Hopkins123
Senior Member
I'm pretty sure Montreal REM's Edouard Montpetit Station 70 metres below the surface will soon be Canada's deepest, if not the continent's deepest.
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I'm pretty sure Montreal REM's Edouard Montpetit Station 70 metres below the surface will soon be Canada's deepest, if not the continent's deepest.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Forgot about the REM station. As for York Mills, I know it's fairly deep and somewhere in the same range as the other deepest Canadian stations but can't actually find an actual depth measurement on the web. I do know it currently has Canada's longest transit escalator, which it loses the crown to Rideau station as soon as it opens
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rbt
Senior Member
Yep. Beats NY's 191st Street station which is 55m deep.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Which station still does not have a handicap accessible elevator? You'll think the deeper it is, they would have elevators by now. At least all of the Crosstown LRT stations will have elevators when the line opens.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Charlevoix does not, Vancouver, Edmonton and Ottawa all had them from the get go. Really only Toronto and Montreal have systems old enough to have non-accessible stations, and only Montreal was still building inaccessible stations as late as the mid 80s.
Does the crosstown have redundant elevators? The confederation line has all elevators in pairs, versus the older transitway stations that only had 1 per platform.
nfitz
Superstar
Some very deep platforms are planned for the Relief Line South. It won't be as deep as the REM station under Mount Royal - but the north end of the proposed TTC Gerrard station is over 40 metres below the entrance to the platform. Presumably deeper to the track. (it's only 32 metres from the Gerrard/Carlaw intersection to the track). The plans call for 5 escalators to get to the proposed Smart Track platform!
(from page 35 of Appendix 3-2)
Even the new Relief Line platforms at Osgoode station are planned to be over 30 metres below ground surface, and the new Queen platforms are about 29.5 metres! Eve the new platforms at Pape station are 27 metres below ground surface!
kotsy
Senior Member
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
Wow. I learned some new facts today that I nevertheless knew...
W. K. Lis
Superstar
If not, then when the one elevator is out-of-service, only the escalators will be available. UNLESS, they are also out-of-service.
kotsy
Senior Member
Well, I'm really glad you speak for everyone else too.
nephersir7
Active Member
Also worthy of mention is the REM station at Trudeau Airport, which will be 35m underground.
reteequa
Active Member
That really surprises me that their deepest is only 58m. All I remember about the tube is really tight tunnels and never-ending escalator rides!
Richard White
Senior Member
I once walked up the stairs at Holborn station because I was not willing to wait for an elevator. Big mistake.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
The staircase in the CN Tower is 351 metres to the restaurant (overall height: 553.33 metres). So 58m is not bad for an able-bodied person.