Rollercoaster The topography along Elginton is like a rollercoaster. Don't simply look at a Google map. Remember....Toronto has lots of north-south ravines. The shallower you are...the easier the access from the street but then the more of a rollercoaster ride you'll get and it will be...

Increase in Density To construct a station including the associated storage tracks, crossovers and portal to the underground in this part of the alignment, excavation would be required. This is referred to as "cut-&-cover". Yes, the length of the cut and cover segment is reduced if the...

TTC Politics That's TTC politics when they can't accept that water is wet. They use the term "potentially". Its cheaper, faster and much, much less disruptive.

No pain no gain Subway boxes are much longer....depending on location of service rooms...they can be beyond 200m. So try to rationalize....twice the upfront cost to build for a subway station (150m platform) so that for the first 10-20 years only 60m are used. What happens with the other...

The graphic for LRT stations is of a station box which includes 90m platform plus additional 30m at either end for service rooms, etc. Thus 150m. Read the first few panels. These are not technical drawings.

Geology in the Toronto area is different east-west then it is north-south. East-west includes a whole bunch of different strata and elevational inconsistencies. It's a long way down to bedrock and it doesn't make sense. There are several solutions for dealing with TO's geology. Larger...

Actually it's simpler. You're only going up and down, similiar to core servicing in a building. With mezzanines and typical shallower stations, the route is more circuitous with at least 2 vertical movements compared to a single vertical movement. This makes it a lot easier for EMS and fire...

Large Bore Just because something is bigger doesn't mean it's more expensive. One must factor the entire job and associated acitivities including the time required to construct. Cut-and-cover stations are extremely lengthy to construct and the disruption to business acitivities, pedestrian...