Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[jmi22]

Not quite. What makes a stadtbahn a statbahn is that the tunnels carry many different lines as a sort of feeder hub. Karlruhe is a prime example where the tunnel carries many different lines that feed out into many directions. This is what tram tunnels in Europe look like, they're either stadtbahns that carry multiple lines - or if not they're quite short with a few stations under very busy neighbourhoods. Europe generally doesn't build 11km long subway segments just to serve 1 tram line.

Don't give them any ideas, we'll be seeing construction start on streetcars...I mean LRT..... up Vic Park, Weston and Bathurst should the erudite planning intelligentsia of the GTA catch up to the planning norms of the Germany in the 70's.

 

[smallspy]

What you discribed( in terms of transferring) seems acceptable. You mean Don valley station, not Don mills station correct?

The station at Don Mills, yes. Formerly known as Science Centre.

For the record, I don't think that it's a particularly well-designed transfer - at least for anyone transferring from the Crosstown to the Ontario Line. The vertical aspect is not ideal (and is worse in that sense than the connection at Kennedy that many complained about), and when coupled to the horizontal distance also required, just aggravates a bad situation.

Dan

 

[JSF-1]

The station at Don Mills, yes. Formerly known as Science Centre.

For the record, I don't think that it's a particularly well-designed transfer - at least for anyone transferring from the Crosstown to the Ontario Line. The vertical aspect is not ideal (and is worse in that sense than the connection at Kennedy that many complained about), and when coupled to the horizontal distance also required, just aggravates a bad situation.

Dan

I think what needs to be said here is that the current Don Valley Station alignment for the Crosstown is a hold over from the Transit City days as putting the station underground was done to increase the lines speed through the intersection. Here it would have also had an interchange with the Don Mills LRT which was to be at the road level with a centre platform and possibly a direct connection from the platform to stations mezzanine.

 

[GameOnBrad]

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[Coolibop]

Crosspost from Line 6 thread:

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[ARG1]

I think what needs to be said here is that the current Don Valley Station alignment for the Crosstown is a hold over from the Transit City days as putting the station underground was done to increase the lines speed through the intersection. Here it would have also had an interchange with the Don Mills LRT which was to be at the road level with a centre platform and possibly a direct connection from the platform to stations mezzanine.

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Huh, I was under the impression that the change happened later after the DRL started being planned and they assumed an interchange with the subway. Good to know.

That being said it's a massive shame that the Storage Track was scoped out. Would've been really useful to short turn trains.