Steve Munro today said TTC has a 4% grade on the Yonge Line https://twitter.com/SwanBoatSteve/status/694572362235252737
Steve Munro today said TTC has a 4% grade on the Yonge Line https://twitter.com/SwanBoatSteve/status/694572362235252737
Steve Munro today said TTC has a 4% grade on the Yonge Line https://twitter.com/SwanBoatSteve/status/694572362235252737
What was acceptable in the 50's when the original Yonge line was built isn't necessarily acceptable today.
Isn't the track between Union and Danforth for go transit 3%?
I would've thought the steepest portion was underground, leading to and out of York Mills. Regardless, I think with heavy rail one wouldn't want a gradient as steep as 4% in the open air. Not sure, but the leading reason for this might be due to leaves on the tracks and the slippage that it could cause. Perhaps that's a reason why the section between Summerhill and St Clair was decked over post-construction. If you look at roads like Summerhill Ave overtop the subway you can see the railings for bridges that have been buried. This must've occurred well after construction.
With light rail something like 10% is probably acceptable.
I had to look at that pic a couple of times to convince myself they were not building a small airportthat first pic says it all....door to nowehere......hopefully I'll be wrong and the 407 station will be bustling
I had to look at that pic a couple of times to convince myself they were not building a small airport
Well it will certainly feel like an airport. This station is massive, and yet it will only see a small handful of people per day.
who approves the size of these stations? and WHY?This is the Toronto suburban style subway stations. Just look at Wilson or Downsview station or even stations such as Bayview, Bessarion, Leslie, Don Mills. They are massive and waste a lot of space. These new stations will be empty. The only station that will good usage is York University and maybe Steeled West/Pioneer Village. The other 4 stations will be ghost towns. Wilson got a lot quieter when Downsview opened. Once this extension opens, Downsview will be a ghost town, since it will loose it's most heavy bus route the York Rocket. The new Downsview Park will be a dead station that will surpass the lows of Ellesmere and Bessarion. Maybe it will be as newsworthy as the UPX debacle.
The TTC should sell off the land and close down the huge park and ride and the parking lot it has there and put a neighbourhood there to boost ridership. At least there is land there for developments. The station at 407 is a collossal waste of money to save busses the 5 mins of going into/out of Steeles West station.