The Mad Navigator
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Um, the Spadina streetcar only starts at Bloor and runs south from it.
I read "Queen" as "Bloor."
Apologies. Tired at work.
Um, the Spadina streetcar only starts at Bloor and runs south from it.
how about all the way up to eglinton.... could connect with the lrt line there...
There would be more of a case to make Spadina streetcar underground, north of Queen.
Why? There are tracks on Bathurst to St.Clair, but none to Eglinton. At Bathurst and St.Clair there is a subway station with a tracked indoor bus/streetcar terminal providing greater connection opportunities, at Eglinton there is an underground LRT with a different track gauge and no bus terminal.
I had always thought that the TTC should switch sides at the Bathurst Station. Currently, the streetcars use the west side of the platform and the buses use the east side. With the longer new streetcars coming, it would make more sense for the streetcars to use the east side, and the buses the west side.
I had always thought that the TTC should switch sides at the Bathurst Station. Currently, the streetcars use the west side of the platform and the buses use the east side. With the longer new streetcars coming, it would make more sense for the streetcars to use the east side, and the buses the west side.
Of course, if the Bathurst streetcars are sent up to St. Clair West, it would become moot.
So how come there's tracks that are not in use? Why were they built?
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I don' t think it needs to be underground - I think it's one of the faster streetcar routes in my experience. But bustitution means more vehicles necessary to transport the same amount of people, and these vehicles will take up two lanes through weaving in and out of traffic.
The streetcars would probably pull into Bathurst Station anyway if it continued up to St. Clair West, especially since it would be pulling into a fare paid zone and for a more convenient transfer.