Aplus23
Active Member
What's line 2 in this pic? Sheppard east? I thought it was supposed to end at McCown n Sheppard
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Eglinton East LRT | Metrolinx
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What's line 2 in this pic? Sheppard east? I thought it was supposed to end at McCown n Sheppard
nfitz
Superstar
It is. The city is considering an option where the Scarborough-Malvern line (Line 7) has a branch along Sheppard to Sheppard East station.
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Aplus23
Active Member
Good, this is all the rapid service Scarborough needs. Sheppard east, and Eglinton east,
Ppl in Scarborough need an option to get across the city northern access points. Bloor n Danforth along with Eglinton crosstown supply the southern Access
SashaLemon
Active Member
Yeah, that's sort of the issue isn't it?
I'm saying that if it were elevated there would be a shot of actually having a complete Eglington line, and not a disjointed service.
nfitz
Superstar
How so? It's already underground at Kennedy. I'm not sure how making it above ground instead of at surface makes it easier to connect.
SashaLemon
Active Member
Its not connection. Its service quality.
nfitz
Superstar
How is that related to "if it elevated there would be a shot of actually having a complete Eglington line, and not a disjointed service."
How often do you ride on "Eglington" (sic)?
Bureaucromancer
Active Member
I’ve gotta say that I really don’t like the incompatibility with the central crosstown they’re proposing now.
In the real world it seems like the best service pattern would probably be turning crosstown trains at Kennedy and Scarborough ones at Don Mills with significant numbers of crosstown trains short turning at Don Mills.
In the real world it seems like the best service pattern would probably be turning crosstown trains at Kennedy and Scarborough ones at Don Mills with significant numbers of crosstown trains short turning at Don Mills.
generalcanada
Senior Member
as much as i would love to see a connected line, because of how the SSE is built, it basically blocks the tunnels of the current crosstown.
blame the lack of foresight that were stuck with this
blame the lack of foresight that were stuck with this
SashaLemon
Active Member
Tunnel underground through Etobicoke but insist on a linear transfer between two "distinct services" and build more gloried streetcar in Scarborough.
I wonder if this has anything to do with who lives in the former...
north-of-anything
Active Member
The west extension needed to be grade-separated from the start, considering it's supposed to connect with service to Pearson Airport and into Mississauga, not just fading out into suburbia like Eglinton East. Is it tunnelled for too long? Probably, yes. But the two ends of Eglinton aren't all that similar.
I'm personally not convinced that the majority of people heading westbound on this route would be going further down Eglinton instead of onto Line 2 or Stouffville GO.
Amare
Senior Member
I'd like to remind everyone, that the Sheppard extension is on the books as a Metrolinx led project, and not a City of Toronto led one. Of course that could always change again, especially since our current mayor likes to volunteer to pay for things that he has no plan with regards to how he'll pay for it.
Essentially this means, the extension is technically on the books as a subway and not LRT at the moment.
Essentially this means, the extension is technically on the books as a subway and not LRT at the moment.
Rainforest
Senior Member
Yep .. they knew that EELRT is on the books, they even kind of took those plans into account. And yet, they managed to make that connection difficult (if not impossible).
Bureaucromancer
Active Member
The subway extension is, by all indication, west of McCowan.
felix123
Active Member
I interpreted this to mean that had the eastern segment of Line 5 been elevated, that a continuous line 5 would have been possible, perhaps as a metro-like service. When Scarbs shot down the elevated SRT replacement, I think that this idea faded away with it.