[Midtown Urbanist]

"...recommendation to rename stop at Lebovic to Hakimi not accepted.

http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pd...dMtg_Eglinton_Crosstown_Station_Naming_EN.pdf

Some good news at least...

Conspiracy theory: Mihevc proposed Hakimi station renaming as a favor to Metrolinx to take some of the spotlight off the other atrocious station names.

 

[Dan416]

I honestly didn't think it could get worse than the naming of "Pioneer Village" and "Vaughan Metropolitan Centre". It's just gotten much, much worse. The working names were much, much better.

This is just a disaster in my opinion.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Ah, to be in New York City! See link.

For example. There are six 23rd stations. Five in Manhatten and one in Queens.

Worse, some lines in New York City and the same named stations on the same line.

• The 5 on each of its two northern branches in the Bronx stops at two stations that bear the same name: Gun Hill Road on the Dyre Avenue Line and the White Plains Road Line, and Pelham Parkway on the Dyre Avenue Line and the White Plains Road Line.
• The B stops at two stations named Seventh Avenue: Seventh Avenue (BMT Brighton Line) in Brooklyn and Seventh Avenue (IND Sixth Avenue Line) in Manhattan.
• The D stops at three stations named 50th Street: 47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (IND Sixth Avenue Line) in Manhattan, and 50th Street and Bay 50th Street (both on the BMT West End Line) in Brooklyn.
• The E stops at two stations named 23rd Street: 23rd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) in Manhattan and Court Square – 23rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line) in Queens.
• The M stops at two stations named Myrtle Avenue: Myrtle Avenue – Broadway (BMT Jamaica Line) and Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), both in Brooklyn. It also stops at two stations named 23rd Street: 23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) in Manhattan and Court Square – 23rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line) in Queens.
• The R stops at two stations named 36th Street: 36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) in Brooklyn and 36th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line) in Queens.
• The stations listed with 200th Street still count since Dyckman Street and Bedford Park Boulevard are originally known as 200th Street.

 

[Hopkins123]

So the deadline for Metrolinx to announce station names is January 20, 2016.

Doesn't leave much room for formal opposition to the station naming.

Can someone start a petition? Get thousands of signatures going or something?

The names chosen for Keele, Bayview, Leslie, Ferrand, Bermondsey and Victoria Park all sound wrong to me. Anyone else agree?

 

[Palma]

Can someone start a petition? Get thousands of signatures going or something?

The names chosen for Keele, Bayview, Leslie, Ferrand, Bermondsey and Victoria Park all sound wrong to me. Anyone else agree?[/QUOTE

 

[Palma]

yes and another one is Bathurst and Dufferin

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Tunneling on the Eglinton Crosstown will be complete in a year (late 2016), according to Metrolinx's progress update.

 

[salsa]

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Assuming Metrolinx is correct, the tunneling schedule has been significantly accelerated. The west tunnel was scheduled for completion in Janurary 2017 and East in November 2017. So this would be an increase of at least 1 month and 11 months respectively.

Here's a link to the update (page 5): http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pd...51203_BoardMtg_Capital_Projects_Update_EN.pdf

"Tunneling on Eglinton will be complete in late 2016"

 

[Johnny Au]

Apparently, it may be easier to tunnel under Eglinton between Bathurst and Laird than it is to tunnel under Eglinton between Black Creek and Bathurst.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Crazy to think that this time next year, construction will have already began for the on-street portion in Scarborough.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Crazy to think that this time next year, construction will have already began for the on-street portion in Scarborough.

December 2015 is two years from now

But station construction will begin at Eglinton West, Eglinton Yonge and the remaining underground stations in April/Map. Only 4 months away.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Ah, I see. The elevated section set for Oct-2016 is referencing the portion at Black Creek/Mt. Dennis?

 

[ehlow]

So as expected most of the following years will be station construction.

Should be exciting to see the stations being built from street level. Seems like many of the stores at future station locations are now closed (ex. Laird).

 

[Adjei]

One question, where is the second entrance for the Dufferin or I believe they are now calling it Fairbank, is it by where the Shoppers is now or is it across the street? All this time I believed that's where it would be but today I drove by the location and I saw some of the stores across the street from the Shoppers are now closed with posters saying this is the future home of the station.