EnviroTO
Senior Member
In this 100% reliable illustration of what will occur there seems to be a pedestrian crossing.
Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx
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NoahB
Active Member
Reread what you quoted. They are saying there will be a cross-platform transfer only in one direction instead of both directions like the old plan. That is written in the article and then it continues:
That suggests that for the OL, there will be an island platform connected in both directions, but also trains for one direction will open their doors facing one of the Go train platforms as well.
But we will see.
smallspy
Senior Member
It should also be noted that the cross-platform transfer will be from north-east on the Ontario Line to westbound on the GO line. So really, not of any use at all.
Dan
sacred
Active Member
Why don’t they just switch the trains around then
smallspy
Senior Member
How?
You realize that this will require at least a pair of flyovers for either the Ontario Line or the heavy-rail GO trains to cross over from their normal operating method - right-handed, like auto traffic - to opposite what they normally operate and back, right?
This is not inconsequential, and may rival the cost of another station.
Dan
sacred
Active Member
No, why don’t they have OL trains on the left hand side for the whole line so that we have good cross-platform transfers at East Harbour
Rainforest
Senior Member
Ironically, the opposite-way transfer may be more popular than the same-way transfer during the peak period; assuming that LSW and LSE GO services interline.
Opposite-way: during the PM rush, a rider wants to travel West on GO, but first takes a short eastbound ride on OL to East Harbor. There they board the westbound Lakeshore GO train, which is not very full (counter-peak). At Union, that train fills up, but our smart rider already has a seat.
If the transfer is same-way, OL trains running on the left track: at the first glance it seems appealing for someone riding LSE GO towards downtown in the AM rush to transfer to OL and bypass Union. But the problem is that the east/southbound OL is pretty full at East Harbor during the AM rush. Our GO rider tries that transfer a few times, and realizes that squeezing into the OL train isn't an easy task; going through Union is a lesser hassle.
Opposite-way: during the PM rush, a rider wants to travel West on GO, but first takes a short eastbound ride on OL to East Harbor. There they board the westbound Lakeshore GO train, which is not very full (counter-peak). At Union, that train fills up, but our smart rider already has a seat.
If the transfer is same-way, OL trains running on the left track: at the first glance it seems appealing for someone riding LSE GO towards downtown in the AM rush to transfer to OL and bypass Union. But the problem is that the east/southbound OL is pretty full at East Harbor during the AM rush. Our GO rider tries that transfer a few times, and realizes that squeezing into the OL train isn't an easy task; going through Union is a lesser hassle.
44 North
Senior Member
Yeah this is what I'm thinking. Run the whole thing left-hand side. Failing that, do wonder if they could re-plan this section and actually elevate it above the tracks so the station straddles GO's below. One-level transfer for all vs a double and a level. And the views would be way better.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Running on left-hand side would only confuse the poor computers running the trains.
Won't someone think about the poor computers!
officedweller
Senior Member
The Evergreen Line had a "wrong-railed/left-running" section when it first opened in 2016 so that both Vancouver-bound tracks/trains would land at the same platform at Lougheed Station, but that was abandoned a few years later and changed to right-running (the inter-lined trains from Braid Station were only going one more station to Production Way, so no great loss except maybe for SFU students)
superelevation
Active Member
Yeah the only reason they switched it was going between regular and left hand running required a lot of switching, all left hand would hypothetically be fine
achender
Active Member
I just got a notification from Metrolinx that my house is within 30m of a new transit corridor (Ontario Line) and that they would be putting a note on my legal title to that effect.
They must be defining the new corridor width pretty generously because I am about 160m from the current corridor.
You can click on my location to see my approximate address.
There are also restrictions on what changes I can make to my property.
Sorry if this has been mentioned previously, I checked back a couple pages and didn't see anything.
They must be defining the new corridor width pretty generously because I am about 160m from the current corridor.
You can click on my location to see my approximate address.
There are also restrictions on what changes I can make to my property.
Sorry if this has been mentioned previously, I checked back a couple pages and didn't see anything.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
It was in the news awhile ago:
Live next to the Ontario Line? You’ll soon have to ask Metrolinx permission to build a deck
Property owners will need a permit for construction within 30 metres of transit corridor lands designated for Ontario’s priority transit projects.
www.thestar.com
Back in March, so a lot further back in this thread.
AoD
evandyk
Senior Member
That's not *that* approximate. It's just six houses!
NoahB
Active Member
Keep us posted please!