[rbt]

Please. Edinburgh's winters have nothing on Toronto's.

Personally I find near-freezing rain to be one of the least pleasant experiences; and they get months of that crap. I'll take -10 and sunny anytime.

It's easy to put on a jacket for warmth, it's damn hard to keep the rain out in a strong wind.

 

[MisterF]

The downtown stations for the elite had no shelters when I was there and people figured it out. It was nothing like VIVA. Anyways Buy a better jacket and maybe some mitts.

"For the elite"?

Calgary's downtown stations are mostly covered and in addition to the roof structures also have smaller, enclosed shelters on the platforms. Like I said, more protection than the little half shelters being installed on Eglinton.

 

[Aplus23]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273251055061602305

Still excavating at Mt Pleasant

 

[sixrings]

"For the elite"?

Calgary's downtown stations are mostly covered and in addition to the roof structures also have smaller, enclosed shelters on the platforms. Like I said, more protection than the little half shelters being installed on Eglinton.

I honestly remember freezing outside at the downtown locations. In Calgary the suburbs had enclosed stations. Maybe the downtown 15 years ago had stations full of sketchy people but I can't imagine I'd rather freeze than be beside someone sketchy.

 

[H4F33Z]

Can someone explain if it was structurally feasible to elevate the LRT over Leslie?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The heaters in the stations and stops are working great today.

 

[Tunafish13]

Kennedy station is really making progress

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Question does somone on the Metrolinx baord own stock in gal;ss company? I'm just curious as to why there is so much glass in all of there designs and builds recently.

 

[Steve X]

Question does somone on the Metrolinx baord own stock in gal;ss company? I'm just curious as to why there is so much glass in all of there designs and builds recently.

It's just as much glass as the TYSSE stations. They just seen to have an one design fit all station on this Line. They reason why they use glass is to create an open and transparent place so people don't lurk behind walls creating a safer environment.

 

[kotsy]

Plus any station with more daylight in it is generally nicer to be in. At least some of them have daylight making its way down to platform level.

 

[cplchanb]

It's just as much glass as the TYSSE stations. They just seen to have an one design fit all station on this Line. They reason why they use glass is to create an open and transparent place so people don't lurk behind walls creating a safer environment.

Open concept and natural lighting seems to be the general trend these days

 

[Aplus23]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1275430419090083840

 

[NoahB]

Kennedy taking shape!

https://www.facebook.com/thecrosstown/photos/a.187778967983333/3011602065600995

 

[pdcstream]

Can someone explain if it was structurally feasible to elevate the LRT over Leslie?

The rail overpass just over 100 metres to the east of Leslie would have been a problem. This is the Richmond Hill GO line. Metrolinx had decided at one time that they were going to extend the tunnel until at least Don Mills, maybe even as far as Victoria Park if I remember correctly. Metrolinx wanted to skip building a station at Leslie because it would have cost $400 miliion to build a deep station there and not enough people live in the area to justify that expense.. It also meant that Laird would have to be a deep station as well. The people that live in the condos up on the hill weren't too happy about that, so Metrolinx relented.

Metrolinx knows that grade separation at Leslie would have been the preferred solution, but they weren't going to fork out $400 million for a deep station. What we have today is the result.

 

[Coolstar]

The rail overpass just over 100 metres to the east of Leslie would have been a problem. This is the Richmond Hill GO line.

Actually the Richmond Hill tracks are to the east of Wynford. The rail overpass you refer to is used by CPR.