sixrings
Senior Member
Increases on the KW line is GO infrastructure... People advocating for DRL West here is advocating for TTC infrastructure... UPX is Business infrastructure which I think many question the need of.
Extending Eglinton LRT to the airport seems obvious (though the projected ridership is so low, it's hard to justify - which makes the converting it to heavy rail even more bizarre).seems like a much better way to spend money than Eglinton West Smarttrack... Convert UPX and extend the Eglinton LRT to the airport seems fairly obvious.
Well look at the schematics and the location and tell us what you'd do. Don't just say "someone out there has the money and the smarts to do it" when what's actually required is a magic wand and magic beans. That just leads discussion down useless rabbit holes.I am skeptical of the "no room" argument. It seems like almost anything can be done with enough money being thrown at it. Im not supporting wasting money but the unfortunate truth is that the UPX is taking up precious rail space in a city that needs more transit.
Well all maps that I ever saw, showed DRL running from the east at Danforth and Pape down to union and back up west, hitting Dundas St west. So how is the suggestion that the UPX bec0me the DRL western portion not make sense? It makes sense to me. At this point it can even hit the LRT at Eglinton and Weston Road. And just because the "most important part of the DRL is in the east" (except to those who live in the west), the fact is the western portion aka the UPX has been built and should be the part of the DRL
Today, I just saw triple berthing of passenger trains for the first time at Union.
Two VIA trains (one actively boarding) and UPX (one actively boarding)
I wasn't aware they were allowed to triple-berth on the same track.
That is surprising, given that was the track where two GO trains collided in '97.
I'm surprised VIA is using platform 3. They always seem to be pretty persnickety about people not travelling staying off the platform - and isn't that platform the accessible indoor walkway to the GO Bus terminal?It looks like from the picture they've added a few more signals along Platform 3. Would that assist with triple berthing? Was this a one-off thing or will it become a regular occurrence?
I'm surprised VIA is using platform 3. They always seem to be pretty persnickety about people not travelling staying off the platform - and isn't that platform the accessible indoor walkway to the GO Bus terminal?
3 or 4 years ago, I was seeing off my family on VIA, and after leaving them at in the VIA concourse as they entered the fair-paid zone, I then went up one of the GO elevators to the adjacent platform, and waved to them from about 15 feet away. Getting several dirty looks from VIA staff.I've never been hassled by VIA staff even with a train boarding and passengers coming through; the most that has happened is they've asked me if I'm travelling with them (in case I'm lost/looking for my car, I presume), then I answer no, and we both carry on.
I'm surprised VIA is using platform 3. They always seem to be pretty persnickety about people not travelling staying off the platform - and isn't that platform the accessible indoor walkway to the GO Bus terminal?