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Finch West Line 6 LRT

Is it for certain that subway (and LRT) lines are refered to internally by their actual line numbers? Unlike YRT/Viva where their Viva routes are promoted as colours and refered to internally as 600’s routes.

To be honest numbering doesn’t really matter, as it’s the corridors they run on that matter. It’s not like Line 2 runs along Lakeshore Boulevard to make a distinction.
 
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tstormers said:
Isn't the DRL going to be Line 3? Once the Scarborough line is extended it will change to be part of Line 2, leaving Line 3 open for DRL and Line 4 staying as the Sheppard line.
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Oops typo, thanks.

Technically, there's nothing that precludes Line 3 to continue operating after the Line 2 extension opens. At Scarborough Centre Line 3 is elevated and east-west and 2 will be underground and north-south.

But yes; Line 3 and all it's stations will close if the one-station Line 2 extension opens.
 
^Hipsters, a Beemer, green trams, and gas at 1.149 a litre.....is that a Ford-approved vision for Finch?

(yeah, some of us take renders a bit too literally, but that’s the fun :) )

- Paul
 
nfitz said:
Oops typo, thanks.

Technically, there's nothing that precludes Line 3 to continue operating after the Line 2 extension opens. At Scarborough Centre Line 3 is elevated and east-west and 2 will be underground and north-south.

But yes; Line 3 and all it's stations will close if the one-station Line 2 extension opens.
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Unless they "designate" the Line 2 short turn branch at Kennedy Station as "Line 2" and the long turn branch to Scarborough Town Centre Station as "Line 3". :p
 
crs1026 said:
^Hipsters, a Beemer, green trams, and gas at 1.149 a litre.....is that a Ford-approved vision for Finch?

(yeah, some of us take renders a bit too literally, but that’s the fun :) )

- Paul
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It's probably based on a real photo (which isn't always the case)
 
Tuscani01 said:
Why are the TTC's LRT stations always lacking a sheltered area? Ion, MiWay, and VIVA all have sheltered areas, yet the TTC continues planning lines without anything more than canopies.
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I think it’s because Toronto’s land is worth more, so the city cannot widen the roads’ right of way enough to accommodate wider platforms and shelters.
 
On the Finch West Light Rail Transit, the platforms will be 3 m for side platforms and 4 m for centre platforms, wider than existing streetcar right-of-way platforms. From the EA Chapter 2: link, page 2-4.

There should be space available for platform shelters.
 
W. K. Lis said:
On the Finch West Light Rail Transit, the platforms will be 3 m for side platforms and 4 m for centre platforms, wider than existing streetcar right-of-way platforms. From the EA Chapter 2: link, page 2-4.

There should be space available for platform shelters.
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How wide are the Viva Rapidway platforms and how wide is the ROW when both stations are facing one another on the same side of an intersection?
 
From link.

For quick comparison purposes, 3 m is equal to the minimum traffic lane width of 3 m:

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Reecemartin said:
The shelters at stops look nice compared to the joke I use everyday on Spadina. Having next train screens etc also gives more of a station feel because it means they needed some infrastructure at the station.
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That's a low metric to use when even some TTC bus shelters have the next bus displays.
 
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