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TTC: Jane (LRT) RapidTO

Jane LRT — Downtown Relief Line connection

Metrolinx's 25-year plan (#46 on the map) shows a Downtown Relief Line going up to Dundas West Station on the 2 Bloor-Danforth subway. The same map shows the Jane LRT going to Jane Station on the 2 Bloor-Danforth subway. Passengers will have to transfer to the 2 Bloor-Danforth and pass Runnymede, High Park, and Keele Stations to reach Dundas West Station to transfer to the Downtown Relief Line.

It would be better if the Jane LRT could directly connect with the Downtown Relief Line, even if it is 25 years off. The Jane LRT should go under Dundas Street West from Jane Street, with stations at Runnymede Road, St. John's Road, Keele Street, Annette Street, and at Bloor Street West. Alternately, it could use the parallel railway right-of-way, if there is room, to reach Dundas Street West.

Whenever the Downtown Relief Line is built, passengers will be able to transfer more easily from the Jane LRT if it was already at Dundas West Station. If there is a problem on the 2 Bloor-Danforth Subway, similar to the 1 Yonge Subway shut down during afternoon rush on September 25th, passengers will still be able to transfer without shuttling between stations.
 
Another alternative is that the DRL extend north to meet the Jane LRT. This extension could become quite an artery. One stop at Dundas West to connect with the Bloor subway and GO. Next stop connects with the new cross-town GO. Next stop connects with the St. Clair streetcar. A stop at Rogers Road, a stop to connect with the Eglinton LRT/Skytrain (whatever they build). And then a stop intersecting the Jane LRT.
 
From Steve Munro's website at this link.

The express service on 35E Jane will be split off as 195 Jane Rocket and it will operate independently of the schedule for the local service. Because the 195 will run during periods that the 35E does not today, the headways at local stops will widen considerably during many periods.
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You can download the TTC's service summary effective March 30th, at this link. Search for 195.

Now if they could only extend the 195 Jane Rocket south of the Jane Station to The Queensway, as an express.
 
nfitz said:
Do many passenger taking the 195 from north of Bloor want to travel past Bloor?
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Like this weekend when the 1 Yonge subway out of service between Bloor and St. Andrew? Or when there is an outage on the 2 Bloor-Danforth? Or to get to Lake Shore Blvd. W. in Etobicoke.

It's better to always have an alternative route to bypass a closure.

Today, one would have to board the 2 Bloor-Danforth to transfer down at either Runnymede, Dundas West, or Royal York Stations. If the 2 Bloor-Danforth subway is running in that section.
 
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Nice to see another expansion of the Rocket Routes.

Is this route meant to build up demand for the future LRT or just an implementation of the Transit City Bus plan?
 
expansion based on demand only, its all the TTC can afford. "frills" like LRTs and transit city bus plans are out of the question.
 
W. K. Lis said:
Like this weekend when the 1 Yonge subway out of service between Bloor and St. Andrew? Or when there is an outage on the 2 Bloor-Danforth? Or to get to Lake Shore Blvd. W. in Etobicoke.

It's better to always have an alternative route to bypass a closure.

Today, one would have to board the 2 Bloor-Danforth to transfer down at either Runnymede, Dundas West, or Royal York Stations. If the 2 Bloor-Danforth subway is running in that section.
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Under normal service. Obviously one doesn't design bus routes that would be virtually unused except in the rare occasion of a closure.

Though surely extending Jane to Queensway does nothing for the current Yonge subway closure. Wouldn't one simply take the subway to St. George, and then the University line?

And in a BD closure, wouldn't it quicker to take the Jane express to Eglinton, and then take the Eglinton subway to Eglinton West?

If anything, probably more effective to extend the St. Clair streetcar to Jane, and then south to Jane station.
 
Due to the current anti-transit mayor and his lapdogs, the Jane LRT has been put on the back burner. It could come back with a more pro-transit mayor, but that would also depend if there is also a pro-transit Premier.

See this link for more information about Transit City in general.

This image is from one of last displays back in 2008, that I kept on my computer:

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It does seem like it could be a bit awkward in terms of routing but I've always really liked the Jane LRT. Proven high-ridership bus route, substantial dense and/or low-income communities en route, and a new north-south transit line in the west of the city? Yes please.
 
If anyone's interested, I made an archive of all of the Transit City info that used to exist on the city's website pre-Rob Ford
 
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