muller877
Senior Member
If they are coming from Kennedy, it would make more sense for them to transfer to line 1 and get off at Dundas to get to Ryerson/Eaton centre anyway...
There may be many destinations in the north of downtown, but you have to trade-off against the significant number of destinations in the south of downtown. SouthCore, the Financial District, St. Lawrence Market, Distillery, etc., mean that there are more destinations south downtown than north downtown, which is why ridership projections showed greater ridership for a King DRL (173 000) than for a Queen DRL (123 000).
If the DRL is too far north from those destinations, then that means that riders will either need to walk further from the stations (reducing ridership) or will choose to stay on line 2 and transfer to line 1, reducing the "Relief" aspect.
If there is a long-term plan for the RH line to go via the Leaside spur to Union (RER frequency) than I agree that the DRL should go via Queen. If the DRL is too close to the RH line (i.e. never RER on RH) than it should be via King..
I could foresee a RER "U" from Dundas West via Union and then up the RH line acting as Relief for those going to Union area (south of King, Southcore, etc)
Then the DRL is a second U going via Queen (and not to Dundas West...maybe Dufferin?)
I always use to agree with your thought about King until I thought about the possibilities of 2 relief lines.