MisterF
Senior Member
1-2 km station spacing with 15 minute service? Sounds like GO train service to me. What's the point of building a subway line that doesn't provide decent local service, duplicates existing lines (which are being upgraded to provide frequent all day service), and keeps existing streetcars in place? It would be a colossal waste of money and would do nothing to improve transportation downtown. A downtown subway should provide local service first and foremost, and if it connects to Bloor people would naturally take whichever line is more convenient for them. A Pape to downtown DRL would have no trouble attracting riders.What I was getting at was if stop spacing was in the neighbourhood of 1-2 km you will still need local transit service, much in the same way that both Yonge and Sheppard lines have local bus routes. If a streetcar service already exists and you are tunnelling, then what is the point of ripping up the track and replacing it with a bus? you won't be able to just cut local streetcar service, especially where densities are much higher than suburban rapid transit routes.
You could probably reduce frequencies to 15 minutes, but the service will still need to be provided.