This would mean that Kennedy Station and the SRT would both have to be shut down for an extended period of time and the shuttle busses would have to run from STC to Warden. How long would it take to completely rebuilt Kennedy Station (I do not think they can just pick it up and rotate it 45 degrees)? I imagine the down-time would be similar for this option as for the LRT option - and that was one of the main selling points of the subway option. Now the shutdown would be equally as long but require an even farther shuttle ride to Warden.
When I imagined the SRT being connected to the ECLRT, I saw significant savings in cancelling the Conlins yard and using this area for train storage - the main Maintenance facility would be at Kodak in the West end. Hydro One is not a private company so it should also work towards the greater public good.
STC is the main destination - I doubt it would be seriously considered to eliminate the highest density station – and really the whole reason the subway was proposed in the first place. Again, if the ECLRT is elevated through Scarborough to handle addition capacity, there may be some merit in having one branch of the SRT go straight north to Sheppard and the other branch to follow the planned route through STC to Malvern. Both of these routes, along with the entire length of Eglinton would be grade-separated so consideration could be given to using SkyTrain to reduce the shutdown time from 3 to 1 year.
If you really wanted to get fancy, there would also be an interlined service from Agincourt (at the end of the Sheppard subway) south to the SRT corridor, east through STC to Centennial and then new elevated track for 4km to U of T Scarborough.
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