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Are you also so worked up about the names of all the new crosstown stations which the public had no say in. Or the renaming of Eglinton West which the public also had no say in.

Which is for maintenance, not operation

The lines are operated by the same company, the TTC

Money is always an issue, that's why Sheppard is half the intended length, that's why Finch is half the intended length. Eglinton as a subway would have been half as long as cost twice as much if Ford had his way. And the cost probably would have killed the Ontario line.

The city can finance both lines by itself ( one at a time) so the lack federal or provincial money will not kill these lines.

Any hypothesis why the surface sections of Line 5 is much faster than the surface section of line 6?

The province / Metrolinx wants nothing to do with the WWLRT or EELRT and both will be 100% finance by the city if they get built with some hope that they will get some money from the federal government as well.

The trains are automatic in the tunnel, ie no driver the driver only takes over when they leave the tunnel is my understanding. the max speed is currently 60km/h but will go upto 80km in the spring.

Warm summer days at the Equator on Mars get up to 20C btw

The whole reason why it doesn't currently go to the airport is because the airport isn't currently interested with in more rapid transit connection. And have scraped plans for a transit hub.

How is he going to extended Eglinton West to the Airport, without the airport approving or being involved??

If only someone had given them enough time over the last 15 years.

The current market rental rate in Toronto for a studio is $3.7 per square feet, so these should rent for ~$950 a month, which i can see a market for that amount of rent.

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The cost difference between LRT and Subways in Toronto is 4.7x, Finch LRT per km compared to the Ontario Line per km, The Ontario line is using a lot of elevated sections and and GO right of way so most likely the difference is 5x+ to build a subway instead of an LRT. Finch West costs 3.7Billion...