Johnny Au
Superstar
It would meet Andrew Thomson's former campaign office in a short while. Thomson was the NDP candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence during last year's federal election.
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Hopkins123
Senior Member
Already nearing Yonge Street. Fantastic! Now the real fun begins (i.e. moving the existing station 70 metres north and tunneling underneath YUS, all without disrupting service).
CodeMonkey
Active Member
The ICRT sounds more like they where planning an RER than what we are building with the LRT lines. However the Eglinton Crosstown is more in spirit, if not very similar, with the Network 2011 plan, which dumped the Eglinton subway in favour of a BRT line to save costs, before political presser changed it into a stubway and its eventual cancellation in 1995.
The difference with the Eglinton Crosstown this time around is the underground stations and tunnels are specifically designed for LRT's only, essentially killing off any chance of a conversion to HRT without substantial costs.
Amare
Senior Member
Exactly conversion to heavy rail will never happen and by the time you add up the costs to do that, it would make more sense building a parallel subway or LRT on Lawrence, Finch, or another East-West arterial route.
Palma
Senior Member
this does not make sense. Just because if at some future point ridership is such that you need more cars and the decision is to convert to subway, how does putting a parallel subway or LRT on Lawrence do anything to help Egltnton if it gets congested
Amare
Senior Member
Case in point, see current Yonge Subway situation for more details.
sixrings
Senior Member
If Eglinton gets over crowded it will likely not be because of walk in users. Rather it will be because people transfer onto it from bus routes such as jane, kipling or islington. Putting a line on Lawrence would help since it would change where many people decide to transfer.
robmausser
Senior Member
I feel like the ICRT was very similar in design to BART in San Francisco.
A middle ground between subway and commuter rail.
Its the number 1 transit line that I really wish actually had happened in Toronto.
I think if ICRT or GO ALRT had actually gone through, Torontos density would be a lot more spread out than concentrated in the downtown today.
robmausser
Senior Member
I believe that Eglinton underground station boxes were designed with areas on each end of the platform that are constructed for storage/office space, but they can be torn out to create a platform that can accomodate 4 coupled trainsets.
Above ground stations can obviously be exteneded.
So, I think if the Eglinton LRT gets overcrowded the first order will be to extend the platforms and buy more Flexities to make 4 car trains.
Hopkins123
Senior Member
If Eglinton Corsstown is NOT convertible to heavy rail at some point in the future, then the voters were seriously lied to. I distinctly remember when they were first planning it, the powers that be emphasized over and over again that convertibility was an option and stations were being designed to accommodate this.
rbt
Senior Member
It's convertible, it's just a massive waste of resources to do it.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The Eglinton Subway from Eglinton West Station to Black Creek was to be heavy rail as it was cancelled by Mike Harris.
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT was never to be convertible to heavy rail. Please show us the links to any documentation (such as the Environmental Assessment) that shows us overwise.
The stations could be lengthen to accommodate longer trains, but the width will stay the same. The platforms will stay low floor, never to be raised for a high platform heavy rail.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Vote to progress work on Crosstown West passed 37-4
cplchanb
Senior Member
who was against?
Amare
Senior Member
I'll take a wild guess: Mammo, Jimmy K, and Nunziata. I'm drawing a blank at who could be #4