ehlow
Senior Member
Maybe there should be an LRT running from wherever the subway ends to the end of Yonge street in Barrie. It'll be like the old interurban trains http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4132.shtml
Yonge isn't expected to be at capacity until roughly 2035, unless the yonge extension gets built which would put it much sooner.
Maybe there should be an LRT running from wherever the subway ends to the end of Yonge street in Barrie. It'll be like the old interurban trains http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4132.shtml
20 years isn't a lot of time, especially considering the amount of effort it takes to get anything done politically.
We could also avoid that cost and avoid duplicating service by upgrading the GO Barrie Line.
Though a Yonge North LRT into York Region might not be a bad idea. Certainly cheaper and better suited to the urban environment there than extending the subway ad infinitum!
The first proposal for an underground electric railway (using streetcars) under Yonge Street was presented in 1911. It took until 1946, or 35 years before a heavy rail subway was finally accepted and construction actually started. Twenty years is shorter than thirty-five.
I was mainly kidding . It's kind of cool that in the past we had small electric trains going up to Barrie and places like Guelph, and now we don't and want to eventually do that again.
20 years isn't a lot of time, especially considering the amount of effort it takes to get anything done politically.
its plenty of time to get the DRL built.
My point is that the DRL isn't as urgent as many think. It should still be priorty #1 for the TTC, but its not like we needed it yesterday.
its plenty of time to get the DRL built.
My point is that the DRL isn't as urgent as many think. It should still be priorty #1 for the TTC, but its not like we needed it yesterday.
Just curious for those who know the history -- why is there such a gap between Eglinton > Lawrence > York Mills stations on the Yonge line? It seems there could have been stations in between each of those stops. I assume it was due to population density or structural/geographical constraints, but just interested in how this played out during the design and construction phases.