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Hopkins123 said:
I wonder when they intend to take down those ghastly verbose name placards from Sheppard West Station, already. I mean it's been two years since the change. The public knows by now.
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TTC management being what it is, I'd bet a good chunk of money that those signs will still be there in 20 years.
 
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Placing a copy here in case the Google search one disappears too.
 
I have bemoaned this before.

Way to go after 70 years of Toronto subway operations! We all know that the TTC iconography has interchange stations as white circles with rings around them. Here we have white circles with triangles indicating directions. Note that now with this convention, Mount Dennis requires adifferent icon than the rest because it’s the current terminus. Stops look different too. This is ugly and I’m in favour of sticking with ”the look”. But that would require fewer (and less expensive) graphic consultants. To add insult to injury, we paid for this crap.
 
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The one good thing about this signage is that is does indicate what GO line is at each interchange, rather than just a generic GO logo. But otherwise, why didn't they just let the TTC do the damn signage?
 
Map is already misleading too. There's no way Caledonia GO station will open in 2021. Or even be built at all. They should remove the logo for the time being until built.
 
Coolstar said:
Map is already misleading too. There's no way Caledonia GO station will open in 2021. Or even be built at all. They should remove the logo for the time being until built.
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That's unless they build a York University-like bar bones station.
 
I think to differentiate LRT routes from subway lines the subway lines still be numbered but use letters for the LRT routes where most of them are on the road and are really enhanced local service as opposed to rapid transit.
 
M II A II R II K said:
I think to differentiate LRT routes from subway lines the subway lines still be numbered but use letters for the LRT routes where most of them are on the road and are really enhanced local service as opposed to rapid transit.
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The boat has sailed on this. We should re-name this thread. It's called Line 5 Eglinton. Which - for the record - is just fine by me.

I have ten fingers; however, so I can count higher. We should get on with harassing - sorry - pushing - the provincial government with getting Line 7 and Line 8 (whatever they are) under way. (Since out of a - very nice and very large commitment - April 2019 - we could only build one line, re-number it as 3 (Ontario) and then extend 1, 2 and 5 again)
 
TossYourJacket said:
The one good thing about this signage is that is does indicate what GO line is at each interchange, rather than just a generic GO logo. But otherwise, why didn't they just let the TTC do the damn signage?
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Looking at it again. Yes, It says "Barrie Line"

But it would have been clearer with a logo "GO Barrie". Or "GO Kitchener". And folks, this from the organization that runs GO Transit. It is sad that the jurisdictional stupidity runs to TTC not putting GO logos on maps and GO not putting TTC logos on maps. Their spitting contest outweighs the need to help travelers navigate clearly.
 
I would prefer heavy-rail subway lines to use letters, like in New York. Could be A,B,C,D, or could be Y, B, S for Sheppard, R for Scarborough RT while it still runs. LRT lines would have numbers, starting from 1 for Eglinton, buses would be numbered 20+, legacy streetcars 500+.

But it doesn't really matter much. As long as the numbering system is consistent, riders will learn it and they will be comfortable.
 
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