Steeles RT

[reaperexpress]

It wouldn’t make sense to make the Steeles LRT to be a branch of the Jane LRT because they go in completely different directions. Jane LRT goes from Jane Station to VMC Station and Steeles LRT goes from Pioneer Village to Milliken GO Station, so they don’t really intersect. It would make sense to connect the tracks from a network perspective (sharing maintenance facilities), but not for revenue service.

The Jane LRT was always intended to terminate at Pioneer Village station. That's what they're talking about, though it definitely wasn't worded clearly.

 

[Leo_Chan]

The Jane LRT was always intended to terminate at Pioneer Village station. That's what they're talking about, though it definitely wasn't worded clearly.

Oh, that makes a bit is sense, but this map says otherwise. Looks like it goes to Highway 407 Station, rather than VMC or Pioneer Village:

 

[reaperexpress]

Oh, that makes a bit is sense, but this map says otherwise. Looks like it goes to Highway 407 Station, rather than VMC or Pioneer Village:
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In that map it goes to Pioneer Village station (two stops past Finch West). If it went to 407 station it wouldn't have the kink to the right given that 407 station is on Jane Street. Note that they haven't shown all the stations on the extension - Highway 407 is missing altogether.

 

[Leo_Chan]

In that map it goes to Pioneer Village station (two stops past Finch West). If it went to 407 station it wouldn't have the kink to the right given that 407 station is on Jane Street. Note that they haven't shown all the stations on the extension - Highway 407 is missing altogether.

Oh, okay. Sorry for being wrong. This just solidifies 407 as the biggest white elephant and insignificant station ever.

Anyways, if the Jane LRT goes to Pioneer Village, and Steeles does become a LRT rather than BRT, will it be two different lines, or one long one? I would say two as it would make more sense as they’re completely different corridors.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Unless Toronto annexes the parts of Vaughan within range of the Line 1 extension.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Hmm, never really thought about how a Jane LRT would head east on Steeles.

It isn't a bad plan for a Jane LRT terminus, as far as I can tell.

 

[Leo_Chan]

Hmm, never really thought about how a Jane LRT would head east on Steeles.

It isn't a bad plan for a Jane LRT terminus, as far as I can tell.

Same. For some reason, I've always thought that the Jane LRT would go up to Major Mackenzie Drive West. Of course, that would conflict with the point of extending the subway that far (in the long-long-term). For the medium-term future though, Steeles West seems like a good terminus.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Particularly if they end up choosing a Steeles subway instead then a Jane LRT can terminate at a station that has two rapid transit options.

 

[Leo_Chan]

I wonder how the interchange at Pioneer Village Station would work. Since the Jane LRT will terminate here, as seen in the new TTC Future Map, would the Steeles BRT have?

1. an above ground stop like the VMC Rapidway Station
2. an underground platform directly next to the Jane LRT platform
3. an underground platform shared with the Jane LRT platform
4. an underground platform at a different level from the Jane LRT
5. will it just go into the bus terminal

Also, would buses need a loop underground, or would there be portals on the east and west of the station? Could it share the same portal as the LRT?

 

[Streety McCarface]

Credit to nfitz, for posting it on the CPTDB. This one's more recent and solidifies an LRT heading from Jane to Pioneer Village.

 

[Leo_Chan]

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Credit to nfitz, for posting it on the CPTDB. This one's more recent and solidifies an LRT heading from Jane to Pioneer Village.

Sorry to be rude, but how does this add to the conversation?

 

[Streety McCarface]

Sorry to be rude, but how does this add to the conversation?

Proof the TTC is continuing on with plans for the Jane LRT with its termination at PV.

 

[Leo_Chan]

Proof the TTC is continuing on with plans for the Jane LRT with its termination at PV.

But I straight up referred to this map in my post.

 

[micheal_can]

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Credit to nfitz, for posting it on the CPTDB. This one's more recent and solidifies an LRT heading from Jane to Pioneer Village.

So, when should all of this be done? 2100?

 

[M II A II R II K]

Been riding the Steeles West bus lately, too crowded and too haphazard with frequencies it ends up with because of traffic. Surprised they couldn't have arranged BRT already with a Viva type set up in the middle of the road, and there's certainly a lot of flexibility to widen the road on Steeles.