M II A II R II K
Senior Member
Would have to connect with the Ontario Line in the east.
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KhalilHeron
Active Member
it does though? at cosburn
Undead
Senior Member
I think a RER tunnel would be located much closer to Union, no? Probably just a few hundred feet north of it.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
probably more likely but I feel that would overcrowd union even more than now
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
Separate Lakeshore from Union and put it in a tunnel with a new underground platform. Call it Wellington or something.
north-of-anything
Active Member
I chose College for local rapid transit because I think the GO relief tunnel would be best put underneath King Street for easy access to PATH.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
a few 100 feet north of it would still connect up to, and be part of union. a few hundred metres north would be a dif story but new underground platforms at union would probably just add to it's congestion.
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
There was an old proposal to have an underground Lakeshore GO Line under Queen with stops at Don, Queen, Osgoode, and Parkdale. But that would be defunct now since Queen is being tunnelled there for something else.
Coolstar
Senior Member
Interesting. Links to any reports/articles that depict this idea. Would love to take a closer look at the old plan.
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
KhalilHeron
Active Member
yea i was more thinking about the passenger flow. If say the lakeshore lines stopped a few hundred feet north of the current station on an underground platform the tunnels connecting it back to union would be very busy. Train crowding wise it'd be fine
Steve X
Senior Member
What's the point of having a GO tunnel under Union? Can't really expand our rapid transit network by having everything in one basket.
RER can be closer to UofT and Ryerson while office towers can expand north in a fantasy future. A College "subway" would fit between Line 2 and OL adding additional relief while providing direct access to regional lines.
robmausser
Senior Member
Although its very close to Queen, id see an RER tunnel a-la "London Crossrail" would be better suited under Dundas, simply to have the main station at Dundas Square, which is arguably a huge center of Toronto.
The usage and ridership for the Ontario Line and RER Tunnel would be quite different in nature anyways.
Bureaucromancer
Active Member
With apologies for the necro, I kind of prefer something like this for a Scarborough Network:
This seems like it will integrate with a Hwy 2 extension meaningfully better, to the point that I think I'd be willing to downgrade Sheppard East to BRT to gain the Sheppard link and preserve the RT corridor.
This seems like it will integrate with a Hwy 2 extension meaningfully better, to the point that I think I'd be willing to downgrade Sheppard East to BRT to gain the Sheppard link and preserve the RT corridor.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
hm interesting idea though the westward extension doesn't really look like it serves much of a purpose other than to use the set corridor. As that section of the rt does it just runs through empty industrial lands. If it maybe turned short and ran along the Stouffville tracks to Agincourt go, or the industrial lands saw heavy redevelopment i think it could be worthwhile, but otherwise, it doesn't really serve anybody. You could just take the subway to bridge that gap and itd be faster.