Richmond Hill Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | Metrolinx

Extension of the western leg to serve Langstaff business park, Vaughan Mills, and Wonderland/ Major Mac/ Vaughan Hospital should not be immediately dismissed. Though of course any reasonable person in this forum would trench or elevate it. That’s where the constant political desire for deep bore makes any extension concerning and cost prohibitive.
 
Vortex112 said:
Extension of the western leg to serve Langstaff business park, Vaughan Mills, and Wonderland/ Major Mac/ Vaughan Hospital should not be immediately dismissed. Though of course any reasonable person in this forum would trench or elevate it. That’s where the constant political desire for deep bore makes any extension concerning and cost prohibitive.
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I'd always supposed it could be elevated but trenched seems very feasible and cheap for this corridor but not if they cant reserve the land before its all developed
 
Vortex112 said:
Extension of the western leg to serve Langstaff business park, Vaughan Mills, and Wonderland/ Major Mac/ Vaughan Hospital should not be immediately dismissed. Though of course any reasonable person in this forum would trench or elevate it. That’s where the constant political desire for deep bore makes any extension concerning and cost prohibitive.
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I think Jane in York Region has a good case for a Parisian-style tram, if we could build it for Parisian costs and operate at Parisian speeds from the Vaughan Hospital hitting Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan Mills, VMC, and possibly Highway 407 (if we get a 407 line there someday) achieving a ~10 minute travel cut. The Barrie Line is close enough to provide an express connection downtown and the Jane ROW is quite wide, albeit I don't know how much of that is reserved.

But maybe this is a fantasy thread discussion.
 
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Amare said:
I've been a fan of having an impenetrable wall be built at both ends of the YUS line for quite some time, one that would make it so cost-prohibitive that future extensions wouldn't be considered. Vaughan Metropolitan should be the absolute last stop on the western leg, and the current Yonge North extension should be the absolute last on the eastern leg.

Especially with the idiocy that goes on in Ontario transit planning, governments have absolutely no shame in proposing extensions that make absolutely no sense into far reaching places.
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The only way to permanently end line 1 extensions would be supporting an extension to make it a loop - both sides going up to major mac then under it with a stop in near Vaughn city hall would be the best way to do it
 
DirectionNorth said:
I think Jane in York Region has a good case for a Parisian-style tram, if we could build it for Parisian costs and operate at Parisian speeds from the Vaughan Hospital hitting Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan Mills, VMC, and possibly Highway 407 (if we get a 407 line there someday) achieving a ~10 minute travel cut. The Barrie Line is close enough to provide an express connection downtown and the Jane ROW is quite wide, albeit I don't know how much of that is reserved.

But maybe this is a fantasy thread discussion.
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Yes this is Fantasy but I made this post on reddit and it go no replies. I think the CoV is priortizing VMC/7 Corridor too much and should push to a Jane corridor instead. Imagine repurposing Jane which is currently a massive stroad to a modern city street that can develop as the spine or backbone of the City over the next 30 years (think Yonge). A subway extension (or are you said a seperate system) with stops incorporated into great ToD oriented developments, a calmed down street that priortizes pedestrians and active transportation and pushes commerical traffic more to Edgley/Creditstone. Massive hubs at Major Mac/Rutherford/Langstaff/7, mid size throughout, but all connected. Hwy7 is severely flawed forever (!) with its barriers (400, 407, train yard and 7 bridge) that will afffect the natural build up of the community while Jane instead can still be repurposed.

Ok and the real fantasy is the Line 1 loop, proposed in the next close Ontario govt race (maybe mid-2030's) by both parties to win some key ridings in Vaughan and Richmond hill.
 
ciceror said:
The only way to permanently end line 1 extensions would be supporting an extension to make it a loop - both sides going up to major mac then under it with a stop in near Vaughn city hall would be the best way to do it
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Pretty flawed idea. Circle Lines in general are kind of a difficult proposition since they tend to be annoying to operate (delays cascade and its difficult to introduce/remove trains from service). When combined with how long the line is, it would compound the issues.
 
MisterF said:
I'll never understand the fascination certain transit fans have with creating subway loops in the distant suburbs.
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I think it's a desire to create mayhem as loop lines with frequent traffic don't work well, between the timing problems, and the inevitable short-turning (scheduled or not) - which is why the TfL Circle line tube is no longer a loop. Gosh, I never rode it that often, but it feels that everytime I did, there were announcements the train would terminate somewhere.
 
ciceror said:
The only way to permanently end line 1 extensions would be supporting an extension to make it a loop - both sides going up to major mac then under it with a stop in near Vaughn city hall would be the best way to do it
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A Steeles loop was almost built. No TYSSE or YNSE to York Region if it had been.
 
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