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nfitz said:
Between 3 southbound trains, 1 northbound train, and that there's now 2 subway stations, they should be fine.
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What northbound train?

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The final northbound train is at 11:13pm, but because the extra southbound trains run later than that, I’m assuming the concert won’t be over soon enough for people to grab that train (unless they leave early of course).
 
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Just speculation, but if it were me i would stage one or more trains between Snider South and Steeles before that 23:13 goes north. Have one sb follow the 23:13 northbound all the way to Snider South and then hold to be the last sb..

Turning back at the platform, while not impossible, is more paperwork and is less easy to fleet in the following trains if they are holding further north.

Just some sidewalk speculation.

- Paul
 
Yes, it shows the last scheduled northbound train departs Union Station at 10:54pm, then stops at Downsview Park Station at 11:13pm. This is the regular schedule, not an added extra train.
crs1026 said:
Just speculation, but if it were me i would stage one or more trains between Snider South and Steeles before that 23:13 goes north. Have one sb follow the 23:13 northbound all the way to Snider South and then hold to be the last sb..

Turning back at the platform, while not impossible, is more paperwork and is less easy to fleet in the following trains if they are holding further north.
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It might also depend on where the extra added southbound trains will be coming from. Having just one track on that line limits what can be done.

I don't think there's any bus stops right at Downsview Park Station, but maybe GO could be urged to consider having a few special extra buses waiting near the exit at Carl Haas Rd that could go to the Rutherford GO parking lot.
A little complicated, but someone going back north of the city leaving too late for the last northbound GO train could eventually get to Newmarket, for example, by about 1:45am, on a scheduled GO bus, by first either going south to Union, or taking the subway north followed by a York Region 107 bus, then the GO bus.
 
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link (Facebook - James Pasternak)
the City of Toronto will place noise restrictions and hours of operation on the operation of the stadium
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I think there's usually an 11pm curfew for these type of outdoor things.
Coldplay displays a start time of 6pm, but also with two other acts on the bill.
 
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nfitz said:
That was a huge crowd though for the AC/DC Rolling Stones concert after SARS in 2003. About 10 times larger than this new stadium. I can't remember what the transit reports were for that one; the biggest issue was the damage to the city sewers!
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I was there!

If I recall they had shuttles to and from Downsview Station run by the TTC although most people chose to walk.

Heading there, they had people walking down the Allen from around Yorkdale to Downsview Park which was quite a unique experience.
 
Not strictly GO related but does the TTC plan to have extra services for people leaving concerts? They could store one train in the pocket track at Finch West, and one or two in the tail tracks at Vaughan and deadhead them to Downsview Park station.
 
Richard White said:
... If I recall they had shuttles to and from Downsview Station run by the TTC although most people chose to walk...
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For those possibly confused by the names of the stations, I assume it was the one that was Downsview Station at the time and is now Sheppard West? I think the one that's now Downsview Park Station did not exist then.
 
SubHuman said:
For those possibly confused by the names of the stations, I assume it was the one that was Downsview Station at the time and is now Sheppard West? I think the one that's now Downsview Park Station did not exist then.
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Correct. When Downsview Park station(s) opened last decade, the 1990s-built TTC "Downsview" station was renamed "Sheppard West".
 
nfitz said:
Correct. When Downsview Park station(s) opened last decade, the 1990s-built TTC "Downsview" station was renamed "Sheppard West".
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If I remember correctly, current Downsview Park was going to be named Sheppard West (since they're both on Sheppard) but they decided to rename the existing station to Sheppard West because the new Sheppard West was closer to the entrance to Downsview Park so it made more sense to reverse them.
 
Dan416 said:
If I remember correctly, current Downsview Park was going to be named Sheppard West (since they're both on Sheppard) but they decided to rename the existing station to Sheppard West because the new Sheppard West was closer to the entrance to Downsview Park so it made more sense to reverse them.
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Just to add a bit more confusion here. The planning documents for "Sheppard West" actually had the station planned to be Sheppard West in the first place. Why it was changed to Downsview, I cannot recall. But it's funny how the station eventually took the name it was supposed to have in the first place.
 
SubHuman said:
If there's going to be 50,000 people all leaving concerts there at the same time, hopefully both GO and TTC understand this and have extra service. Once upon a time they didn't seem to know or care.
I suppose with much of that GO line still being only one track, there's probably no choice but to have only the extra southbound trains, and most people going north would be taking the subway anyway.
If I was going to something there, I might consider walking over to Keele St to try to get a bus, though I'm not sure if that would better or worse.
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I know the entrance/exit of the venue is geared towards Downsview GO & TTC - will there be an East exit (through Yukon lane) possible to split crowds to Sheppard West TTC? Would alleviate some of the pressure on Downsview Park TTC, which thankfully was so overbuilt it's ideal for nearby large-scale events such as this.
 
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