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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

That 'York U' station. Tried it on the anniversary of the blackout this year. The walk to Steeles & Petrolia is longer than I like. What on earth made them put it there.
 
That 'York U' station. Tried it on the anniversary of the blackout this year. The walk to Steeles & Petrolia is longer than I like. What on earth made them put it there.
Shuttle bus for York U.

They're debating about closing the York U station once the extension occurs, since it won't be used much after then.
 
That 'York U' station. Tried it on the anniversary of the blackout this year. The walk to Steeles & Petrolia is longer than I like. What on earth made them put it there.

Yep, that station should have been put further north to abut Steeles Ave, with a stairway to access Steeles and a TTC bus stop.

If you're going to require a shuttle anyways to York, whats the difference?

It would have been much more useful further north at Steeles Ave, and would probably have stayed open for GO RER.
 
Yep, that station should have been put further north to abut Steeles Ave, with a stairway to access Steeles and a TTC bus stop.

If you're going to require a shuttle anyways to York, whats the difference?

Because then the shuttle would have had to load on Steeles, where there isn't really a location for it to pull over and wait.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.
 
Because then the shuttle would have had to load on Steeles, where there isn't really a location for it to pull over and wait.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

Because buses never stop at stations on the side of the road ever /s

Yeah....ok, lets move the station to a completely useless location 400m south simply because we can't build a simple bus stop.
 
Because buses never stop at stations on the side of the road ever /s

Yeah....ok, lets move the station to a completely useless location 400m south simply because we can't build a simple bus stop.

Except that because of the interlocking at Steeles the platform couldn't be right at the bridge. Forgot about that, eh?

Dan
Toronto, Ont.
 
It could be close enough for a reasonable walkway.
~200 metres, plus another 100 metres to a point where the sidewalk is at the elevation of the road. Let's call it 300 metres just to be easy.

Versus ~125 meters from the platform to Canarctic.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.
 
~200 metres, plus another 100 metres to a point where the sidewalk is at the elevation of the road. Let's call it 300 metres just to be easy.

Versus ~125 meters from the platform to Canarctic.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

300 meters to an arterial road vs 125 meters to the middle of nowhere.
 
*sigh* I still can't support this theoretical shifting to Steeles when Concord is a better option in terms of spacing and rapid transit network building.
  • Steeles station (shifted York U)
    • To Downsview Park: 3.3 km
    • To Rutherford: 6.3 km
    • Connects to uncommitted Steeles BRT (TTC)
  • Concord station
    • To Downsview Park: 5.3 km
    • To Rutherford: 4.3 km
    • Connects to designed, EA-completed, uncommitted 407 Transitway and committed + partially built Highway 7 Rapidway (GO + viva)
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*sigh* I still can't support this theoretical shifting to Steeles when Concord is a better option in terms of spacing and rapid transit network building.
  • Steeles station (shifted York U)
    • To Downsview Park: 3.3 km
    • To Rutherford: 6.3 km
    • Connects to uncommitted Steeles BRT (TTC)
  • Concord station
    • To Downsview Park: 5.3 km
    • To Rutherford: 4.3 km
    • Connects to designed, EA-completed, uncommitted 407 Transitway and committed + partially built Highway 7 Rapidway (GO + viva)
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The problem with Concord GO is that there are two competing plans. Local residents didn't like the official plan, so they hired an architectural firm to create an alternate plan. Metrolinx says that plan is unfeasible, but it's not like the residents came up with it themselves on the back of a napkin...
 

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