Garuda
Active Member
That’s what makes this event dumber. The campus isn’t even nearby.
Metrolinx crapped their pants with this one. And why would a public institution go for naming rights? If I was a student I’d be pissed.
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Metrolinx crapped their pants with this one. And why would a public institution go for naming rights? If I was a student I’d be pissed.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
I don’t know of any documents but one recent public example was the Orangeville Brampton Railway. Orangeville paid about $400,000 per year in taxes to Caledon, Brampton, and Mississauga for a 55 kilometre railway. I believe the railways are subject to the going property tax rates of the subject municipalities.
Dan416
Senior Member
And this is why I have zero faith in Metrolinx for naming a transit station (as if the station names on Eglinton weren't a big enough debacle, hello Eglinton station on the Eglinton line, or renaming Eglinton West needlessly, or a station name like "Fairbank" which to this day I can't remember where it is).
duffo
Active Member
What's hilarious to me about this was that the entire point of station name sponsorship was to raise revenue for the province. Durham College is provincially-funded, so they basically gave away the naming rights for net-zero revenue (when you zoom out beyond the Metrolinx budget).
jamincan
Active Member
Is Metrolinx planning a station there? I thought it was only supposed to be a layover.
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ the City of Brampton wants one there. It showed up on a Metrolinx Station planning map/report to the Board years ago.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
much like Markham's requested station at Major Mackenzie, just 1km from Mount Joy.. Not all municipal request can or should be granted for stations.
Allandale25
Senior Member
This tweet is still up but the tweet from the main @Metrolinx account has been deleted....
APTA-2048
Senior Member
The comments in that Tweet were 100% negative. People really hate when you rename things. An unnecessarily confusing name choice just adds to that.
I'd like to think the reaction will make Metrolinx reconsider, but apparently the people in charge don't care.
crs1026
Superstar
The planned density for this area is significant, higher than say Mount Pleasant.
One can't have GO stations everywhere, but this one may have a sound basis at least for consideration.
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Sunnyside
Active Member
I always assume if we are planning for stations now, they should be spaced according to the tech we are going to employ. With electrification, what’s the minimum stop spacing we should have? The number of stations should then work backwards from there. I imagine EMUs have different capabilities than electric locos, but both are better than current diesel operations. And in Markham, the Stouffville line will be fully electrified, no?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
Minister Mulroney and Ford making an announcement in Hamilton Tomorrow of some sort.
My bet is start of construction on Confederation GO - apparently construction trailers have shown up on site recently.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Ontario Newsroom
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Someone speculated to me this could be about the Confederation GO station.
nfitz
Superstar
I'd assume it's being done out of donations or endowment funds or something, rather than direct government funding.
Still seems like an awful idea - at least while the college isn't anywhere near the station. Why not name St. George station for York University - because that's where you have to change!
It's a slippery slope once you start adding university (let alone college) names to stations. Look at the absurdity in Montreal that's happened since Université de Montréal opened - and they didn't even get any money for that own goal.