[scarberiankhatru]

Umm...Ellesmere will retain its crown forever. Literally, forever, because the city's obsessed with extending the RT to poor, underprivileged Malvern.

 

[Chuck]

What's with this so called "Clark/John" station? Clark and John St. are about 1 km apart - the same distance as Eglinton to Davisville. There's no "Davisville/Eglinton" station.

 

[lordmandeep]

Keele and finch will be a good stop.

Could bring some redevelopment close to the Jane/finch area...

 

[unimaginative2]

Umm...Ellesmere will retain its crown forever. Literally, forever, because the city's obsessed with extending the RT to poor, underprivileged Malvern.

Don't count on it... for that very reason! One of those Malvern extension stops could well give it a run for its money.

 

[lordmandeep]

Ridership is very high in Scarborough


Kennedy gets over 100k riders...

 

[unimaginative2]

I know, and that's exactly why we should be replacing the RT with a subway that would benefit everybody in Scarborough, instead of keeping the RT with its transfer and adding a useless extension that would shave maybe two or three minutes off a trip from Malvern Centre and does nothing for people east on Ellesmere, on Lawrence, at Town Centre, up McCowan or up Brimley. The subway replacement would give a much greater benefit to everyone at the same cost as refurbishing and extending the RT, plus it would eliminate the expensive orphan technology.

 

[Edward]

I'm hoping the subway stops will be: Steeles, Thornhill (Clark-John), Royal Orchard, Hwy7

No stops between Eglinton and Lawrence, no stops between Lawrence and York Mills, no stops between York Mills and Sheppard, no stops between Finch and Steeles but two stops between Steeles and 7? Hardly makes any sense. Cummer has more buildings and more redevelopment potential then Royal Orchard will ever have.

 

[scarberiankhatru]

Yes, two stops between Steeles and #7...they're 4km apart. Clark + Royal Orchard, in the absence of a Centre stop, would each be ~1300m apart, not even 'mid-concession' distancing.

A Blythwood stop is the only one really "missing" since Eglinton is south of Eglinton and Lawrence is north of Lawrence, aggravating walking times. A Yonge Blvd stop would be excessive since it'd have to be south of Yonge Blvd - and only about 4 blocks from Lawrence. A 401 stop wouldn't be very useful, would it? 500 people in Lord Seaton apartments would use it but no one else. A Cummer stop would be very clsoe to Finch...unless you have continuous skyscrapers and massive crowds waiting at each station, there's no need to have a choice of 2 subway stops within a 3 minute walk.

 

[DENTROBATE54]

that would benefit everybody in Scarborough, instead of keeping the RT with its transfer and adding a useless extension that would shave maybe two or three minutes off a trip from Malvern Centre and does nothing for people east on Ellesmere, on Lawrence, at Town Centre, up McCowan or up Brimley.

The Scarborough RT could as an extension of the BD line could continue running east-west into Malvern since stops at Bellamy and Ellesmere-Markham could appease 95/38 travellers, Progress serving Centennial students, Milner-Sheppard serving a dense business/industrial park area and Neilson-McLevin serving a major mall, low-income housing a myriad of routes (131/2/3/4).

A Cummer stop would be very clsoe to Finch...unless you have continuous skyscrapers and massive crowds waiting at each station, there's no need to have a choice of 2 subway stops within a 3 minute walk.

I never pictured the Steeles stop being south of Steeles Avenue though. I'd think it'll be built with exits facing Steeles (south) and Doncaster (north) with TTC routes operating out of the 38 Steeles Ave. East property (current route end for the 98) avoiding the whole fare boundary zone fiasco. Hence if any station got tossed it might have to be Clark itself with Thornhill Stn exits facing John (north) and a point relatively close to the Clark/Yonge intersection (south).

And yes a Blythwood/Glencairn infill would make a alot of sense .

 

[scarberiankhatru]

I think it's a given that Steeles will be south of Steeles, to counter the absence of a Cummer stop and because there will be a Clark stop. Centerpoint is also an easy place to put a small bus terminal, mainly for the two busy Steeles routes.

You're really exaggerating the length of platforms - a Steeles stop wouldn't reach to Doncaster...the entrances will either be at Steeles & Woodward, Steeles & Abitibi, or Nipigon & Highland Park (or just at Steeles, of course). The 42 will continue to run along Cummer and down Yonge, carrying people who would otherwise have found a Cummer stop useful to the subway. Centre and John bus routes can do the same towards Clark for people who otherwise would have found a Centre station useful.

 

[Transportfan]

I think Clark would be a fairly used station and it should be named Thornhill.

Why? Stations in former Toronto villages are still named after cross streets. Why should the 905 be any different?

 

[ShonTron]

There's a few exceptions - in the case of Islington, it's both. Downsview station shares a name for a former village that it is nowhere near.

I think Thornhill is a better name for several reasons - Clark isn't that important a street, especially compared to its alomst equally important neighbours, John and Centre. Thornhill should be the only station in Thornhill really, anyway.

 

[Conrad Black]

Let's not forget North York Centre.

 

[Transportfan]

Downsview is named after Downsview Park, and North York Centre is named for the massive 'downtown' development there, and the fact that there is no major street there. Thornhill along Yonge is not really all that noticeable when you think about it. Yonge is basically a suburban style street even in old Thornhill itself, and has no storefronts along it, except for a few crummy '40s-era buildings on the east side.

 

[CDL.TO]

From the very first subway line there's Rosedale and Summerhill which is named after the neighbourhood, the station is located on Shaftsbury Ave. Davisville is another "both". The entire University line isn't named after cross streets. Along with North York is Scarborough Centre. Old Mill could be a source of debate.

Cross streets make for easier navigation, but I prefer names after communities and major landmarks. They're better at creating a sense of place in the city. For that matter, neither John, Centre, or Clark are extremely important long-distance thouroughfares.