scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
Running to Wilson instead of Downsivew makes no sense if you try to justify it with 'objective' criteria (as opposed to fantasy-map alignments, which don't really need to be justified). Wilson ends at Weston just as Sheppard does, is not longer than Sheppard, and doesn't have more stuff on it...being midway between two points means nothing. Not that it'll ever be extended west of Downsview, but going to Downsview leaves the option of serving Parc Downsview Park, York U, Jane & Finch, Rexdale, etc. A good alignment is to run west to Sheppard & Keele, then swing up to Jane & Finch and go over to Humber. Downsview station's alignment makes running Sheppard NW with the Spadina extension highly unlikely since they cannot both share a corridor/tracks and intersect at Downsivew (it's either one or the other) and since turning the Sheppard line into a branch of the Spadina offers no real benefits, Sheppard is free to find its own way (and, potentially, nip the Jane Transfer City line in the bud as it's spiralling out of control).
Going to Wilson means almost an extra km of track (mostly tunnelled under houses and with no viable stops along the way), it means serving the concrete wasteland around Wilson station with a massive infrastructural investment (instead of an intensifying corridor with stops at Faywood and Downsview), and it punishes riders trying to transfer between the Sheppard line and the Spadina extension with a diversion down to Wilson.
Going to Wilson means almost an extra km of track (mostly tunnelled under houses and with no viable stops along the way), it means serving the concrete wasteland around Wilson station with a massive infrastructural investment (instead of an intensifying corridor with stops at Faywood and Downsview), and it punishes riders trying to transfer between the Sheppard line and the Spadina extension with a diversion down to Wilson.