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So they are now tunnelling to don mills? That's a good long extension. Should speed up the trip time as well as allowing full grade desperation to a possible DRL interchange.
Making this up as they go along!
So they are now tunnelling to don mills? That's a good long extension. Should speed up the trip time as well as allowing full grade desperation to a possible DRL interchange.
I thought part of what led to Ford's transit plan trouble with council was that it was too much of a problem to tunnel under the Don.
Need it be deeper? It's got a good distances still to drop deep enough. And who knows how deep it will be; perhaps it will still be a bridge over the Don River, but not as high, and not in the centre of the road - perhaps more like the Sheppard subway bridge over the Don River.That's a good question. One thing that this opens up the possibility for is a redesign of Don Mills Station (if it's deeper, it will have to be redesigned). Given Metrolinx's recent announcement regarding the DRL, this may provide a good excuse to design a fully integrated intermodal facility, so the DRL can just be 'plugged in' when built, as opposed to having to be shoehorned in into a less than optimal connection.
Maybe have the Eglinton platform as a deep platform, with a future perpendicular DRL platform directly above it?
The cost of the Finch West and Sheppard East lines basically. That would add a few expensive underground stations - which would also increase operating costs.How much would grade separating the Don Mills to Kennedy portion cost? At this point the at grade portion is so tiny that elevating (or burying) Don Mills to Kennedy just makes sense. Especially since we will essentially be doubling capacity on the line.
7? Without looking at the detailed plans, I'm only seeing five. These are Bermondsey, Victoria Park, Pharmacy, Warden and Birchmount. What are the other two? I assume that some minor intersections would be converted so you couldn't cross the median, such as Swift, Lebovic, Ionview, etc. And I assume that you wouldn't be able to turn left from Eglinton directly to Eglinton Square, but would turn at Pharmacy or Victoria Park instead.It's important no note that the crosstown will only be crossing seven intersection at this point. The new tunnel drops it from 8.
Tiny? 5.5 kilometres is tiny now? That's the same distance as a Pape to Queen DRL alignment. The difference in cost would be at least a billion dollars.
I don't think this is driven by cost. It's going to cost more. It's driven by capacity issues. We're just not used to genuine planning issues influencing planning.