Transit Fantasy Maps

[dougtoronto]

Looks cool to me but unfortunately I doubt that we will have stops that are so close together because of how expensive the stations are. If this alignment is selected I think the Parkadale, Roncesvalles, Junction or Stockyards station would be taken out.

It's too bad because simliarly to Go RER, more inner city stations would have a lot of potential to make transit commutes viable in terms of time door-to-door.

Are stations also that expensive when they are above ground? That's why I took the liberty of envisioning so many stations lol because many of them would exist on the existing rail line along this routing. I thought they were only prohibitively expensive when underground.

 

[JSF-1]

Made 2 maps about the Toronto's Belt Lines surviving into the modern day.There's the main loop which is the most well known, but the city also had a smaller loop which went through Swansea. It's impossible to say what a service pattern would have looked like but I have the Barrie and Richmond Hill lines running through the main loop with a dedicated loop service to fill in the gaps and operate at a higher frequency. The smaller loop through Swansea is set as a rush-hour only service. I kept all of the original Belt Line stations with 2 exceptions... Firstly I removed the Rosedale stop as it was at the bottom of the ravine and I don't know how useful it would be these days. Secondly I moved the Swansea stop to Jane and Bloor to offer a transfer to the Bloor-Danforth. Obviously though it is impossible to say how the service and stations would have changed had the lines not gone under in 1894. I wonder how different travel patterns through mid-town and downtown would be if they survived.

The first map is the entire network

The second map is a more detailed line map for the Belt Lines, showing subway connections and what street the stations are on.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

Made 2 maps about the Toronto's Belt Lines surviving into the modern day.There's the main loop which is the most well known, but the city also had a smaller loop which went through Swansea. It's impossible to say what a service pattern would have looked like but I have the Barrie and Richmond Hill lines running through the main loop with a dedicated loop service to fill in the gaps and operate at a higher frequency. The smaller loop through Swansea is set as a rush-hour only service. I kept all of the original Belt Line stations with 2 exceptions... Firstly I removed the Rosedale stop as it was at the bottom of the ravine and I don't know how useful it would be these days. Secondly I moved the Swansea stop to Jane and Bloor to offer a transfer to the Bloor-Danforth. Obviously though it is impossible to say how the service and stations would have changed had the lines not gone under in 1894. I wonder how different travel patterns through mid-town and downtown would be if they survived.

The first map is the entire network
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The second map is a more detailed line map for the Belt Lines, showing subway connections and what street the stations are on.
View attachment 716006

That Beltline route will never happen! It's a hugely popular multi-use trail now and you can expect significant opposition if Metrolinx dared to propose something like this!

 

[Bojaxs]

Made 2 maps about the Toronto's Belt Lines surviving into the modern day.There's the main loop which is the most well known, but the city also had a smaller loop which went through Swansea. It's impossible to say what a service pattern would have looked like but I have the Barrie and Richmond Hill lines running through the main loop with a dedicated loop service to fill in the gaps and operate at a higher frequency. The smaller loop through Swansea is set as a rush-hour only service. I kept all of the original Belt Line stations with 2 exceptions... Firstly I removed the Rosedale stop as it was at the bottom of the ravine and I don't know how useful it would be these days. Secondly I moved the Swansea stop to Jane and Bloor to offer a transfer to the Bloor-Danforth. Obviously though it is impossible to say how the service and stations would have changed had the lines not gone under in 1894. I wonder how different travel patterns through mid-town and downtown would be if they survived.

The first map is the entire network
View attachment 716005

The second map is a more detailed line map for the Belt Lines, showing subway connections and what street the stations are on.
View attachment 716006

Are you proposing this to be a GO train line? I could see something like this being more viable as it's own subway/ metro line. Wouldn't have the Barrie and Richmond Hill GO lines going around it.