Paleo
Active Member
It may be worth it to mention that our Subway trains are also built in Thunder Bay.
Take it easy on the guy, he doesn't even live on this side of this country.
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It may be worth it to mention that our Subway trains are also built in Thunder Bay.
Capacity on Eglinton will be added by:Yeah. I don't think Eglinton needs to be an HRT subway. If it ever reaches that capacity, non-local passengers can be diverted by building out Sheppard and Finch.
I really wish this build sheppard nonsense would stop.Yeah. I don't think Eglinton needs to be an HRT subway. If it ever reaches that capacity, non-local passengers can be diverted by building out Sheppard and Finch.
I really wish this build sheppard nonsense would stop.
As ssiguy2 states "the whole advantage of LRT over other mass transit is that it can work along existing roadways and rail ROW where it does not need to be completely grade separated. This line is going to be completely grade separated so the advantage of LRT is completely gone. Toronto is building a system with lower capacity at a higher price with trains with shorter life expectancy than the other 3 major systems"
So to me this would mean it does matter if capacity is not there right now and that LRT is the more expensive chose and with the disadvantages that has been pointed out.
The best feature of the current plan is that it gets the LRT foot in the door.
Once the LRT facilities are in place, doing in-median expansion on other routes like Jane, Finch, and Don Mills will be a much easier sell, as the large fixed cost of the maintenance facility will be done.
Also, whomever believes that SkyTrain would require any less investment in maintenance facilities does not seem to realize that the McCowan yard is horrifically out of date, and would need to be completely rebuilt if it were to ever maintain new SkyTrain vehicles.
Sheppard west of McCowan is hardly fringe. It's comparable to (if not denser than) Eglinton east of Leaside. So both sections could use a completely grade-seperated transit option.Elevated LRT through the eastern and western legs of Eglinton looks like something the people can agree on. I really don't see spending billions tunneling through sections like the Golden Mile as a wise investment.
IMO, Eglinton needs to be a completely grade-separated line. Though I can't say the same about other TC routes, namely Sheppard. Street-grade is fast enough for fringe areas.