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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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micheal_can
Senior Member
The fact that the OL does not go through Union makes that idea unappealing for the purpose of the UPX.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Too bad that subways or metros or even light rail lines cannot have branches. Oh wait, they do.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Not in Toronto. That is impossible!
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Deadpool X
Senior Member
Wasn't that service pattern stopped soon after?
micheal_can
Senior Member
Forget? No. Just know that it won't be done again anytime soon, if ever.
So, yes in modern systems branches can and do exist. However,in Toronto, no, branches cannot happen.
jsjaker
New Member
Sometimes though having different lines share the same routes can have problems. My friends who live in San Francisco always complain that when one line has issues basically the whole system comes to a halt when the problem blocks a major route.
max
Active Member
There's a certain romanticism about the interlining trial, but the system was never properly designed for it and it's probably a good thing they didn't continue it given the system infrastructure that was built.
Like the TTC subway, the Market Street tunnel portion of Muni is only double tracked, that's why any issues on one of the 6 lines that service it can ripple out to the rest of the system.
smallspy
Senior Member
Except that they already do run a branched subway service every single weekday morning. And have since the late 1970s.
Dan
micheal_can
Senior Member
Which line(s) are considered branched?
EnviroTO
Senior Member
smallspy
Senior Member
Yonge-University-Spadina. From Finch, one half of the service stops at Glencairn, the rest goes all the way to VMC.
When The Crosstown opens this fall (hopefully), it too will have a similar service for some of its operating periods.
Dan
fanoftoronto
Active Member
What you're describing is a short turn.
A branch implies that the service veers from the main line to go to a completely different location while the main line goes to a different location. The VMC vs Glencairn short turn is not a branch line.
The Canada Line has a branched service. One branch goes to Richmond-Bridgehouse and another branch goes to Vancouver Airport. Notice the branch in the service going to 2 different destinations.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Wrong terminology. As the other person showed, a branch is not a short turn.
One could argue GO is a branch system as it does have some stations served by multiple lines.