[thettctransitfanatic]

Isn't this marketed as Line 5 (and as part of the "subway" system) though? If the way it's operated, from a customer perspective, is different from the rest of the system, I'd rather not call it Line 5. I know, semantics and nitpicking, but just trying to avoid causing confusion and frustration.

Yes this is marketed as Line 5 and apart of the subway system.

 

[Leo_Chan]

Honestly no, level boarding alone is a gamechanger. The platforms should also be much wider, have info screens, better shelters, and presto readers.

They better have a fare vending machine at each surface station.

 

[nfitz]

I will be curious to see if final signage refers to it as Subway and uses a Subway Icon . . .

Line 3 signage at times uses different icons for subway and SRT. I expect there'll ultimately be subtle and inexplicable differences on Line 5 and Line 6 signage as well.

 

[Allandale25]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1108053042836967430

 

[robmausser]

Honestly no, level boarding alone is a gamechanger. The platforms should also be much wider, have info screens, better shelters, and presto readers.

And heaters!

Make them body sensing. Turn off when no one there.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

And heaters!

Make them body sensing. Turn off when no one there.

Heat goes up, cold goes down. Better to have the heaters at floor level (in-floor heating best).

 

[Kyle Campbell]

Well, the above ground stops are basically just repackaged St Clair ROW stops

I thought they were a fair bit more elaborate than the St Clair stops, although they are still being called "stops" and not "stations"

 

[nfitz]

I thought they were a fair bit more elaborate than the St Clair stops, although they are still being called "stops" and not "stations"

Indeed a bit more elobarate than a streetcar stop.

 

[Leo_Chan]

Indeed a bit more elobarate than a streetcar stop.
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Still less substantial than ION and Viva.

 

[Steve X]

Indeed a bit more elobarate than a streetcar stop.
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A stop that can be accessed from both sides. That's a first in TO.

 

[11th]

A stop that can be accessed from both sides. That's a first in TO.

Or, at least in that rendering, it just happens the station spans from one intersection to another.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

Heat goes up, cold goes down. Better to have the heaters at floor level (in-floor heating best).

Not in this case. You're thinking of convective heating, like a furnace that heats the air. These are radiant heat sources, you just need to be in line of sight.

This article is a bit spinny since they are trying to sell you their line of heaters, but the principles are correct

https://www.herschel-infrared.com/how-it-works/radiant-versus-convection-heat/

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Not in this case. You're thinking of convective heating, like a furnace that heats the air. These are radiant heat sources, you just need to be in line of sight.

This article is a bit spinny since they are trying to sell you their line of heaters, but the principles are correct

https://www.herschel-infrared.com/how-it-works/radiant-versus-convection-heat/

Personally, would rather have the heat directed at my cold feet than the top of my hat.

 

[robmausser]

Heat goes up, cold goes down. Better to have the heaters at floor level (in-floor heating best).

Radiant heating works on the principle of photons, it doesnt go up or down. It goes where you point it.

 

[nfitz]

Personally, would rather have the heat directed at my cold feet than the top of my hat.

How is this different than the old radiant heaters you used to get in unheated bathrooms? They were always very high (so people didn't accidentally burn themselves).