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Over half of the stuff on their website uses the old name. This article says there were >7,000 paper maps and 150 signs to change when Downsview became Sheppard West, so I understand it taking time. But the web stuff? That should be pre-loaded and clocked to change automatically.

This name change is going to be 50% late like this whole line.
 
If it makes anyone feel better (though it may make you feel worse), today's Wikipedia front page "did you know" first headline is about an LRT station in Singapore that opened 20 years after construction completed. (It opened a year ago.)
 
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nfitz said:
200 metres the norm? That's near double the distance at Cedarvale. And surely it's relatively short at Eglinton, Mount Dennis, and Kennedy

Don Valley to the bus terminal is only about 100 metres. Caledonia should be miniscule transfering from the subway station to the GO station which is almost on top of the subway platform. On the Ontario Line, the transfers at Exhibition, Queen, Osgoode, and East Harbour look short. Hopefully Pape too, with the new platforms under the old platforms.

Might be some good walking distances to the bus terminals on the Line 2 extension ... but that appears to be the exception not the norm.
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If you're getting off a bus in the Mount Dennis terminal, you can expect to walk between 160 to 290 metres depending on which bay you get up at. The walk from the Weston Rd entrance to the platform is around 180m (the trains stop at the eastern 2/3rd of the platform but the stairs are at the west end)

A 6264 said:
If it makes anyone feel better (though it may make you feel worse), today's Wikipedia front page "did you know" first headline is about an LRT station in Singapore that opened 20 years after construction completed. (It opened a year ago.)
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They just chose not to open the station as it was in the middle of a forest till development caught up. Oppose to these Crosstown stations that can't open cause who knows what is ML hiding.
 
Trains on Line 1 are still saying next station Eglinton West, and most signs within the original station still display Eglinton West.

The TTC has started installing new maps across the network but I wish they'd make it clear new lines aren't open yet. Also the ride guides handed out at Mount Dennis don't display the name change or Mount Dennis being open
 
Steve X said:
They just chose not to open the station as it was in the middle of a forest till development caught up. Oppose to these Crosstown stations that can't open cause who knows what is ML hiding.
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Yeah I had to dig into it too, which goes to show this is *not* making us feel better. Thanks for trying though A.
 
Transportfan said:
Why is the name change so under the radar? Why not just announce it like the change from Downsview to Sheppard West in 2017?
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i mean this is at the top of the stations page on the website
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signs are changing but the name has not officially changed yet
 
Leo_Chan said:
The current final result is definitely an adequate setup to have. Now I'm wondering how painful the walk would have been if the Line 5 concourse entered the Line 1 platforms in the middle rather than the end, causing people who get off at the southern end needing to go north to the middle then backtrack south to get transfer to the Line 5 platforms.
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The TTC has never designed a connection like that, so I'm not sure what the point of your pondering is supposed to achieve.

Dan
 
Metroscapes said:
Right, but significant mixed signals, no?
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You can't do everything overnight. They haven't done their official changeover yet - I assume that will be opening day for Line 5.

You see the same in other cities. I was in Seattle a month before the Lynwood extension of the Link - and it was a mix of old and new signage. Announcements, etc.
 
KhalilHeron said:
because the name hasnt changed yet???
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nfitz said:
You can't do everything overnight. They haven't done their official changeover yet - I assume that will be opening day for Line 5.

You see the same in other cities. I was in Seattle a month before the Lynwood extension of the Link - and it was a mix of old and new signage. Announcements, etc.
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Look I'm just bored with there being a void of other info for this thread to discuss, it's a stupid nitpick. But per my previous post, web info should be easier to queue up. And my impression from the news releases from Metrolinx / the province is that 'the name changed effective November 16'.
 
Metroscapes said:
But per my previous post, web info should be easier to queue up. And my impression from the news releases from Metrolinx / the province is that 'the name changed effective November 16'.
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I assume it will be more synchronous electronically. Though I'd think Metrolinx is wrong, given that TTC only put up the "soon" signage for Cedarvale and TMU stations starting around the 16th! Obviously the decision isn't Metrolinx's to make.
 
nfitz said:
I assume it will be more synchronous electronically. Though I'd think Metrolinx is wrong, given that TTC only put up the "soon" signage for Cedarvale and TMU stations starting around the 16th! Obviously the decision isn't Metrolinx's to make.
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Since the signage change is happening gradually, is there ever going to be a date that can be pinned down as the "official" date? Maybe count the signs, and when more than 50% say Cedarville, it's official?
 
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