Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
The article might be wrong. Spadina has signal priority installed but not activated to my knowledge
The article might be wrong. Spadina has signal priority installed but not activated to my knowledge
Public Consultation: We are holding an Open House where you can learn more about this transit project, ask questions, and share your comments.
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and the City of Toronto are conducting preliminary planning for a new Light Rail Transit (LRT) route along Eglinton Avenue from Kennedy Subway Station to Pearson International Airport. The LRT would link to the Yonge Subway at Eglinton Station and the Spadina Subway at Eglinton West Station. As part of the Transit City light rail network, important connections will be provided to the proposed Don Mills LRT and Jane Street LRT.
The Eglinton Crosstown would provide modern, accessible and comfortable light rail transit service. Within the central section between Brentcliffe Road (just west of Leslie Street) to Keele Street, the LRT would operate underground as the width of Eglinton Avenue in this area is too narrow to accommodate LRT. For the remainder of the route, the LRT would operate in surface transit lanes in the centre of the street.
Responses to questions and comments submitted during consultations held in 2008 will be posted in the Frequently Asked Questions and Answers section on the City of Toronto, Transit City project website This is an external site and it will open a new window.
At the July 2009 Open House, TTC and the City will present proposed station and station entrance locations for the central underground section (Brentcliffe to Keele). For the rest of Eglinton Avenue, proposed platform locations and traffic management strategies to provide fast and reliable LRT service will be displayed. Alternative corridors for the extension from Martin Grove Road to Pearson International Airport will also be exhibited.
The preliminary planning for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will lead to a Transit Project Assessment under the Environmental Assessment Act.
Would it help moving some of the ALRVs from Queen here?
I thought it was impossible to use ALRVs on Spadina for some reason (something about Spadina/Union stations perhaps?).
Pushing a broken down or derailed ALRV up the exit ramp would be challenging, so they tend not to send them in places they can get stuck.
Perhaps one of the specs of the new cars was the requirement that a single LRV could push another disabled vehicle up that grade of slope?