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Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Hopkins123 said:
If Eglinton Corsstown is NOT convertible to heavy rail at some point in the future, then the voters were seriously lied to. I distinctly remember when they were first planning it, the powers that be emphasized over and over again that convertibility was an option and stations were being designed to accommodate this.
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It's convertible, it's just a massive waste of resources to do it.
 
Hopkins123 said:
If Eglinton Corsstown is NOT convertible to heavy rail at some point in the future, then the voters were seriously lied to. I distinctly remember when they were first planning it, the powers that be emphasized over and over again that convertibility was an option and stations were being designed to accommodate this.
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The Eglinton Subway from Eglinton West Station to Black Creek was to be heavy rail as it was cancelled by Mike Harris.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT was never to be convertible to heavy rail. Please show us the links to any documentation (such as the Environmental Assessment) that shows us overwise.

The stations could be lengthen to accommodate longer trains, but the width will stay the same. The platforms will stay low floor, never to be raised for a high platform heavy rail.
 
Cho is angling to get the Crosstown East extension extended from UTSC to Malvern Town Centre, while Ainslie wants an express bus from Crosstown East to the Zoo.
 
edmundoconnor said:
Cho is angling to get the Crosstown East extension extended from UTSC to Malvern Town Centre, while Ainslie wants an express bus from Crosstown East to the Zoo.
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why not wait and get it constructed at least till UTSC first. Who knows if that will really happen. Votes on council do not seem to mean anything
 
edmundoconnor said:
Cho is angling to get the Crosstown East extension extended from UTSC to Malvern Town Centre, while Ainslie wants an express bus from Crosstown East to the Zoo.
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Cho is an idiot, he screwed Malvern by eliminating any chance of getting rapid transit there by supporting the Scarborough Subway, bringing the SLRT to Malvern would have been much better and far cheaper.
 
Arguing if Eglinton can become heavy rail is stupid. If capacity fills up, just build another LRT on Lawrence (West of Yonge) or Wilson/York Mills. Build the Relief Line to Science Centre.

Getting Eglinton to fill up the more of a problem right now. It will be busy the first days not cause there is new riders but diverted riders from N-S bus routes and from Line 2.
 
W. K. Lis said:
The stations could be lengthen to accommodate longer trains, but the width will stay the same. The platforms will stay low floor, never to be raised for a high platform heavy rail.
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As far as I know, LRT tunnels are wider than our subway tunnels so that shouldn't be an issue.
 
kotsy said:
As far as I know, LRT tunnels are wider than our subway tunnels so that shouldn't be an issue.
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As long as they make the station ceiling very high, it's achievable. They can't redo the concrete after they cover it up.

Redoing the platform height can be very tricky as they'll need to ship the concrete in through the tunnel. Anyways, enough of this fantasy talk as converting to heavy rail is not feasible. This isn't Europe where they built pre-metro stations with high platforms and steps to meet low floor leveling.
 
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