Something being left out of this debate is cut-and-cover also makes it easier to bring the line to the surface since the tunnel is shallower. If Metrolinx is serious about building this line with a mix of tunnel and elevated construction than tunnel depth is important to consider. Especially...

Yea I wouldn't put much weight into this since Metrolinx seems to have a hard time sticking to there own design rules that they paid lord knows how much money for. There are still 3 colours floating around for the Finch West Line (Magenta on the Metrolinx website, Gray on the maps, and teal at...

I doubt red will ever get used by the TTC since they use it for the buses and streetcars. Gray and Turquiose are somehow still up in the air because Metrolinx somehow still hasn't decided on the Finch West LRT colour. It appears gray on TTC maps, Magenta on Metrolinx's website, and yet has...

I decided to try and figure out how the other stations would be served by buses and what the stations could be called, so here's my idea: Bathurst/Sheppard (Earl Bales Station) - No Bus Terminal 7 Bathurst (thru-service) 160 Bathurst North (thru-service) Consumers Station - No Bus Terminal 85...

I know I have discussed this in the SSE thread but based on current bus routes (which can obviously change) which stations the bus routes terminate at would likely be: McCowan/Sheppard: 85 Sheppard East 16 McCowan (assuming it is extended north) 129 McCowan North (May continue to STC) 130...

It shouldn't at all come as a surprise that people would prefer the line terminate at STC. The area around STC has been the central hub for Scarborough since it was built in the 70's and in this part of the city the collective belief is STC is the centre of Scarborough, it is our downtown. While...

Or they could just get off at the station at the station at Kennedy and then take the bus the rest of the way. It would be silly to take the bus to McCowan and Sheppard, transfer onto the subway, take it one stop south to STC and then transfer to Line 4 to continue east, when instead you can...

If were were to extend the line further east from McCowan and Sheppard this is a possible alignment although I am unsure of the portal south of the 401 since it while there is land there I am not sure about the gradients involved. If possible it would be similar to how the Ontario Line comes out...

Why would we even want to extend the subway to Meadowvale? Sure you can make arguments for stops at places like Markham Road and Malvern but there is nothing at Meadowvale and Sheppard. The Zoo isn't as big a trip generator as some people would think and any ridership it does generate would be...

Yes which is why I said if the Province has any long term goal of connecting Pickering to the subway, than going along Ellesmere is the better option which means terminating Line 4 at STC instead of McCowan and Sheppard.

You could ask the same question about the extensions to Vaughan and Richmond Hill yet that cat is out of the bag.

Well one of the questions would be does the Province have any long term ambition of extending the line into Pickering. If the answer is yes than option 2B would be better since it has a more direct route via Ellesmere and Kingston Road as well as hitting UTSC along the way. Option 2A would mean...

I get why the TTC does this since PROWs are more efficient (especially if they have priority signals) but its also such a limiting practise because it severely limits just how much more expansion of the network is possible. For example it means Dufferin will never get a streetcar even though we...

I had to check my video notes but service to Bircmount Loop ended on July 1 1954, coinciding with the introduction of the old fare-zone boundaries. It was simpler to cut back service to Bingham Loop where the boundary was and extend bus service on Kingston Road an extra 2km instead of continuing...

The most likely option would be constructing tail tracks at the east end of the line to store trains overnight like what is being done on the SSE. This would be a 3 or 4 track wide "storage" yard", 2 trains deep for a capacity of either 6 or 8 trains. Wilson Yard could be used for overnight...

Just to add on here is the official plan from the Sheppard East LRT EA.

The yard for the Sheppard East LRT (and Scarborough Malvern LRT) was to be along Sheppard just east of Morningside Ave. I believe that is still the plan today for the Eglinton East LRT.

The tracks along Blantyre Ave (the Blantyre Branch) were built by the Toronto & Scarboro Electric Railway which used them during summer. In fact the tracks along Blantyre weren't even on the street but instead on an elevated right-of-way. The tracks were torn up and reused to extend the main...

So I have made what I believe should be my final maps for the streetcar network unless I can think of something else. The first map is of the "Tripper" services from around the mid-1930's. Tripper's only operated in peak directions during rush-hour (inbound during the A.M. rush and outbound...

So I have made what I believe should be my final maps for the streetcar network unless I can think of something else. The first map is of the "Tripper" services from around the mid-1930's. Tripper's only operated in peak directions during rush-hour (inbound during the A.M. rush and outbound...