That makes no sense...speed is always crucial or no one except for the dirt poor (and Malvern is not at all a particularly poor area, FYI) will take it.
1-2 km spacing is a wallop faster than BD.
In your future world, a Midtown GO line would have dozens of stops, only run during rush hour, and still require a separate fare...no wonder you think it won't be useful.
Wrong, wrong and wrong! Not GO, assimilated TTC line, not the length and breadth of the corridor, only the western and eastern extremes. Ran all-day cause who likes to plan their lives around precarious route schedules? At 10 p.m. one could ride, and that my friend is reliabilty! And again one TTC, one fare.
The only railtracks anywhere near the Pickering airport are the ones that would be removed for the runways.
Tracks can be diverted or buried or people-mover ran out to the station site.
Again, read the previous post and you'll see that I said that one or two extra tracks would needed. Alternatively, CP could shift some or all of its traffic up to CN's York Sub.
The corridor's too narrow to allot enough room for more railtracks. York Sub's the same problem. Why you think I laughed off the Weston DRL idea earlier in the thread?
Obviously this route isn't going to take all Mississauga residents off the BD, but it will take some of them, freeing up space for ridership growth on BD.
I fail to see the long-term purpose of that unless BD is never extended into the 905. If it is, it'll run to MCC hence this, as I suspected, is only for the AM Rush Hour crowd who'd still be 20 mins away from their CBD offices if you divert them to Summerhill.
and I might shift around some of the west-of-Yonge stops.
What's wrong with there? I thought the spacing was good.
Fare integration would clearly be necessary if such a route were ever implemented.
Not at the rate inflation and cost of living's going lol!
Remember, most people who use th GO trains now don't use the TTC at all. Another problem is the east part of your line will have MUCH lower ridership than the west part.
Hmm, good logic here. I suppose that means crosstown travel without necessarily needing the core is viable as well. Meaning I was spot on about the Eglinton Line. You're right about the eastern half as well, the only couterpoint being it'd absolve the need for Sheppard east of STC or a Don Mills subway since Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, Don Mills Centre and Wynford Heights would be in direct range.
Again you're just shifting riders from the Bloor line to the Yonge line, how does that help? Which line has most capacity problems, Yonge or Bloor?
Definitely YUS and it'll only increase as it expends into the 905.
My plan that I posted as a response to Socialwoe's shifting, unrealistic plans...Otherwise, I need a good look, but the fundamentals are sound, unlike say Socialwoe's.
Gosh, would it kill you to not mention me in a disparaging way when complimtenting others!?! Especially when the praise you're bestowing is rightfully mine! Yeah, I find it amusing I get harassed for my plans when Doady...
a. Kept the friggin' Sheppard West line on Sheppard
b. Ran a full-length Eglinton Line (RH's not there but oh well!)
c. Had a Queen Line
d. Ran YUS to Langstaff
e. Had a Hurontario subway (I suggested it too)
f. Kept Sheppard East on Sheppard even to Malvern
g. Ditto on BD East
Oh, and get that damn streetcar off Finch! I didn't even notice the streetcar lines at first. Does that mean that the Yonge subway north of Finch will be a tunneled streetcar? If there's any 2km in the entire that would be most suitable for a subway extension, it's Yonge to Steeles...anything other than a subway just isn't good enough there.
Yeah I guess a streetcar along Finch would totally screw with your Jane-Finch jog, but oh well. And how can a subway become a streetcar tunnel? Paging Dr. Bonkers! I think what Doady meant was that's where the fare zone changes, though Cummer/Drewry walk-ins may not like that much.
The DRL East should have a stop at Cosburn over Mortimer/O'Connor. Cosburn is the busiest of the east-west routes through there, and the density is higher generally along Cosburn than the others. There's almost nothing at O'Connor and Pape.
Less is more, eh? Remember though Cosburn and Oconnor are only three blocks apart. It's not inconceivable that a single station could with north and south exits could serve both streets effectively. Plus Mortimer would be close enough to Centennial College and the Pape Village to be a worthwhile stop.
But station names are a minor deal. I do like how you rename Downsview to Allen-Sheppard, which in reality is nowhere near Downsview itself (except the former AFB).
Yeah some station names are blunders. Most of all Downsview. Think it's too late to change the name to Sheppard West so that the new
Sheppard West gets named
Chesswood instead? It sorta ruins the fluidity of Spadina stns when all of a sudden we shift from "-- West" to arbitrary community name.