Midtown Urbanist
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How is the suggestion of adding stations to the Richmond Hill line at all nutty?
Ever since the new year the DRL thread on here has had extensive discussion on adding new stations on the RH line. Notably at River/Bayview-Queen (Interchange with DRL), Don Mills-Eglinton (Interchange with Crosstown), and moving Oriole GO north of the 401 (Interchange with Sheppard). The only impossibility is a connection to the Bloor line for obvious geographic reasons.
It has been discussed in tandem with a DRL tunnel on Don Mills or a proposed second SmartTrack line on the RH-RER line that would also require a tunnel under Don Mills. The idea being to use the tunnel and then connect back to the surface rail line north of Lawrence. Metrolynx is looking IIRC at what can be done to the Richmond Hill alignment near the Don River amidst concerns of flooding and railtrack sinkage, sharing the DRL tunnel would alleviate concerns, increase tunnel frequency and very likely provide for a quicker trip.
Ever since the new year the DRL thread on here has had extensive discussion on adding new stations on the RH line. Notably at River/Bayview-Queen (Interchange with DRL), Don Mills-Eglinton (Interchange with Crosstown), and moving Oriole GO north of the 401 (Interchange with Sheppard). The only impossibility is a connection to the Bloor line for obvious geographic reasons.
It has been discussed in tandem with a DRL tunnel on Don Mills or a proposed second SmartTrack line on the RH-RER line that would also require a tunnel under Don Mills. The idea being to use the tunnel and then connect back to the surface rail line north of Lawrence. Metrolynx is looking IIRC at what can be done to the Richmond Hill alignment near the Don River amidst concerns of flooding and railtrack sinkage, sharing the DRL tunnel would alleviate concerns, increase tunnel frequency and very likely provide for a quicker trip.