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Eug said:
I thought I'd try the Bloor-Danforth crosstown route today, as I've never done it before. Unfortunately, the Kipling subway isn't running today for track maintenance. So I got on the shuttle bus from Kipling station at 12:34, and I'm on my way to Jane station. This express bus is making me nauseated…

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Got to Jane at 12:53.

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I think we got going at around 12:58, so:

12:34 - Kipling shuttle bus
12:58 - Jane
13:10 - Spadina
13:13 - Yonge
13:19 - Broadview
13:25 - Coxwell
13:30 - Victoria Park
13:37 - Kennedy

The TTC schedule states it should take 38 mins from Jane to Kennedy. That's almost bang on. Pretty good. Will the Jane to Kennedy trip on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT be as fast?
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The same or faster, but it will be inaccurate because I believe there is a 1km difference between Jane and Black Creek Drive, and the fact that the entire ECLRT will be underground excluding Kennedy and onwards.
I heard somewhere that since the Mark I trains were so loud that there had to be a 30 km/h speed restriction past 10pm. Will that be lifted once the LRT line is open?
 
Metrolinx Transit Project:

Metrolinx is responsible for delivering the Eglinton Scarborough Crosstown LRT project. This includes securing environmental approvals, designing, coordinating, planning, constructing and implementing. Upon completion, Metrolinx will retain ownership of this transit service.

This project will be a single LRT line running about 25.2 kilometres:

* Along Eglinton Avenue from Black Creek Drive in the west to Kennedy Station in the east. It will run largely in a tunnel except for sections in the Don Valley, in the approaches to Kennedy Station.
* Along the existing grade-separated guideway for the Scarborough RT between Kennedy Station and Scarborough City Centre.

The project will also include up to 26 new stations, LRT, maintenance and storage facilities, and rail and signal systems. The cost estimate for the project is $8.18 billion.

http://www.toronto.ca/mayor_ford/improving-transit.htm

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I also read elsewhere that it will not be underground near Black Creek either.
 
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Eug said:
IIRC, the ECLRT will go above ground at the Don Valley.
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Yes, it will. It doesn't make much sense to tunnel underneath a steep valley, mainly because the tunnel depth leading up to the valley would need to be huge. It's easier just to have it exit a tunnel either in the side of the hill, or directly before the edge of the valley, and then travel a bridge over it. In fact, aside from Hogg's Hollow, I can't think of any subway-river crossing in Toronto that is actually tunnelled.

Mimico Creek, the Humber River, the Rosedale Ravine, and the Don Valley are all bridged over. So it wouldn't be unique to have the Eglinton line follow suit.
 
Meanwhile, last weekend, I happened to be in Reims, France on the inauguration day of their brand new LRT...

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I just wish shovels would hit the ground soon.

I'd hate to see the 2011 target date get pushed back until well after the election. They need to get the damn thing started already.
 
I was hopeful that the Eglinton LRT would make a connection to the Airport line or the georgetown line... I thought this might spark a redevelopment of the neighbourhood... Now I wonder whats to happen with it stopping at black creek..
 
sixrings said:
I was hopeful that the Eglinton LRT would make a connection to the Airport line or the georgetown line... I thought this might spark a redevelopment of the neighbourhood... Now I wonder whats to happen with it stopping at black creek..
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I think the plan is for a connection at the Black Creek Station, I'm guessing this station will be a bit more west of Black Creek in order for this to happen/
 
Now that you mention it, has there been any discussion about potentially building a GO station there? I had not heard that, but I don't follow these things anywhere nearly as closely as some others here.

Interestingly, Black Creek Drive is less than 300 m from the GO line, with not a lot of stuff built in between. Who owns that stretch of land?
 
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there was talks about a connection here as well as one near caledonia... but this one was considered the better choice since the lawrence weston stop doesnt do to well it could be relocated here... the caledonia one is apparently being considered to have a connection at st clair... doesnt make sense to me but im not in control..
 
sixrings said:
there was talks about a connection here as well as one near caledonia... but this one was considered the better choice since the lawrence weston stop doesnt do to well it could be relocated here... the caledonia one is apparently being considered to have a connection at st clair... doesnt make sense to me but im not in control..
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If they built a Black Creek GO stop (and that's a very big if), wouldn't they just keep the Weston stop? Or is that too many - getting too subway-ish for spacing for their tastes?
 
Eug said:
If they built a Black Creek GO stop (and that's a very big if), wouldn't they just keep the Weston stop? Or is that too many - getting too subway-ish for spacing for their tastes?
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I would imagine they would eliminate it. And I would imagine an Eglinton stop would do much better anyway, especially with the Eglinton LRT there, as well as potential rapid transit along Jane.
 
The two stations are pretty close, but one possibility is for some trains to stop at Weston and others at "Black Creek." After all the brouhaha from Weston about the grade separation, I doubt GO would rebuild their station and abandon it a couple of years later.
 
See I just see that Eglinton should be a natural stop on each Go line as long as the Eglinton LRT is underground.. It means that people who work at Yonge Eglinton dont need to go all the way downtown just to transfer to a subway uptown... It allows for greater potential midtown which because of less roads will need more transit to cause it to grow... As much as I like the stop on the georgetown line at lawrence it sees poor ridership. I would think thats partially because the community isnt that well off but more so that rarely would anyone get off this stop... This might be different at eglinton with LRT... Also as much as I dont mind the St. Clair stop at Caledonia.. Again I cant see many people getting off of it to transfer onto a streetcar to work midtown... Also St Clair and Yonge isnt as developed as YonGE Eglinton... The argument could be but Residents of the neighbourhood might use it... Im sceptical of this simply because St. Claire is REALLY close to downtown by subway... It just wouldnt offer the convenience... Also Caledonia and Eglinton where the Train passes is a massive plaza that could be bulldozed and redeveloped.. That type of land for redevelopment simply doesnt exist at St. Claire... And as good as the ROW is, its deffinately not LRT... I would argue that this is important on Eglinton EAST as well but no where near as vital as the WEST section..
 
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