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nfitz said:
I suspect the real answer is that Eglinton has already been tendered, while Finch West hasn't.
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Yeah I was thinking that. Maybe by the time they decided it was something that should be added it was too late. Big oversight though.
 
Palma said:
Or calling it Keele as thats the names south of Eglinton and Keele north makes that turn (and for some reason that small section is called Gore or something like which makes no sense) and then intersects Trethewey as it curves again. The name Tretheway should end at the point Keele hits it. Trethewey conjures up murder, drugs, etc. When you hear Trethewey in the news its never good
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Actually, the small street is called "Yore" not "Gore."
 
andrewpmk said:
Are the Finch LRT stations going to have weird names as well?
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Maybe. Depends on if the board sticks to the naming scheme recommendations. The original plan by Metrolinx staff was to apply the whacky naming system to all new lines, but that has to be approved by the board. We'll have a clearer picture in the new year.
 
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Anna said:
They didn't put up a poll, but they did ask 'the public'. That's where some of the revised station names came from.
https://www.metrolinxengage.com/en/engagement-initiatives/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-station-names
https://www.metrolinxengage.com/en/...s/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-station-names-part-2

One of the comments re Sunnybrook Park came from John Parker, I assume the former councillor.


Also the 'support' for 'Leaside' station broke down as follows:

Strongly like - 46 votes
Like - 22 votes
Neutral - 10 votes
Dislike - 30 votes
Strongly dislike - 33 votes

Total votes = 141
Like 68
Dislike 63
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Even though they asked the public, the polls that were shown on this forum showed the majority of people did not like the station names Metrolinx was looking at yet they still chose them and those are the names being considered. So basically it did not matter what the public thought.
 
Palma said:
Even though they asked the public, the polls that were shown on this forum showed the majority of people did not like the station names Metrolinx was looking at yet they still chose them and those are the names being considered. So basically it did not matter what the public thought.
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ML listed to some of the feedback, but ignore others. I'm sure the feedback played a role in the decision making process, but Metrolinx staff were going to pick whatever they wanted.

Anyways the Metrolinx Board complained that the names were too local in nature, meaning that the names didn't mean much for people who didn't live in those neighbourhoods. The next round of evaluations should have more recognizable names (Bathurst North, maybe?)

Does anyone know if all the station names are being reevaluated, or is it only the ones the Board brought up in the meeting?
 
Amare said:
Wait, hold on. Metrolinx hired consultants to determine station names? You have got to be kidding me. It's amazes me how many times to province loves to waste money on ridiculous and pointless things, but this is out of hand.

Metrolinx -the organization responsible for transit planning in the province- had to hire outside consultants to figure out the best way to name stations on a transit line? Then the consultants release the names, and Metrolinx tells them that they don't like the names. This is possibly the most pathetic thing I have heard in my life (and i'm putting that very lightly).
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It looks more like Metrolinx hired a consultant to help come up with a protocol for standardizing names across the whole GTHA, including all the local services that have "stations" (e.g. YRT, MiTrans, ZUM). The Crosstown people were then forced to use that protocol for developing their names. Apparently it's the protocol that needs to be rethought, which is a much bigger issue than just coming up with another set of names. I think one of the biggest things that needs to be rethought is avoiding using hyphenated names (e.g. Bloor-Yonge). That is a Toronto tradition and is the easiest way to locate yourself in the city. Maybe every station should just be the hyphenated name of the nearest major intersection.
 
howl said:
It looks more like Metrolinx hired a consultant to help come up with a protocol for standardizing names across the whole GTHA, including all the local services that have "stations" (e.g. YRT, MiTrans, ZUM). The Crosstown people were then forced to use that protocol for developing their names. Apparently it's the protocol that needs to be rethought, which is a much bigger issue than just coming up with another set of names.
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Agreed. To me the questions are:

  • Should we have a framework for naming rapid transit stations (or, for that matter, all transit stops)?
  • If yes, should it be based on uniqueness (each station has a unique name) or should it permit duplicates (two or more stations on the rapid transit system having the same name)?
  • If unique: We can't keep just adding "North" and "West" to station names. So, should we try to base it around neighbourhood names and landmarks? Or should we permit repetitiveness (e.g. Keele-Eglinton, Dufferin-Eglinton)?
I think we should have a framework. After all, the number of rapid transit stations in the region is going to increase greatly over the coming years. The other the questions seem to really be what's up to debate in my mind.
 
howl said:
ummmmm . . . really?. http://www1.toronto.ca/parks/prd/facilities/complex/28/
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Yet if you look at the Leslie/Eglinton intersection on Google Earth, the bordering parks are named Wilket Creek, Serena Gundy and Ernest Thompson Seton respectively. Sunnybrook Park is actually much further to the northwest and extends up to Bayview and Lawrence.

So naming the Leslie stop Sunnybrook Park would not only be a misnomer, but also confuse riders into thinking that it's the closest station to the very prominent hospital of the same name when in fact Bayview/Eglinton is far closer and has a Sunnybrook Plaza at one of it's corners already. "Leaside" best describes the Laird/Eglinton intersection.
 
Hopkins123 said:
Yet if you look at the Leslie/Eglinton intersection on Google Earth, the bordering parks are named Wilket Creek, Serena Gundy and Ernest Thompson Seton respectively. Sunnybrook Park is actually much further to the northwest and extends up to Bayview and Lawrence.

So naming the Leslie stop Sunnybrook Park would not only be a misnomer, but also confuse riders into thinking that it's the closest station to the very prominent hospital of the same name when in fact Bayview/Eglinton is far closer and has a Sunnybrook Plaza at one of it's corners already. "Leaside" best describes the Laird/Eglinton intersection.
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The city webpage for Sunnybrook Park, clearly says the park is "Near: Leslie St & Eglinton Ave E". It then goes on to say to get to it you go "to Leslie Street at Eglinton North Side Stop. Walk a few metres north to the park entrance on the west side of Leslie."

Google is certainly not a reliable source - it's information is provided by users. Though if you must rely on Google, simply go to the corner of Eglinton and Leslie in Google Streeview, where you can in the distance see a sign saying "Sunnybrook Park"! There's certainly no such sign on Bayview!
 
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