Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Is the south entrances to Cedarvale Station open? Okay, Line 5 is still closed, but they still could have barriers set up for passengers to get to Line 1 from the new south entrances.
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Northern Light
Superstar
This idea I'm open to; however, it comes with challenges. Closing two consecutive access points to/from Eglnton means redistributing that traffic on to to other roads. But Winette and Winona are already seriously congested at times, and there is pressure on/from the local Councillor to address that.
There are solutions. But to my eye, they look pretty expensive.
1) Extend Lanark Avenue eastwards to Flanders creating off-Eglinton East-West capacity.
2) Extend Flanders south to Ava Rd. to handle some of the resulting N-S diversion.
By my math, the above requires the taking of 20 houses/lots at a probable cost of 40M+; the cost of construction, depending on utility costs, another 15M+ Add to that 2.5M for the original closures suggested and adding them to the park (that's very conservative)
Total costs, at least 57.5M, and it could run upwards of 100M
Now, if a traffic study showed the road network could support the diversions w/o the extended roads, great, but I'm leery.
evandyk
Senior Member
They've said repeatedly that they won't open up the south entrance until Line 5 is operating.
Voltz
Senior Member
They did build entrances on the north side of Eglinton outside of the Allen ramps, which would allow this, including pedestrians who want to walk through.
UntitledCyclist
Active Member
I've tried to figure out how those new entrances will connect to the Eglinton West Line 1 platforms. On the northbound platform you can currently see a closed off tunnel entrance which I assume will connect to the line 5 station and those surface exits eventually.
I'm not sure how you'd get to the southound platform. I guess up and back down again. That's a pain. It would have been nice to have the tunnel bring people to the mezzanine level that has staircases to both NB and SB platforms, but I think you'd run into accessibility issues.
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eglinton1661
New Member
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
jordanmkasla2009
Active Member
The design of the lower concourse level is symmetrical. There's closed off walkway entrance in the same place on the Southbound Line 1 platform as on the Northbound Line 1 platform.
Metroscapes
Active Member
Was this a revenue demonstration drill? I have my doubts as it had an official broadcast. Two days ago btw.
TOtramz
Active Member
If RSD is supposed to simulate the real thing, why wouldn't the fire department treat it as any other incident and post an alert for it?
On the other hand, has there been any official confirmation that RSD started last week?
Thaboss
Active Member
If toronto sun is to be believed....
As of thurs, no.
Furthermore, I think we have enough insiders who would post the notice or at least mention RSD has officially begin (similar to what happened with finch).
Imo the silence is telling
crs1026
Superstar
I would simply take that incident as an indication that the station’s fire alarm system is commissioned and in service (as it should be, by now) , and like fire alarm systems everywhere, there are sometimes false activations.
This is just life imitating an RSD.
- Paul
This is just life imitating an RSD.
- Paul
Richard White
Senior Member
For what it's worth, they were stopping at Lebovic earlier.
They had announcements on the platform telling people the car wasn't in service and not to board.
I do believe they were testing.
Thaboss
Active Member
Have they not been doing this for a while now or are those annoucments a recent development ?
crs1026
Superstar
The announcements have been going on for weeks at least. Whether they have been tweaked at all from previous versions, I can't say.
- Paul