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[Johnny Au]

Here's Part 2 of 3 for Fairbank station taken on August 27, 2021

Southwest Corner:

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Part 3: Northwest Corner

 

[Johnny Au]

Here's Part 3 of 3 for Fairbank station taken on August 27, 2021

Northwest Corner:

Now with closeups of the steps

 

[Johnny Au]

Back side of secondary entrance of Forest Hill station on August 28, 2021:

 

[W. K. Lis]

New Keelesdale image shows view customers will have when exiting Crosstown station​

From link.

The view customers will have as they leave Keelesdale Station. (Metrolinx photo)

The tall entrance windows allow natural light to permeate far into the underground parts of the station.

Noticed the bicycle stairway runnels. They're the grooved guide next to a stairway so people can go up and down without having to lift and carry their bikes. You just guide your bike wheels into the groove and push it up or squeezed the brakes and walk it down.

What about the wheelchair users, when the elevator (singular) are out-of-service?

 

[W. K. Lis]

Wonder if the bicycle stairway runnels would be installed in the old subway stations, when they rebuild the stairwells. Likely not in the budget, as always.

 

[EnviroTO]

New Keelesdale image shows view customers will have when exiting Crosstown station​

A single escalator? Hopefully the other entrances have escalators that go the other direction. Some of these stations are deep.

 

[W. K. Lis]

A single escalator? Hopefully the other entrances have escalators that go the other direction. Some of these stations are deep.

Likely minimum TWO escalators (one in each direction), but only one elevator. I'll be very surprised if they put in four escalators and two elevators. When they are making the original subway stations "accessible", that means only ONE elevator. Not so "accessible" if the elevator is "out-of-service" for maintenance.

 

[beatle04]

Noticed the bicycle stairway runnels. They're the grooved guide next to a stairway so people can go up and down without having to lift and carry their bikes. You just guide your bike wheels into the groove and push it up or squeezed the brakes and walk it down.

Doesn't look like there is enough room between the guide and the glass without the pedals hitting the glass. Also the handrails seem to be directly above the groove which seems to make trying to roll the bike up way too much of a hassle.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Doesn't look like there is enough room between the guide and the glass without the pedals hitting the glass. Also the handrails seem to be directly above the groove which seems to make trying to roll the bike up way too much of a hassle.

Likely designed by a non-cyclist (as usual).

Use the runnel at an angle...

 

[nfitz]

I'll be very surprised if they put in four escalators and two elevators.

For longer escalators (and that one looks relatively long), the standard these days is 3 ... one down and two up - which gives them the ability to almost always have two running, if one goes down.

When they are making the original subway stations "accessible", that means only ONE elevator.

They plan to start adding second elevators in Easier Access Phase 4.

 

[Amare]

Wonder if the bicycle stairway runnels would be installed in the old subway stations, when they rebuild the stairwells. Likely not in the budget, as always.

You're asking for things that will never happen.

 

[superelevation]

Looks rapid

Here's the central median of Cedarvale station taken on August 23, 2021:

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Looks like this will be done soon :/

New Keelesdale image shows view customers will have when exiting Crosstown station​

From link.

Noticed the bicycle stairway runnels. They're the grooved guide next to a stairway so people can go up and down without having to lift and carry their bikes. You just guide your bike wheels into the groove and push it up or squeezed the brakes and walk it down.

What about the wheelchair users, when the elevator (singular) are out-of-service?

Would be surprised, other projects that have already opened feature redundant elevators

 

[christiesplits]

New Keelesdale image shows view customers will have when exiting Crosstown station​

From link.

Quite the contrast to the opulence of the Sheppard and TYSSE stations!

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Quite the contrast to the opulence of the Sheppard and TYSSE stations!

I wonder how many people will actually look up and notice any of these stairways having natural light in them.

 

[Steve X]

I wonder how many people will actually look up and notice any of these stairways having natural light in them.

Ummm if you don't look up and see who's coming your way, there's a problem! Of course we know people are glue to the floor.

I gotta say this is one thing ML got right. They planned for natural light and ensure the entrances don't have any blind spots for bad guys to hide from.