nfitz
Superstar
Good summary. Do you know if Metrolinx will be making the presentation public? It's still greyed out on their site, except for the station design.Based on information presented at Metrolinx today, the bridge over the Don is still being looked at and it would cost $100m less than tunnelling. It will run beside Eglinton.
Going from the station map presented, Ellesmere station is gone (which should be) with Oakwood mark in red. Keele and Jane also are marked in red. It shows the 26 stations for the line.
Final numbers of station and location still have to be determined and will be subject to connections as well ridership. There is talk that all GO lines will connect to this line including the RH.
All LRTs will be automated from day one and have the ability to come manual when the line gets extended.
The line is officially known and will be market as the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown line as well CROSSTOWN with Cross being black in colour to match TTC and town in green, to match Metrolinx colour.
There will be 3 PIC in the fall for the design of the first 5 stations that will be come standards for the rest of the system.
Ridership is expected to be 12,000 per hour by 2031 with headway between 90-120 seconds. Off peak will be 6 minutes using 3 cars trains from day one.
Ridership will be the highest east of Yonge and falling off around Dufferin.
Substations will be every 2nd station and will blend into the existing area.
Not sure why Oakwood would be Red, given TTC award the contract to design the station last week.
Is the ridership estimate people per hour (pph) or people per hour per direction (pphpd)? The BigMove 2031 estimate for Eglinton was 7,800 pphpd (the existing Sheppard subway was only 5,900 pphpd for 2031).