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[Amare]

Ladies and Gentleman this is exactly why Metrolinx has consultants and pays them millions of dollars, for cases just like this one where they will go ahead and pick a name that either duplicates another name in the system, or to come up with something that has no relation to the immediate station vicinity area.

 

[81-717]

where they will go ahead and pick a name that either duplicates another name in the system, or to come up with something that has no relation to the immediate station vicinity area.

Or they could just use a compound name after the whole intersection (especially if it's an interchange station like B/Y & Sh/Y), in which case the chances of having duplicate names go down dramatically (unless there are 2 or more intersections within the city in question where BOTH streets happen to have the same name).

In a hypothetical subway grid with a subway line running parallel to every east/west street as well as every north/south street, and an interchange station at every intersection of every east/west & north/south street, you can bet dollars to donuts every station would most logically be named after its respective intersection. It's the exact same concept as having every point on a 2D coordinate grid uniquely identifiable with a unique (x, y) coordinate.

 

[Amare]

Or they could just use a compound name after the whole intersection (especially if it's an interchange station like B/Y & Sh/Y), in which case the chances of having duplicate names go down dramatically (unless there are 2 or more intersections within the city in question where BOTH streets happen to have the same name).

In a hypothetical subway grid with a subway line running parallel to every east/west street as well as every north/south street, and an interchange station at every intersection of every east/west & north/south street, you can bet dollars to donuts every station would most logically be named after its respective intersection. It's the exact same concept as having every point on a 2D coordinate grid uniquely identifiable with a unique (x, y) coordinate.

If you havent noticed it yet, Metrolinx (or rather their consultants) have been naming stations after neighborhoods. It is against their policy to do the exact thing you are suggesting they do.

 

[nfitz]

If you havent noticed it yet, Metrolinx (or rather their consultants) have been naming stations after neighborhoods. It is against their policy to do the exact thing you are suggesting they do.

Stations perhaps (though the Ontario Line ones differ - but perhaps they aren't finalized). But less so for LRT stops.

 

[Dan416]

Stations perhaps (though the Ontario Line ones differ - but perhaps they aren't finalized). But less so for LRT stops.

Metrolinx's naming policy is kinda dumb though.

When I was in Warsaw last week the naming of the stations on the S2 line made me think how those stations literally all have the name Warsaw in them, which somewhat sounds redundant, but I guess you really know what city you're in lol.

https://www.wtp.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/11/Rozklad-jazdy-linii-S2-i-S20-wazny-w-dniach-19.12.2022-08.01.2023.pdf

 

[11th]

I propose Eglindon and Sheppardon Stations.

Not bad. We have Hurontario, Burloak, Brimorton, (and had Dunbloor). Call it Eglindon Crossing if it's too similar to Eglinton.

 

[nfitz]

Eglinton Mills

 

[CapitalSeven]

Edmillington

 

[reinventingthewheel]

When I was in Warsaw last week the naming of the stations on the S2 line made me think how those stations literally all have the name Warsaw in them, which somewhat sounds redundant, but I guess you really know what city you're in lol

That is true for the intercity / regional train networks, where there are many stops also outside Warsaw. The particular service in that schedule is a shorter line across town to the airport, similar distance to Danforth GO through Union to Pearson.

They don’t tack on Warsaw to the name of metro or surface tram network stops and stations unless at a regional hub.

 

[81-717]

If you havent noticed it yet, Metrolinx (or rather their consultants) have been naming stations after neighborhoods. It is against their policy to do the exact thing you are suggesting they do.

Then they really shouldn't have taken over local transit and stuck with the regional GO network, as that's where their policy makes at least some sense.

 

[Dan416]

I never thought the TTC was good at naming stations (pretty sure they gave us Pioneer Village as a station name) but Metrolinx seems to be even worse.

 

[T3G]

Then they really shouldn't have taken over local transit and stuck with the regional GO network, as that's where their policy makes at least some sense.

This is a great example of why uploading all local transit to a larger entity like Metrolinx doesn't make any sense. When you are regional-oriented, local concerns fall by the wayside. It takes a special kind of blinkeredness to name transit stations after neighbourhoods, in a city where a) many neighbourhoods contain more than one transit station, and b) neighbourhoods are not, for the most part (with a few exceptions like the Annex) a well established 'thing' that someone from outside the neighbourhood could reasonably know. (We don't have Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, Greenwich Village, or the Lower East Side; we have High Park North, High Park-Swansea, Princess-Rosethorn, Yonge-Bay Corridor, and Bay-Cloverhill).

 

[officedweller]

It's a trap!

Bait and switch with a gondola across the parking lot!!

 

[GenerationLee]

Not sure where to stick this, but the Exhibition Go renewal work continues, with some extra help

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

Great update! One note, the excavation at Sammon Ave is for a track crossover section and likely an access shaft. It’s not exactly maintenance facilities for Pape station.

Track crossover, and emergency access, evacuation and ventilation shaft