[denfromoakvillemilton]

That's what the article says.

While I don't see any problem with people expressing concerns - I don't see why it's happening at this stage now. This decision was made and publicized years ago. These comments should have been made during the planning and assessment phase last decade.

Less elevators and escalators to install and maintain. That alone is a benefit to island platforms.

That's what I thought. Plus less staff needed for the station.

 

[ehlow]

Unfortunately, those people who do not use public transit would consider such doors as "gravy", and not a safety feature.

I wonder if there will be platform doors on the underground Eglinton Crosstown stations. It has ATC so it should be possible.

It would help with keeping people off the tracks, since it's low-floor, low-platform.

 

[nfitz]

St. Clair West and Eglinton West also use side platforms and were opened in 1978.

Ah, that's right. Hmm, I wonder what lead them to change the design for those 1978 stations, when they seemed quite happy with centre platforms for the earlier 1970s stations, and for the 1978 stations north of Eglinton.

At least Sheppard–Yonge station on the Sheppard line isn't like the one in Atlanta's Five Points subway station, where both levels use Spanish solution (unlike Sheppard–Yonge station's Spanish solution on the less busier level) and much of Atlanta's subway system make the Sheppard line seem very busy in comparison.

When they built the Sheppard line, they did rough in the start of two more Yonge line platforms on the sides, at the point of intersection - so they could be added in the future if demand exists.

Shame it doesn't seem to be an option at Eglinton-Yonge.

 

[innsertnamehere]

because the demand will never exist at Eglinton Yonge, if it does the ECLRT will be severely over capacity.

Sheppard had stupid high ridership projections when it was being built.. that simply will never come to be. It was supposed to start surpassing the bloor line in the early 2020's presuming the entire thing was built.

 

[nfitz]

because the demand will never exist at Eglinton Yonge, if it does the ECLRT will be severely over capacity.

The Eglinton platform is already very busy. There is going to be some extra ridership on Eglinton. Though I don't know why you'd think the LRT is the issue ... it can handle 15,000 people an hour. It's Yonge that would have a problem handling that many extra riders!

It was supposed to start surpassing the bloor line in the early 2020's presuming the entire thing was built.

It was. It was based on the construction of very large downtown-like nodes at Scarborough Centre and North York which never came to pass. The 2031 population and employment estimates for those nodes are much, much lower than those from the 1980s.

 

[rbt]

The Eglinton platform is already very busy. There is going to be some extra ridership on Eglinton. Though I don't know why you'd think the LRT is the issue ... it can handle 15,000 people an hour. It's Yonge that would have a problem handling that many extra riders!

15,000 people per hour per direction. Eglinton will feed riders into southbound Yonge from both the east and the west meaning a potential 30k pph going to downtown from Eglinton.

As you already know, Yonge subway is not running empty trains at morning rush so that would be a problem.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

The number is closer to 6,000 pphpd.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Sheppard had stupid high ridership projections when it was being built.. that simply will never come to be. It was supposed to start surpassing the bloor line in the early 2020's presuming the entire thing was built.

Ahahaahahahahaha. Haahaha.

Ha.

That's funny.

What were these guys smoking when they came up with those numbers? I want some of it

 

[nfitz]

15,000 people per hour per direction. Eglinton will feed riders into southbound Yonge from both the east and the west meaning a potential 30k pph going to downtown from Eglinton.

As you already know, Yonge subway is not running empty trains at morning rush so that would be a problem.

It could be interesting. It's certainly a realistic concern, unlike the LRT being under-capacity!

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I can anecdotally say that Eglinton station can look like Yonge-Bloor station on mornings with delays. There isn't a whole deal of space between the platform edge and the walls.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Centre platforms @ St. Patrick and Queens Park at least have that shoreline comfort zone to gravitate towards unlike all the other barrier wall free centre platforms.

 

[TOareaFan]

15,000 people per hour per direction. Eglinton will feed riders into southbound Yonge from both the east and the west meaning a potential 30k pph going to downtown from Eglinton.

As you already know, Yonge subway is not running empty trains at morning rush so that would be a problem.

Is everyone on this line headed for Yonge?

 

[ehlow]

It will also feed into Eglinton West station & the Spadina line, and not everyone riding will transfer to to Yonge.

 

[rbt]

Is everyone on this line headed for Yonge?

No, but a majority going through Yonge station will be heading downtown and capacity entering into Yonge from East and West is 15k.

Imagine for a minute that only 50% of Eglinton riders at the peak points (which happen to be near Yonge) go south and Eglinton as is feared here has hit capacity.

 

[TOareaFan]

No, but a majority going through Yonge station will be heading downtown and capacity entering into Yonge from East and West is 15k.

Imagine for a minute that only 50% of Eglinton riders at the peak points (which happen to be near Yonge) go south and Eglinton as is feared here has hit capacity.

Be interesting to see......only one person but there is a lady here who lives at Yonge and Eg and she has said she is looking forward to the Crosstown so that she can avoid the crowded Yonge leg/branch/side of line 1. Her plan (pressuming she still lives there in 2020) would be to take the Crosstown over to Eg West and then scoot down to St Andrew station (where our offices are). She reckons it will add a bit of time to her journey but hopes it will be more comfortable.