[dowlingm]

Before moving this wholly into the fantasy thread though, I thought I'd mention the other thing that has crossed my mind re Lawrence. Building only the eastern side and operating as a branch of Eglinton splitting at either Don Mills or Leslie would seem to have something to be said for it given the purpose we always bring it up as having in terms of dealing with Eglinton's limitations.

I don’t think a Don Mills branch works - same issue as sending Line 2 up the SRT alignment in that it isn’t designed in,

Leslie/Sunnybrook Park is interesting as it would bring high order transit to the Botanical Gardens, but would be similarly difficult to build (and the left turn for cars/buses off/onto Eglinton is bad enough without adding LRV turns) plus the topography is challenging going N-S. The old Leaside Spur isn’t helpfully situated either given the Sunnybrook Park stop location.

those might have been doable with a large spend if it was demanded in the original design but it wasn’t. And none of that solves the transit disconnect east from Lawrence Station

 

[micheal_can]

To serve Sunnybrook properly, a line on Don Mills is needed. Which then brings me to the fantasy of something I posted on the Transit Fantasy thread about all of the former Concession and Side Road roads having an LRT/Streetcar line on them.

 

[Bureaucromancer]

Leslie/Sunnybrook Park is interesting as it would bring high order transit to the Botanical Gardens, but would be similarly difficult to build (and the left turn for cars/buses off/onto Eglinton is bad enough without adding LRV turns) plus the topography is challenging going N-S. The old Leaside Spur isn’t helpfully situated either given the Sunnybrook Park stop location.

I agree that Don Mills really isn't reasonable without an incredibly awkward junction probably necessitating the reconstruction of the eastern portal... Leslie though has a lot of room around on the surface a decent incentive to reconfigure everything to maintain functional separation (or at least traffic independence) over to Don Mills. It's not good urbanism... but I think you could squeeze a road flyover in on top of a surface junction and then take the LRT north on the west side of Leslie...

 

[toonderly]

From my understanding the 2 months update is still happening.

I believe what you are referring to is that Phil Vester will only announce the opening of the line 3 months (90 days) before the actual opening date.

Yes -- the news at the time seemed unclear because it was so focused on the lack of opening date and promise that we would get it 3 months before. I couldn't find any stories that also mentioned when the next status update was due.

 

[zang]

Did they say anything about timeframe or premature ring failure?

Despite access to confidential info, this family member wasn’t able to tell me when the line would be up and running. Not because they couldn't say, but because they didn’t even know. They said that there’s a whole lot of Metrolinx that doesn’t know.

They did say that there were several FOIs “coming due soon”, if that gives any glimmer of hope as to when the public will get any tidbits of info. They implied that Phil Verster is incredibly tight lipped about everything, even when transparency would benefit him, and so a lot of the corporation is needlessly kept in the dark.

That kinda tracks with previous reports that (despite his insistence otherwise), Doug Ford is in control over what information comes out of Metrolinx.

 

[cplchanb]

Yes -- the news at the time seemed unclear because it was so focused on the lack of opening date and promise that we would get it 3 months before. I couldn't find any stories that also mentioned when the next status update was due.

Not sure how much weight this has but the chair of TTC was on newstalk 1010 this morning and projected that both finch and crosstown will hopefully open in sept. take it for what it is....

 

[toonderly]

Not sure how much weight this has but the chair of TTC was on newstalk 1010 this morning and projected that both finch and crosstown will hopefully open in sept. take it for what it is....

Hm. Was it expressed as likely opening in September or just both would be open by September (could open earlier)?

 

[Cobra]

I think there will be a point where this will have to be considered for the eastern section of the crosstown

https://x.com/ChittiMarco/status/1751655419934560311?s=20

 

[Allandale25]

I think there will be a point where this will have to be considered for the eastern section of the crosstown

https://x.com/ChittiMarco/status/1751655419934560311?s=20

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I saw the post and that's what I was wondering when I posted in post 23,874 above.

 

[sixrings]

I think there will be a point where this will have to be considered for the eastern section of the crosstown

https://x.com/ChittiMarco/status/1751655419934560311?s=20

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I thought this was the case. That you could only cross at the intersections. You can’t cross st Clair other than at an intersection can you?

 

[cplchanb]

Hm. Was it expressed as likely opening in September or just both would be open by September (could open earlier)?

dont remember the exact quote but it for sure wasnt "no later then"... so it would appear at this time unless hes pulling random dates out of thin air that their current goal is late Q3/ early Q4.

 

[christiesplits]

Has it been confirmed if there will be staff at the station, either at a customer service booth or floating throughout the station?

 

[Abdullah77]

Has it been confirmed if there will be staff at the station, either at a customer service booth or floating throughout the station?

Yes.

Page 8 of Line 5 Train Operating and Funding Agreement: “Line 5 Eglinton stations will be staffed with Customer Service Agents (CSAs) and supervisory staff to manage customer-facing services”

 

[kotsy]

 

[Metroscapes]

Captured a different perspective of the Yonge & Eglinton area, plus both Avenue Road station exits.

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This shot really made me miss my old apartment.

I think there will be a point where this will have to be considered for the eastern section of the crosstown

https://x.com/ChittiMarco/status/1751655419934560311?s=20

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That's also Edmonton, where GPS will advise you to "take the right 5 lanes to continue straight" towards downtown. The have huge arterial roads that are apples to oranges to the needs of Scarborough, where it is denser, less car-dependent, and marred by a lot of road deaths.