denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
They need to reopen keele or extend the bloor danforth to Cloverdale and open a yard on the wal mart site. Open a yard in Scarborough as well.
Isn't that exactly what all the construction at Keele is about? I don't think there's enough space there to store more than the T1 fleet, especially now all the T1s from the Sheppard Line are to be moved to the Bloor-Danforth line.They need to reopen keele ...
I thought they were just making the station nice?Isn't that exactly what all the construction at Keele is about? I don't think there's enough space there to store more than the T1 fleet, especially now all the T1s from the Sheppard Line are to be moved to the Bloor-Danforth line.
I thought they were just making the station nice?
They need to reopen keele or extend the bloor danforth to Cloverdale and open a yard on the wal mart site. Open a yard in Scarborough as well.
There have been notices about this construction on the TTC website - such as https://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_expansion_PDFs/Dorval_Rd_Closure_Notice_Jul07_2014_w.pdfI thought they were just making the station nice?
If anyone wants a quick refresher about what the TTC said about a Sheppard West ext (from this report):
My recollection is that they couldn't decide whether to go to York University, or to go straight north, or build a loop line. But all the plans went to Downsview, so they started that, while they could figure out what to do next. Only took 21 years ...The 1996 extension to Downsview was originally planned to be the first portion of the line.
One thing I was looking for in particular with this report was info on how the West Don would be crossed at Bathurst. I can't seem to find any info, but it seems obvious that the only answer is a bridge. And if I'm led to believe what many posters have written about the impossibility of building any elevated structure for subways, then it should be obvious a Sheppard West ext is out of the question.
Why is an elevated structure out of the question for crossing the West Don? The Sheppard Line had no problem building an elevated structure to cross the East Don, just east of Leslie station. I'd assume they'd have done something similar if they'd had gone west.One thing I was looking for in particular with this report was info on how the West Don would be crossed at Bathurst. I can't seem to find any info, but it seems obvious that the only answer is a bridge. And if I'm led to believe what many posters have written about the impossibility of building any elevated structure for subways, then it should be obvious a Sheppard West ext is out of the question.
They probably hadn't decided on how the line would cross the West Don because they'd never done any engineering on the line. You don't waste time on small details if the big picture isn't set yet.
As for "the impossibility of building any elevated structure for subways", don't be preposterous. When the subway gets extended north on Yonge how do you think the line will cross the East Don?
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
Why is an elevated structure out of the question for crossing the West Don? The Sheppard Line had no problem building an elevated structure to cross the East Don, just east of Leslie station. I'd assume they'd have done something similar if they'd had gone west.
I'm pretty sure I've seen some discussion of the West Don structure in 1980s or 1990s documents. Perhaps even in the Toronto Star reports back then.That's a very low level bridge, it's short, and it's completely encased in concrete - not for noise reduction, but because the thing is under water during storms.