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Senior Member
Scrap the SRT and replace it with that I-Metro-E proposal which has a Scarborough Centre detour to it, which of course continues all the way to Union so there's more capacity and a lot less transfers.
innsertrealname:
Except that scenario would probably affect the organization's focus on the DRL - which is THE priority. Plus you will need another EA, re-negotiation with what is likely a very volatile provincial government, etc.
AoD
Personally Id rather take the extra money it would have cost to build a extension of the BD line and grade separate the Eglinton line so that it could be interlined with the SRT.
I think the SRT is gone and Toronto will actually the same size subway system in 10 years as it does today.
1990s........0 subway expansion
2000s .......7 km subway expansion
2010s........2 km subway expansion
Toronto is on a roll.
It's completely different pots of money though. The financing techniques the province use require 100% provincial ownership. That's not going to happen for a short extension of an existing subway line. The money available from Metrolinx wouldn't be transferable to TTC. What's more, the money from Metrolinx is mostly to extend from Scarborough Centre to Sheppard. The subway project at a similar cost would stop at Scarborough Centre. It's all comparing apples to oranges.I struggle to believe that it will necessarily delay construction. the SRT replacement is not scheduled to start until late 2015, 3 years from now.
That would be an advantage - but it's a mystery on where the money is coming from. Or how they'll extend the life of the life of the SRT another 5-6 years to the early 2020s - it's falling apart.Another advantage is that if a subway is decided on, it might actually be able to start earlier, and even if it took longer to build it could still be finished around the same time as the current SRT replacement.
Honestly, I wish they'd done that too. Probably could have had TBMs in the ground by now ... or at least had the hole being dug and a plan to move Holey and Moley after they finish their final runs later this year. Then they could either run the Eglinton line a bit further down Eglinton to Eglinton GO Station (which would cost that much to go 2.5 km on the surface), or they could turn the corner and run it up the SRT alignment, but keep going to Agincourt station on Sheppard, keeping the existing stations at Lawrence East and Ellesmere (which would have more usage, with nearby Midland station closing).You are unfortunetely correct. I wish they had gone with a subway replacement from the start, but it is unfortunetely too late to switch now. I guess that is what I am trying to say.
They already do after taking the SRT. Would be much faster than it is now. And it's not THAT far from Bloor-Yonge. It's only 22 minutes to Kennedy. So maybe 29 minutes to Scarborough Centre? Compare to the Spadina line, where it's currently 19 minutes from St. George to Downsview - and estimated to be about 31 minutes to Vaughan Mafia Centre.Even if the BD were extended which would have more room and no transfer people would still have to sit through like 50 stations on that line and then transfer at Yonge to get to downtown.