robmausser
Senior Member
All good except Eglinton Flats. Theres already an Eglinton station on the line, and I hate station names that mention the very street you are travelling on, it doesnt help at all in terms of getting your bearings
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All good except Eglinton Flats. Theres already an Eglinton station on the line, and I hate station names that mention the very street you are travelling on, it doesnt help at all in terms of getting your bearings
ARG1
Senior Member
I think Eglinton Flats is fine, since its specifically named after a specific location, rather than being directly after the street.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
I don't know what would look better on the mural. Sun Wukong (Monkey King) flying on a cloud or the Taj Mahal?The Dayan Pagoda metro station in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has this on the wall on the station.
Pictured is a mural at Exit C of Dayan Pagoda metro station in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province depicting the Buddhist monk Xuanzang's anachronistic visit to the Taj Mahal of India. From link.
Doug Ford could very well be standing in front of Neuschwanstein Castle thinking that it's Casa Loma.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
For those who were unable to travel to Germany to see the Neuschwanstein Castle because of COVID-19, or don't what the heck it is...
From link.
Coolstar
Senior Member
ARG1
Senior Member
Alright pack it up boys, thread closed. Expected Opening Day of this project has now been postponed to 2070.
toronto647
Active Member
Ford doesn't care what city council has to say. Ford is going to build the line no matter what city council says. Lets get shovels in the ground!
H4F33Z
Active Member
This project is going through, along with the Scarborough Subway. I do not care if it's a bad idea, I'm just surprised we're this close. all the planning is basically done, and Perks just wants to sabotage the plan and start the debates again. JUST GET IT DONE.
Coolstar
Senior Member
And these are the same people who say that Doug Ford is delaying transit in Toronto yet tried to do so themselves just now. And even then like @toronto647 mentioned, Ford probably wouldn't bow the council's demands and would continue on with the line. We're less than a year away from construction. Yes buried is not the best way forward, but we need to get something done once and for all.
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Rainforest
Senior Member
Yeah. The opponents of underground Eg West certainly have a point, but their motion was designed to fail because of the way they worded it.
They should have said, "ask the province to consider a modified version that provides grade-separation at the critical intersections, but avoids the full cost of tunneling". At least, that formula could pass the City Council vote. Whether Doug would listen is a separate matter, but they would have had the formal backing of the City.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
By the looks of it, the Leafs would win their first Stanley Cup since 1967 before the Line 5 extension to Pearson Airport is open to the public.
ARG1
Senior Member
This so much. If they proposed an elevated route, I would consider supporting it. However based off their wording it sounds like they want an at-grade solution which I will not be supporting period.
slapped_chicken
New Member
Wait - hold up, this is moving really fast :O So, by the looks of it, Line 5 west is going to be the next subway project going under construction. ML already released RFPs to companies for advanced tunnelling this summer. So, it's final that this will be (mostly) tunnelled? Although i support elevation, if all of the "planning" is essentially finished and they're well prepared to tunnel, wouldn't switching to fully elevated at this point simply delay things further?
Btw, is the planned elevated section a continuous section from Mt. Dennis to a portal west of Scarlett, or is it dipping underground at Mt. Dennis and reappearing above before Jane as suggested by ML's map?
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Of course it is fast - the government want to lock in as an underground build. I am sure they could have done it just as quickly elevated if they had wanted it.
AoD
Coolstar
Senior Member
The SSE will start construction at the same time as the EWLRT. After leaving Mount Dennis, the line is underground briefly and emerges to an elevated viaduct before Jane Street. (Using TBM's for some reason) The line is elevated until it heads into a tunnel portal west of Scarlett Road.