TossYourJacket
Senior Member
To my understanding, the stops/stations are all designed so they can be expanded for coupled trains in the future. Most importantly, the platform at the underground station at Finch West is 90m long to protect for that expansion. I agree they won't do it until the line hits peak frequency, but protections for coupled-train operation do exist for the future.Agreed, the cost to extend all stops is not trivial. Especially if the center platform stops haven't been designed to allow for expansion without moving the tracks to allow for the extension.
Like @Amare mentioned, frequency will be maximized before any plans of coupling two vehicles comes up.
As an aside, Ottawa's Confederation Line (which uses the same trains) is similar, there they built the current platforms for 2 connected trains, but were designed for eventual expansion to sets of 3 trains.