Dan416
Senior Member
Interesting idea having the Yonge line connected to the UP Express. Not sure if it's feasible, but it's interesting.
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Very true. Anybody wanting a quick trip from the west end of Bloor-Danforth to downtown could easily transfer onto the Brampton-Markham or the Pearson-Unionville GO REX (which during rush hour would be running about 5 min combined frequencies). That is of course assuming their destination is Union. If their destination is somewhere along the Yonge line in downtown, it would probably be faster to stay on for a couple stations and transfer at Dufferin, and then take the "back way" into downtown via the Yonge Subway (which would run down Dufferin and Lake Shore).
If the DRL West goes up Dufferin, there is another option. When you look at the area just north of the CP corridor at Dupont & Dufferin, there is a hydro corridor in that area that snakes its way northwest, through Caledonia Park, and then ends up at the Georgetown corridor just north of St. Clair. I think that would be the best routing, because you can use more cut-and-cover construction since it's an existing ROW. Use the Georgetown corridor for the last stretch. Unlike using the rail corridor the entire way, with the hydro corridor ROW option you'd get a pretty decently used station at Lansdowne & Davenport, a good interchange station (St. Clair Streetcar & possibly Barrie GO) at St. Clair West around Prescott, and another at Rogers Rd.
Personally, I think it's much more likely that it gets integrated into the GO REX system (or equivalent) than into the TTC subway system.
junctionist
Senior Member
The problem with the railway corridor location is that a lot of people would already be walking around 500 m from their homes to Dundas and Keele, not the railway corridor. To get to the railway corridor would be 1 kilometre or more in total for many people.
There is a fair bit of ridership in the area on the Keele bus. The DRL will be better if underground under a street like Queen or King, and if it's underground there, then an eventual station at Keele and Dundas would make sense.
I was looking through his E-Book and he made this map, very gweed123.
P.S. I really doubt this is feasible. Reworking Union like he suggests would involve shutting it down for years and would surely billions of dollars. I get why it's a neat idea, but we're probably going to have to live with the roughly existing structure for some while.
It does look like something I'd propose, hahaha. The "Union X" proposal certainly has merit, but I agree that the stacked option isn't very likely, simply because it would be an engineering nightmare. That's why I've proposed the "New Union" platform for the Yonge line underneath the bus terminal and rail corridor. It would involve connecting to the GO concourse and the streetcar loop, and wouldn't require a complete re-rebuild of Union Subway station. It would require a shutdown of the tracks between Union and King, but that's about it. There are crossovers north of King and west of Union, so it wouldn't be a show-stopper.
I also like the idea of extending the Spadina-Don Mills line 1 stop beyond Eglinton to connect to the future GO Crosstown. Especially if the Eglinton Crosstown station at Leslie is gone, having a connection to the GO system around that area is going to be key.
Juan_Lennon416
Senior Member
Federal budget infrastructure money should go to downtown relief line: Stintz
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/2...oney-should-go-to-downtown-relief-line-stintz
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/2...oney-should-go-to-downtown-relief-line-stintz
ShonTron
Moderator
Of course, instead of Karen Stintz's sensible plan, Doug Ford (and I guess, by extension, his brother) has another idea.
Fords put a Scarborough subway extension ahead of Downtown Relief Line
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/fords-put-a-scarborough-subway-extension-ahead-of-downtown-relief-line/article10176582/
Dan416
Senior Member
No reason we can't do DRL and Sheppard. And Bloor for that matter.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Actually yes, there is - cost. Especially if you want a DRL that matters - i.e one that goes all the way to Eglinton.
AoD
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bleu
Banned
I wish Scarborough were not part of Toronto.
I mean it has a population similar to Vancouver, why not just be on its own. They can build all the subway they want.
Juan_Lennon416
Senior Member
As a resident of Scarborough, I and many of us out here want shovels in the ground for the DRL (Yonge Line to Pape) a.s.a.p. so that we do not have to pass through the crammed Yonge/Bloor station during rush hour anymore.
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Jaye101
Active Member
His stupidity is thoroughly frustrating.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
I've had my face in my palm for at least a minute. The sheer stupidity of this man is absolutely incredible. Can't wait till 2016.
drum118
Superstar
You mean 2014..... yaaaaaaaaaaaa they are gone.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
I invite the Ford's (and any Scarbrough subway supporters) to take a ride on the Yonge line, south of Finch, during rush hour. They need to be shown in person how useless a "Scarborough Relief Line" is without the DRL.
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Juan_Lennon416
Senior Member
We'll make it easier for them. We'll shoot footage over the course of several days and then post it online so they don't have to get up and ride the line.