AlbertHWagstaff
Senior Member
Numbers are fine for all.
How on earth did civilization get by before routes had numbers?
Numbers are fine for all.
By keeping slaves and raping their spouses?How on earth did civilization get by before routes had numbers?
All routes have both a name and number. 2 - Bloor-Danforth; 22 - Coxwell; 502 - Downtowner. What range of numbers would you use then?
How on earth did civilization get by before routes had numbers?
I don't think that will confuse anyone. Though GO was using A through G until quite recently for GO Trains.Maybe a lettering system? A, B, C, D, etc. An example for a tourist wanting to leave The Ex:
-“take the Harbourfront H Line to Union, then Line 1 northbound to Line 2 Eastbound”
-“But both Line 1s go northbound to Line 2”
-“Go on the one that goes like this *points to left*, not like this *points to right*”
-“Huh?”
-“K, maybe just take the Bathurst B Line instead”.
And with the 500-series, it might get more confusing when Line 5 (Crosstown) opens. Some might think that, say, 502 is a branch of 5.
Argh, that GO map reminds me of the bad old days of GO![]()
Why? It looks not that different than the present
you get all that from that map? Sure Kitchener extension is not there...Barrie is .....and you can't tell which lines have pea or off peak service.The map aesthetics are not the greatest and it's a little clunky, but that's not what I mean. The bad old days of GO are the days of even less service than the present; no train service to places like Kitchener or Barrie or (off-peak) Oshawa, and the system being so chronically underfunded by successive governments (Harris...) that the threat was pretty real that the system could close down entirely. Melodramatic maybe, but it was a worrisome time.
you get all that from that map? Sure Kitchener extension is not there...Barrie is .....and you can't tell which lines have pea or off peak service.
Line 1 is the simple name that I like. There's nothing to explain. You're at Union? You're either headed towards Downsview or Finch, which is what the trains say on the front as they arrive.
you get all that from that map? Sure Kitchener extension is not there...Barrie is .....and you can't tell which lines have pea or off peak service.
i agree, although I don't see how special or more confusing union is. At any stop, there are two directions going towards Finch or Downsview. Union is Not a terminal station and its southern most location doesn't make it any different. There is only one line here, and applying two different names is what makes it confusing. So if I am at dundas station and goes to Queens park, does that mean I take the Yonge line and then the Spadina line as if there is a connection? Isn't is exactly the same as if I travel from Dundas to Shepard, or from Chester to Bathurst?
We don't call line 2 Bloor line and the Danforth line separately, do we? I fail to see why line 1 is any different and deserves all t his extra fuss.
I guess you have never looked at a compas before.
That being said, it is still one line since it is continuous - but with a slightly more confusing direction guideance requirements.