Rainforest
Senior Member
Or you could run GO REX along the SRT route from Ellesmere into Malvern. Much more efficient than building a parallel LRT that would stop at Kennedy, and you have none of the corridor constraint issues. You can extend the Eglinton LRT further east along Eglinton and have it continue along the SMLRT route.
Yes, an interesting option.
It solves the width issue for the north-south section.
But there may be issues with the noise level from the elevated mainline trains through the STC and near Centennial. Plus, not sure if the wider mainline trains will easily fit in the east-west section of the route. The guideway itself has to be rebuilt anyway, but what about the existing STC station building?
Another drawback is that SmartTrack service either will not connect to Finch E and Steeles E at all, or will have to be split north of Ellesmere resulting in 2x lesser frequencies on both branches.