thompsonsamm
New Member
In the true spirit of fantasy, I've been thinking about how useful the midtown line could be for creating strong transfer points and quick travel between them. In this fantasy, CP builds a new yard somewhere and the midtown line is freed up for frequent commuter service.
Midtown Express Line Stations: Long Branch, Kipling (Using the Canpa sub), Stockyards, Dufferin/Dupont, Spadina/Dupont, Summerhill, Leaside, Ellesmere/Warden. North Scarborough (On the southwest border of the CP yard)
Most of these stations would have strong connections and should be rebuilt as efficient hubs:
Midtown Express Line Stations: Long Branch, Kipling (Using the Canpa sub), Stockyards, Dufferin/Dupont, Spadina/Dupont, Summerhill, Leaside, Ellesmere/Warden. North Scarborough (On the southwest border of the CP yard)
Most of these stations would have strong connections and should be rebuilt as efficient hubs:
- Long Branch
- Lakeshore West GO
- Platforms should be set up such that LW trains can route to union or midtown
- Lakeshore West Streetcar
- TTC and MiWay buses
- Lakeshore West GO
- Kipling
- Milton GO
- TTC Line 2
- 427 BRT
- Dedicated BRT running from Kipling to the Airport transit hub. Used by TTC, Miway, and GO
- Stockyards
- Milton GO
- The terminus for St.Clair Streetcars
- Dufferin/Dupont
- Just a filler station with Bus connections
- Spadina/Dupont
- TTC Line 1
- Summerhill
- TTC Line 1
- Leaside
- This becomes a major station
- Ontario Line
- 4 Platforms (2 for through running, 2 for short turns and yard entry)
- Richmond Hill Go
- Re-route the line through this station and use the Leaside spur to re-connect to the line
- Line 5 Central
- Terminate and turn crosstown here to run metro like service on the underground portion between here and Mount Dennis
- Line 5 East
- Terminate and turn the above street running portion of crosstown here
- VIA HFR
- Run the via HFR trains down the RH Go line. For incoming trains, this station provides transfers to those not wanting to end up downtown
- Ellesmere/Warden
- Just a filler station with Bus connections
- North Scarborough
- Use the land from CP to create a new station, TTC subway yard for lines 2 and 4, GO midtown yard, and VIA HFR yard
- TTC Line 2 terminus (extend from Kennedy via STC)
- TTC Line 4 terminus (extend from Fairview along sheppard)
- VIA HFR
- GO Mid-East line
- Super fantasy line running on the CP tracks from Central Oshawa to Scarborough