AlvinofDiaspar
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If the distance between Mimico and Park Lawn is too short, why not put the new GO station at Kingsway or Windermere?
That's approx. 1.5km from the Christie site - not exactly conducive to the neighbourhood.
AoD
If the distance between Mimico and Park Lawn is too short, why not put the new GO station at Kingsway or Windermere?
That's approx. 1.5km from the Christie site - not exactly conducive to the neighbourhood.
AoD
True. I suppose GO could run skip-stop service if the new station has to be at Park Lawn and they insist on sticking to their minimum 1.5 km station separation. (Though electrification should negate or reduce this minimum distance requirement, which I assume is based at least partially on the time needed to accelerate/decelerate a 12 car diesel train).
That's approx. 1.5km from the Christie site - not exactly conducive to the neighbourhood.
AoD
Not much, except for the need to justify that multimillion dollar reno.Just how much benefit will Mimico offer once Park Lawn open to warrant keeping it in operation though? There is hardly any density around it.
AoD
Not much, except for the need to justify that multimillion dollar reno.
The Park Lawn - Mimico distance is almost the same as Mount Joy - Markham.. Why does GO complain so much about it?
These stations will also be serviced by GO Transit EMU's.
We need to stop building transit with the premise that the technology we use NOW will be what we are using THEN.
1.3km for an EMU electric train is totally acceptable, especially if all other factors show good ridership.
While GO Transit claims that the distance is only 1.3 kilometres between Mimico and Park Lawn, it's a lot farther a distance by foot or even by car because of the poor connections from the south and west - a disconnected road network, and no access to the existing station from the south side - you have to go all the way over to Royal York Road. A second station entrance out to the Blue Goose Tavern area would improve access.
But GO was designed at first as a means to ferry 905 commuters to Downtown Toronto from suburban parking lots. They've been resistant to any change from this mentality for a very long time, even if some of that free parking in the suburbs are now in parking garages.