Allandale25
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^ Ah sorry about that. Usually I try to remember to check first.
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Metrolinx: Other Items (catch all)
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W. K. Lis
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There are limits using the Urbantoronto "search" feature.
drum118
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Reecemartin
Active Member
Got to interview a wayfinding advisor at Metrolinx on all the cool and interesting stuff going on with GO Station names, the T icon and Eglinton Crosstown!
lenaitch
Senior Member
I'm not completely embedded in the technology or the rules but I have never seen a reference to that. There are significant restrictions in Toronto airspace because of the proximity of several airports, but I can see no blanket restrictions to either railways or private property.
gabe
Senior Member
Metrolinx backtracks on substation in a park in Guelph.
globalnews.ca
Metrolinx says it will not build substation in Guelph’s Margaret Greene Park | Globalnews.ca
Metrolinx says it has ruled out Margaret Greene Park in Guelph as a potential site for a power substation.
globalnews.ca
drum118
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Not my field nor use one, but quick check
See Transport Canada Site
https://torontoobserver.ca/2019/01/31/new-drone-rules-keep-toronto-airspace-locked-down/
https://www.toronto-criminal-lawyer.co/canadian-drone-laws/
Keeping Railroads Secure From Drones
RR is private property and illegal to fly over
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lenaitch
Senior Member
Ya, ha, me neither, so this is basically a discussion between people who don't really know. I still can't find an absolute prohibition from flying over private property (rendering pretty all of Canada that isn't Crown land) or the assertion that RR property is restricted airspace in TC links. Regardless, our apparent level of knowledge will not solve it.
(BTW, third link didn't work for me)
Steve X
Senior Member
So planes fly over private properties all the time. Does it make it illegal? Nope.
And according to the Q&A in the third link
chinesehorse
New Member
From the Metrolinx wayfinding guidelines:
Looks like GO rail lines are going to receive a letter designation sometime in the future:
They're going all in with the new T's as well it seems. I personally don't mind it:
Looks like GO rail lines are going to receive a letter designation sometime in the future:
They're going all in with the new T's as well it seems. I personally don't mind it:
Undead
Senior Member
^Ugh, not a fan of that at all. Couldn't they have taken the first letter of the current names? Wonder how much they paid the consultants on this one lol
ARG1
Senior Member
Interesting. GO trains used to have letters attached to the lines years ago, although I find it funny that they're swapping the letters so that the letters Ascend west to east rather than being A - Lakeshore West, B - Lakeshore West, and C to G ascending from Milton to Stouffville.
Northern Light
Superstar
Rubbish Idea.
afransen
Senior Member
Look at you, making sense and talking logic! You're supposed to memorize the line names to the ABC song. "Lakeshore West, Milton, Kitchener, Barrie..., Richmond Hill, Stouffville, Lakeshore East, UPx..." How could you forget? It's so obvious!
Streety McCarface
Senior Member
W — Lakeshore West
E — Lakeshore East
M — Milton
B — Barrie
K — Kitchener
S — Stoufville
R — Richmond Hill
U — Union Pearson
Future
M — Midtown
P — Peterborough
The only one that doesn't work is Bolton.
Regardless, this is all arbitrary, as it was with the TTC nomenclature update. Give it a few weeks after the signs show up and everyone will know what the B train, the D Train, or whatnot is.
What might be interesting is relying on the NYC style of line nomenclature, where the colour denotes the main line, and the number/letter denotes the route. It's not inaccessible but provides useful additional information for platform assignments and whatnot.
For instance, think of the Kitchener line with the bolton line connection as a future main line, and the major color is green, you could have the Following letters for the following routes:
K — Union - Kitchener (Local)
<K> — Union-Kitchener (Peak Express)
P — Pearson
B — Bolton
F — Through Service from Bramalea to Markham via the Stouffville line
Or something along that nomenclature. Of course, it brings in addditional challenges, including the addition of more letters, but it makes standard routing a lot easier for passengers to understand. Instead of passengers: "Is this C Train going to Mount Pleasant, Kitchener, or Pearson?" They can just know what lettered trains they can take right away and use those with ease.
E — Lakeshore East
M — Milton
B — Barrie
K — Kitchener
S — Stoufville
R — Richmond Hill
U — Union Pearson
Future
M — Midtown
P — Peterborough
The only one that doesn't work is Bolton.
Regardless, this is all arbitrary, as it was with the TTC nomenclature update. Give it a few weeks after the signs show up and everyone will know what the B train, the D Train, or whatnot is.
What might be interesting is relying on the NYC style of line nomenclature, where the colour denotes the main line, and the number/letter denotes the route. It's not inaccessible but provides useful additional information for platform assignments and whatnot.
For instance, think of the Kitchener line with the bolton line connection as a future main line, and the major color is green, you could have the Following letters for the following routes:
K — Union - Kitchener (Local)
<K> — Union-Kitchener (Peak Express)
P — Pearson
B — Bolton
F — Through Service from Bramalea to Markham via the Stouffville line
Or something along that nomenclature. Of course, it brings in addditional challenges, including the addition of more letters, but it makes standard routing a lot easier for passengers to understand. Instead of passengers: "Is this C Train going to Mount Pleasant, Kitchener, or Pearson?" They can just know what lettered trains they can take right away and use those with ease.