand right on the platform
 
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A 6264 said:
Now that this thread is filling up one page per hour, it's probably a lousy time to ask questions. But here's one anyway. If I were to ride to the west end of Line 5, then try to get to the Bloor Subway to go further west, which bus route would you recommend, and which station would it take me to? It doesn't have to be from Mount Dennis, if a station before that would be more ideal.
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Either take the UP Express one stop to Bloor then walk to Dundas West, or take the 27 to Jane Station, or 989 express to Keele.
 
A 6264 said:
The press seem to have some facts wrong in their news stories about what will happen when Line 5 opens. I'm looking at CityNews website's article posted 40 mins ago, and 2 things were spotted immediately.

1. They say opening time will be 5:45 Monday to Saturday, and a "potentially late start" on Sunday, as though they aren't sure it's true. I believe it's 7:30 opening on Saturday and Sunday.

2. They say "Officials also confirmed there won’t be parallel shuttle buses running at the same time" - but the TTC only calls it a shuttle bus when it's a temporary fix when a line is down. They seem to think there will be no parallel bus route on Eglinton, which isn't so.

Speaking of the new version of route 34, I'm not sure if it's a full route, since it will supposedly have "limited service". Is it like a non-express bus for local service that has more stops? That would make sense, but I get the feeling that's not the intent. We have been seeing many stops taken away from the 2 Eglinton routes over the last 5 years, which I think was done to prepare for Line 5 which won't serve those stops. If the new route 34 is to be a local route, they should put the stops back, and have it run at normal frequency for a bus route. Otherwise, what's the point?
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They're just paraphrasing what Lali said directly at the board meeting. He said 5.40 start, although the TTC website says 7:30. TTC should correct the record if Lali misspoke.

And #2 is in response to Councilor Bravo's question of whether Line 5 bus service will run in parallel with the LRT during the phased opening, to which Lali said no, there will be no parallel service.

I transcribed his comments here: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ne-5-m-s-metrolinx-arcadis.11782/post-2346751

Burnt creek said:
Question. I have stopped and gotten off and on at Eglinton station maybe a dozen times in the past year and I know that station very well from the past. This year, I recall seeing directional signs for Line 5 and it, from what i recall, was on the platform level. Is it possible to access the line 5 platform directly from the line 1 platform or do you have to go upstairs and then go back downstairs? One of the rarely mentioned aspects of good planning and design is how accessible the transfer points are and i would say that Bloor station is good in this regard and from what i recall about Line 6, it seemed not so good. i recall a long walk. from the station entrance and suspect a similar walk when you get off FW stn on line 1.

Its often the little attention to details (in planning and design) like this that can sometimes makes us look poor compared to other places in the world. I am hoping that they get this right.

PS.: the Montreal metro is outstanding for this. I am thinking of the creativity in design on Lionel Groulx station and how it makes travel times fast. I might nominate Lionel Groulx station as one of the best I have seen!! You get off the orange line at Lionel groulx a and change line by just crossing the platform, depending on where you are going. plus you have a convenience store and newsstand right on the platform
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Yes, at the northern-most end of the platform there's an escalator, an elevator and stairs that all lead down to the Line 5 mezzanine. From there it's another escalator/elevator trip down one more floor to Line 5 track level. See: https://cdn.ttc.ca/-/media/Project/...f93c863&hash=ABAD10E3366B3437D6AA7487ABEF6D8A

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eglinton1661 said:
They're just paraphrasing what Lali said directly at the board meeting. He said 5.40 start, although the TTC website says 7:30. TTC should correct the record if Lali misspoke.

And #2 is in response to Councilor Bravo's question of whether Line 5 bus service will run in parallel with the LRT during the phased opening, to which Lali said no, there will be no parallel service.

I transcribed his comments here: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ne-5-m-s-metrolinx-arcadis.11782/post-2346751


Yes, at the northern-most end of the platform there's an escalator, an elevator and stairs that all lead down to the Line 5 mezzanine. From there it's another escalator/elevator trip down one more floor to Line 5 track level. See: https://cdn.ttc.ca/-/media/Project/...f93c863&hash=ABAD10E3366B3437D6AA7487ABEF6D8A

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Thanks
 
crs1026 said:
So, the inaugural trams will have a start time of 05:40 at Mount Dennis on Sunday? Same from the east end?

Good luck finding a coffee shop open near either terminal at that hour. Connecting bus, either.

- Paul
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Your best bet is AnW or McDs or 7/11 by Eglinton station.
 
These durations make no sense to me: Take for example the underground portion, a trip from say Forest Hill (Bathurst) to Eglinton (Yonge) is 2.2km bit according to this chart it will take 540 seconds, that’s 9 mins to travel that distance. That is insanely slow. That distance with the two in between stops should be no more than 3-5 mins tops. It’s like the TTC wants the trains to run so slow as to be useless for actual travel. I hope this isn’t the case as the expectation is that underground portion should have subway like travel times.
 
lead82 said:
These durations make no sense to me: Take for example the underground portion, a trip from say Forest Hill (Bathurst) to Eglinton (Yonge) is 2.2km bit according to this chart it will take 540 seconds, that’s 9 mins to travel that distance. That is insanely slow. That distance with the two in between stops should be no more than 3-5 mins tops. It’s like the TTC wants the trains to run so slow as to be useless for actual travel. I hope this isn’t the case as the expectation is that underground portion should have subway like travel times.
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It's actually 408 secs = 6.8 mins. Compare with Line 2 which is 6 minutes for the exact same trip from Bathurst to Bloor-Yonge. Really not much difference.
 
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