Leo_Chan
Senior Member
“Attention customers on Line 5, Eglinton. We are currently experiencing longer than normal delays between Laird and Science Centre Stations.”
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
From the March 20 TTC Board Meeting - Final design for interchange stations:
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...wn_LRT_Interchange_Stations_Final_Designs.pdf
AoD
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com...wn_LRT_Interchange_Stations_Final_Designs.pdf
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Ozman
Active Member
From the Crosstown Interchange report for the TTC Board meeting:
I wonder if this means that they'll now be able to keep the existing (45 year old) centre pocket track north of Eglinton Station on Line 1. It would be nice for operational flexibility.
I wonder if this means that they'll now be able to keep the existing (45 year old) centre pocket track north of Eglinton Station on Line 1. It would be nice for operational flexibility.
coopEng
Active Member
You have a sloped walk way at the south end of the existing Subway Platform that takes you to the LRT concourse - from there two separate elevators go down to the LRT platform.
coopEng
Active Member
Given the type of construction and the limitation of adjacent property lines - creating a larger centre platform at any station would be difficult. The station boxes are right up against adjacent properties and likely as wide as possible. St. George (for example) was not confined by such an arrangement and could have been built with wider platforms. As you pointed out, the main problem - which i think will be worse than Bloor Yonge is now if there are crush loads - is a two trains will unload to a centre platform at the LRT level and then you have to climb up to another centre platform for the Yonge Line at primarily ONE location.
I would have liked to have seen an extension of the LRT concourse so that you could pop a second access point to the platform form below to the south (yes big bucks i know).
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
And once again people will be prompted to move further down.
coopEng
Active Member
It will be worse, IMO, as you have two directions of trains on a single centre platform that isn't much wider than one of Bloor Yonge's side platforms. This station will quickly become the new death trap that is Bloor Yonge at rush hour.
muller877
Senior Member
Most people coming from the west will get on the Spadina line if they are heading to the Financial District. I would expect the eastbound trains to arrive at Yonge fairly empty.
Is there a crossover for Spadina north of Eglinton West? It doesn't make sense for trains to turn back at St Clair West after this is built.
Amare
Senior Member
Congrats to the TTC for making yet another boneheaded, and to put it bluntly, stupid decision. Why they came up with this half-baked "compromise" is beyond me.
Isnt this the same organization that came up with this chart below, but yet they seem intent on making the problem even worse at Eglinton:
Isnt this the same organization that came up with this chart below, but yet they seem intent on making the problem even worse at Eglinton:
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Amare
Senior Member
Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but my impression from reading the report is that Metrolinx (through the consortium) is responsible for the design of the interchange but it is subject to the TTC board approval. Ultimately, it lies with the TTC to express concerns with the design and clearly it appears they didnt.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
Is Eglinton Station easier to triple platform compared to Bloor-Yonge Station?
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
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Streety McCarface
Senior Member
The fact that none of these transfer stations are being built with the spanish solution in mind baffles me. We already know ridership is going to be higher than Sheppard's but for some reason, we want people to fall on tracks and spend 3 minutes at a station offloading and another 2 minutes loading people.
Also, how the hell are they going to handle checking POP at this station?
aquateam
Active Member
Ah, I assumed that the long corridors for transfers were so they could install Presto gates or put fare inspectors
