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

car4041 said:
Don't think so -- they refer to it as an "entrance", not an emergency exit, and the floorplan shows a fare gateline. (Though yes, I imagine that anyone who knows how many stairs there are will avoid it and use the main entrance.)
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Except that because of the topography of the area the secondary entrance is a decent amount - almost 20 feet - closer to the platform depth than the main entrance.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.
 
EnviroTO said:
There is talk of automated operation within the tunnel at some point and with trains of 6 cars the speed reductions required would be noticeable. They probably would avoid the Queens Quay design if possible but with the high water table and sharp curve south of the station slowing the speed of the streetcars anyways it probably just didn't make fiscal sense.
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If the Eglinton LRT is ever upgraded to full subway specifications (which I suspect it may need to be, 20 years down the road), building proper subway stations is necessary.
 
Coruscanti Cognoscente said:
Shouldn't it be closer to Caledonia? Or does that not bother anyone else?
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I thought that the secondary entrance was so that the elderly at residences near it could access the Caledonia station. But the "passenger circulation" panel shows that the secondary entrance has no elevator, just the main entrance. There are, however, 11 flights of stairs. Some are short, but there had better be a second elevator at the secondary entrance.

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In fact, I think that ALL the underground stations (light rail or heavy rail) should have two elevators, in case of maintenance or out-of-service problems.

The station looks fairly deep. No doubt because it is located at the top of the hill going east from Keele Street.
 
smallspy said:
Except that because of the topography of the area the secondary entrance is a decent amount - almost 20 feet - closer to the platform depth than the main entrance.
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Closer, but still requires climbing 5 storeys worth of stairs. I imagine the escalators and elevator at the main entrance will be much more popular.

(Not saying there's anything wrong with making the second entrance available, just that it's not particularly useful, unless they add an elevator.)
 
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W. K. Lis said:
In fact, I think that ALL the underground stations (light rail or heavy rail) should have two elevators, in case of maintenance or out-of-service problems.
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I have to agree there. If the things are supposed to be accessible, you need redundancy. We've never designed a station with only a single escalator, with no back-up stairs for those who can walk.
 
Johnny Au said:
Regarding the secondary entrance, there should be an elevator. Buying groceries should not be an endurance event. Good luck carrying many bags of groceries from FreshCo to Caledonia Station and not be exhausted at the station platform.
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I don't disagree that there shouldn't be an elevator on the secondary exit.

But isn't Freshco a lot closer to, if not adjacent to, the primary entrance?
 
Who needs a CN Tower to climb steps up, when we will have the secondary entrance at Caledonia for the elderly.

Since Caledonia is on top of a "hill", why don't they just dig a tunnel straight westwards from there. It would eventually pop out at the side of the hill. Actually, it would be a little too long, but they could incline it upward so that there would be less stairs.
 
car4041 said:
I guess they chose that location because they can build the station box there without disrupting the road? I suppose the connection to the shopping centre could be useful, but not if it's just a huge staircase as shown.

If it was instead located east of the GO line, it could have entrances at the GO station and at Caledonia itself, and the Lansdowne bus wouldn't have to make a little jog over to the station and back, which is going to add running time. The station would be more evenly spaced between Keele and Dufferin too. But oh well...I'm sure they considered all of this in their choice.
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That sounds like it would have been a better option.

I'm not familiar with the area, I just feel like having the station located at the street it's named for makes sense--unless they plan to change the name of the station to something else.
 
Coruscanti Cognoscente said:
I'm not familiar with the area, I just feel like having the station located at the street it's named for makes sense--unless they plan to change the name of the station to something else.
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It's certainly happened before. Look at Greenwood station.

Easiest thing to do is rename the station, if it's an issue.
 
Its crazy. The station should be located at the street its named for which is Calednia and Eglinton. What about all the residents that live on caledonia?
 
The secondary entrance's stairs at Caledonia Station are ridiculous. Are they simply using the same generic station box design no matter the local conditions? I was hoping that the stations wouldn't be this crude.
 
I'd think this should location will make for some easy development on the Canadian tire lands. At Caledonia there is not as much land that could be worked with. Again I think the GO station access is vital. Finally with this station being closer to Keele hopefully this stretch will see some major redevelopment as it will have two stations in walking distance of eachother.
 
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