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For ease of continued trips east and regional connectivity benefits, yes there is a advantage - in fact, Metrolinx tested a few options in the early 2010s as part of the Planning process - including a continuous LRT to Don Mills, LRT to Shepard-Yonge, extension of the subway to (then) Downsview etc.
) would require an EA.That would take away passengers from the Sheppard West extension business case so I would expect them to not even approach that extension as long as Sheppard West is still considered "in plan".
Originally there was a Don Mills and Sheppard East Line that would allow a continuous route from Etobicoke to Scarborough. How would the connection be build at Don Mills was not really considered. Especially since Sheppard East LRT platform was suppose to be on the same level as the existing subway platform meaning it is a dead end. As for Finch LRT, Finch/Yonge station never made it past the concept stage. All they want is an underground connection. How deep and how it would connect to the existing Finch Station subway station was never shown officially.For ease of continued trips east and regional connectivity benefits, yes there is a advantage - in fact, Metrolinx tested a few options in the early 2010s as part of the Planning process - including a continuous LRT to Don Mills, LRT to Shepard-Yonge, extension of the subway to (then) Downsview etc.View attachment 318040
However, the Environmental Assessment (links down the page) for the line has the line as far as Yonge St (Finch Station) - much easier to build this "approved" line.
Any other extension options east such as a LRT extension to Sheppard-Yonge, or a subway extension to Sheppard West (don't be surprised if some councillors try to push that instead
Its almost amazing how little actual studies there was for Transit City, like it was just lines on a map without any actual thought on how the lines would integrate with eachother and with existing stations.
This is not the case - as mentioned, the EA documents clearly shows how the route would reach Finch. The station would be built above the subway tunnel, below Finch Ave.
So some linear transfers are ok?
What about the people on finch east of dufferin. They would have a linear transfer. So you’re adding one there. And what about the people on sheppard west of Keele. They would get another linear transfer.
What's probably the most logical solution is to just have the Finch West LRT and Sheppard Subway be distinct but run in parallel, similar I guess to the setup that St. Clair LRT has with Line 2. West of Sheppard West the Sheppard Line can turn south and run along the 401 above ground where it eventually reaches Pearson. Having 2 interchanges to reach a destination is generally okay - as an example the parisian metro model is literally that you should be able to get between two parts of the city with 2 interchanges or less, the problem that is occurring with Linear Transfers like the Scarborough RT or the proposed Sheppard East LRT to Sheppard Line, or a theoretical Don Mills LRT to DRL is that they inflate the amount of transfers someone has to do to get from Point A to Point B for no network benefit other than saving on capital costs. Unfortunately people like @sixrings seem to have a lot of trouble understanding this, or the concept of tradeoffs.
I would like to see the number of people who are travelling from finch west to sheppard east before I start merging two lines. My ideal plan would be lrt on finch to Yonge and then sheppard can be a subway from sheppard west to Victoria park. Agajn the real question is how many people are travelling from sheppard east to finch west that a merger makes sense.
If they had put TWO terminal stations at UNION, we would have had two parallel subway lines. The two legs of Line 1 are relatively close together. In North York, they are two concession roads (arterial roads) apart along Sheppard, and three concession roads (arterial roads) apart along Finch. Concession roads in North York are 2 kilometres apart.
