Sheppard Line 4 Subway Extension (Proposed)

[Midtown Urbanist]

Defeats the purpose of the Relief Line relieving Yonge Street north of Eglinton. I'd be fine with that line as a branch of the Don Mills alignment Relief Line.

 

[Johnny Au]

Very true. I think that in the official docs it is called "Relief Line", without downtown in the name. But a more catchy name would help.

How about "Don River Line"? The acronym is the same.

 

[Leo_Chan]

How about "Don River Line"? The acronym is the same.

The problem is, calling it the Don River Line is a bit incorrect. Similarly to calling the Yonge-University-Spadina Line as the Yonge Line is incorrect. Calling it the Don River-Queen Line might be more representative. However, even that has it's flaws, but it's not like YUS has it's problems. It should be called the Yonge-Front-University-Bloor-Spadina-Allen-Jane Line
Don Mills-Pape-Carlaw-Eastern-Queen-Dundas/Dufferin Line

 

[Hopkins123]

The problem is, calling it the Don River Line is a bit incorrect. Similarly to calling the Yonge-University-Spadina Line as the Yonge Line is incorrect. Calling it the Don River-Queen Line might be more representative. However, even that has it's flaws, but it's not like YUS has it's problems. It should be called the Yonge-Front-University-Bloor-Spadina-Allen-Jane Line
Don Mills-Pape-Carlaw-Eastern-Queen-Dundas/Dufferin Line

For simplicity sake, maybe we ought to embrace the crazy and just call it the Downtown Relief Line. I don't think the public will be duped into thinking it routes anywhere but through the downtown core regardless.

 

[sixrings]

The "relief line." the end

 

[BurlOak]

Defeats the purpose of the Relief Line relieving Yonge Street north of Eglinton. I'd be fine with that line as a branch of the Don Mills alignment Relief Line.

Also defeats the purpose of the B-D extension.

Yes, it defers the need for the DRL, but it does divert people away from Yonge line (i.e. those in Scarborough on Sheppard or Finch) and definately takes people away from the Y-B interchange. Essentially, this serves the purpose of the DRL.
The DRL would still be needed, but instead of being built 30 years after its needed, it could be built when its needed.

 

[sixrings]

personally i like subways running more or less along one street which makes a grid like system. Random lines going diagonally just funnels people into one direction, the downtown. Admittedly that is where many people want to go but it would be nice to use the same system to go in different directions.

 

[M II A II R II K]

The Don Mills & City Line

 

[TOareaFan]

call it Line 6....the kids will just call it #the6 and it will come pre-packaged with a whole bunch of hip hats and t-shirts promoting it.

 

[W. K. Lis]

"Officially", it is called just the "Relief Line". See link.

 

[UD2]

or we could just call it line 6... just saying

 

[Leo_Chan]

or we could just call it line 6... just saying

It's Line 3, not Line 6.

"Relief Line" = Line 3
Finch West LRT = Line 6
Scarborough Rapid Transit = Dead

 

[UD2]

SRT is line 3

Finch LRT shouldn't have a line number just like St Clair and Spadina do not.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

SRT is line 3

Finch LRT shouldn't have a line number just like St Clair and Spadina do not.

The DRL will use the SRT number when the SRT is decommissioned.

 

[TransitBart]

SRT is line 3

Finch LRT shouldn't have a line number just like St Clair and Spadina do not.

It should because it it not a streetcar. It is an important RAPID transit line and the 512 and 510 are currently not.