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I believe the plan had been that they were going to deliver them to Collins Yard on Sheppard and that they were going to pre-build a couple of km of the Sheppard East LRT as a test track. That plan was killed when the Scarborough LRT was voted down though since the yard had to be resized. No...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i0bhbgadcvnij0x/map_stops.pdf?dl=0

Who says it has to be a "Rapid Transit map" (whatever that means)? It's really a "things that the TTC want's to highlight to riders" map.

The fact that they need to lease more garage space makes me think they're new ones, but that's complete speculation on my part. They very well could've been reannouncing the same buses as before, though presumably that'd likely make it difficult to operate the ten minute network.

Spadina Avg Speed: 15km/h Eglinton Avg Speed: 28km/h Subway Avg Speed: 32km/h

1. Presumably there's a chance that the price would go up if the option lapses should Bombardier feel that the Flexity's are costing more to produce than expected. That's what happened with the TR's when we placed subsequent orders.

You can't expropriate land for resale afaik

Whoops! Sorry about that

You wouldn't want to leave poor old Scarborough Town Centre without a subway would you?

Hmm? On page 3 under Scarborough RT there's a comparison between the LRT option (to Sheppard), subway to STC and subway to Sheppard options. The subway costs are listed under 'Increase over LRT'. LRT to Sheppard is quoted as $2.5B, subway to STC as $3.1B, and subway to Sheppard as $3.8B So the...

Wasn't the TTC thinking of moving it's headquarters from Davisville to there?

http://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/201012TTCBriefing.pdf It was a briefing done for the municipal election

I thought the 2010 estimate came with a disclaimer that it could end up costing up to 30% more (in 2010$) since inadequate design work had been done for a proper estimate at that point?

45 years from now we might need to build a parallel route a few km away? The horror!

I was under the impression that there was still a chance they wouldn't be able to maintain it that long? i.e. they'll try their best, but it's possible that systems or vehicles will fail outright. Do correct me if I'm wrong about that, but if that's the case then there's a non-zero chance...

What are the odds that the SRT will fall apart beyond repair and have to be abandoned before any replacement is built given that 2015 has long been stated as its end of life?

Maintainence

Aren't they planning on changing all the door positions though when they move to 7 car (500ft) long trains in the 2020s when the TRs replace the T1's on the BD line and the next generation cars are ordered for the YUS line?

You assume the cars that have been delivered are working without any problems. It's my understanding that that's not the case.

You need to redo the station's ventilation. Otherwise you'll just blow out the doors when the first train rolls in.