toronto647
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Totally agree with your sentiments. Appreciate your comments.
Toronto Ontario Line: Don Valley Station (was Science Centre Station) | 22.8m | 3s | Metrolinx | HDR
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kotsy
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goodcitywhenfinished
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I believe there is a sizeable amount of mixed use retail planned for the crosstown community across Don Mills rd
A 6264
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Sorry if this is old news, and sorry that I can't take any pictures because my camera has been loaned out. On the east side of the station at Gervais, where the station entrance for buses has had covered-over traffic signals for a long time, they are now uncovered. Since the bus lot is still fenced off and no buses are turning here, the southbound signals just show the same thing as the signals at Eglinton, a few feet away. The northbound signals are always green. Signals on the east side, which only apply to buses, are always red. One light on a short pole, rather than hanging from a line, is still covered.
I notice that when heading south through this intersection, the "no right turn except for buses" sign, which is supposed to mean you can't turn into the bus station, could be misunderstood to mean there is no right turn at Eglinton, even though the road itself has left and right turn lanes with painted arrows. I expect to see confusion and sudden lane changes when drivers turn at Eglinton.
I notice that when heading south through this intersection, the "no right turn except for buses" sign, which is supposed to mean you can't turn into the bus station, could be misunderstood to mean there is no right turn at Eglinton, even though the road itself has left and right turn lanes with painted arrows. I expect to see confusion and sudden lane changes when drivers turn at Eglinton.
flonicky
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Natika33
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The circular garden with standing rock has also been removed from the corner now:
A 6264
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The station is now open to buses, but not to people. Buses can enter and park there while drivers go take a wee.... break.
Route 72 Pape, the only route that still runs along Pape, used to have its north end at Overlea, but now it goes further north up Don Mills and into Don Valley Station.
Officially, the line stops at the corner of Eglinton, where passengers must disembark. (Not as painful as it sounds.)
I was on this bus on Sunday morning, and this might have been the first day of this extended service, because the bus driver was getting calls over his communicator with new instructions on where the route runs.
He did cut over from Pape to Broadview, but by a different side street that buses don't normally run on, then down to Broadview Station without going inside (we got out at Danforth),
and the driver said he was still going to Pape Station from there, but even he seemed unsure of the details, and was still getting instructions over the com.
Routes 25 Don Mills and 100 used to run along Pape, but have been "diverted" to Broadview since spring 2024, with a promise to restore service to Pape Station by the end of 2024. Then they changed it to by the end of 2025.
Now it's late 2025, and nothing is being said about returning the routes to Pape, but it's still officially a temporary route change. I suspect this could go on a few more years.
Route 72 Pape, the only route that still runs along Pape, used to have its north end at Overlea, but now it goes further north up Don Mills and into Don Valley Station.
Officially, the line stops at the corner of Eglinton, where passengers must disembark. (Not as painful as it sounds.)
I was on this bus on Sunday morning, and this might have been the first day of this extended service, because the bus driver was getting calls over his communicator with new instructions on where the route runs.
He did cut over from Pape to Broadview, but by a different side street that buses don't normally run on, then down to Broadview Station without going inside (we got out at Danforth),
and the driver said he was still going to Pape Station from there, but even he seemed unsure of the details, and was still getting instructions over the com.
Routes 25 Don Mills and 100 used to run along Pape, but have been "diverted" to Broadview since spring 2024, with a promise to restore service to Pape Station by the end of 2024. Then they changed it to by the end of 2025.
Now it's late 2025, and nothing is being said about returning the routes to Pape, but it's still officially a temporary route change. I suspect this could go on a few more years.
A 6264
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Additional info: The trip to Broadview Station must have been a one-time detour. The online route map for 72 Pape shows it going straight down Pape, to Pape Station. It still continues south from there, to the waterfront. Before the changes to other routes in 2024, it used to go no further south than Pape Station.
kotsy
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North from Eglinton:
Looking South to the storage/tail track aera that is now dug up.
Looking South to the storage/tail track aera that is now dug up.
JamesKoole
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So a portion of the bus bays at the station are already closed (temporarily) for construction despite never even opening?
A 6264
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Yes. And buses (and possibly the public) can only enter and exit from Gervais to the east.
Kelson
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Some sort of (temporary)? Structure being assembledat don valley station
A 6264
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I'm sure it's one of those white super-sheds we've seen at other sites on the line. This is where the gas station used to be, at Don Mills and Wynford.
Kelson
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The gas station was farther north, directly adjacent to wynford drive. The past use of this space was an unused freenspace
UtakataNoAnnex
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It's to replace that circular planter they removed with a semi-circular structure...
