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Leo_Chan said:
Here's something that confuses me: Why is Downsview -> Sheppard West while Eglinton West -> Cedarvale. I understand the confusion with Downsview Park, but why not be consistent?
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i feel like this would make sense totally if eglinton was renamed eglinton-yonge because u dont want line 5 (eglinton line) going into stations that are named after the street the line travels along. if this were my choice, i would have cedarvale (eglinton-allen isn't bad), sheppard west (avoid confusion with dowsview park) and eglinton-yonge. It makes no sense to newcomers that theyre riding the eglinton line and pull into a station called eglinton or eglinton west, they know theyre on eglinton but they have no clue what cross street theyre at.
 
Would it be unpopular to have Bathurst Station (Bloor), Bathurst North Station (Sheppard), Bathurst South Station (Queen), and Bathurst Mid Station (Eglinton). Or have obvious names like Bathurst-Sheppard, Bathurst-Eglinton, Bathurst-Bloor, and Bathurst-Queen. However, I feel like both of the previous examples won't be chosen and they'll go with unique names.
 
Leo_Chan said:
Would it be unpopular to have Bathurst Station (Bloor), Bathurst North Station (Sheppard), Bathurst South Station (Queen), and Bathurst Mid Station (Eglinton). Or have obvious names like Bathurst-Sheppard, Bathurst-Eglinton, Bathurst-Bloor, and Bathurst-Queen. However, I feel like both of the previous examples won't be chosen and they'll go with unique names.
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Or Bathurst (Bloor), Earl Bales (Sheppard), Fort York (Queen) and Forest Hill (Eglinton).

Bathurst North for Sheppard actually isn't that bad as I highly doubt there'd be a future subway beyond that at Bathurst-Finch or Bathurst-Steeles.
 
Hopkins123 said:
Or Bathurst (Bloor), Earl Bales (Sheppard), Fort York (Queen) and Forest Hill (Eglinton).

Bathurst North for Sheppard actually isn't that bad as I highly doubt there'd be a future subway beyond that at Bathurst-Finch or Bathurst-Steeles.
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The first part of you reply is the unique names thing I said is what they're probably going to use.
 
Hopkins123 said:
Or Bathurst (Bloor), Earl Bales (Sheppard), Fort York (Queen) and Forest Hill (Eglinton).

Bathurst North for Sheppard actually isn't that bad as I highly doubt there'd be a future subway beyond that at Bathurst-Finch or Bathurst-Steeles.
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Remember that "Forest Hill" was the one name that got Metrolinx board members riled up?

Oh, priorities.
 
I think LA has better station names for their Metro system than we do. Many of them are the two cross-streets (Wilshire/Western; Wilshire/Vermont; Vermont/Beverly; Vermont/Sunset; Hollywood/Western; Hollywood/Vine). Many of them include the major points of interest (Union Station; Civic Center/Grand Park; Aviation/LAX; Expo Park/USC; Jefferson/USC; Grand/LATTC).
 
Coruscanti Cognoscente said:
I think LA has better station names for their Metro system than we do. Many of them are the two cross-streets (Wilshire/Western; Wilshire/Vermont; Vermont/Beverly; Vermont/Sunset; Hollywood/Western; Hollywood/Vine). Many of them include the major points of interest (Union Station; Civic Center/Grand Park; Aviation/LAX; Expo Park/USC; Jefferson/USC; Grand/LATTC).
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Aside from using slashes, which can be hard to read in certain font sizes and types, I agree. "Western-Wilshire" or "Western & Wilshire" would be perfect. For the record, I prefer putting the street name that the line is on/under last in the name, not first.
 
Hopkins123 said:
Or Bathurst (Bloor), Earl Bales (Sheppard), Fort York (Queen) and Forest Hill (Eglinton).

Bathurst North for Sheppard actually isn't that bad as I highly doubt there'd be a future subway beyond that at Bathurst-Finch or Bathurst-Steeles.
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i think you should only resort to using north south east and west if all other options are taken, or if they propose naming bathurst-queen to something like "fort york/garrison park & museum village"
 
Hopkins123 said:
Odd too that such a debate would even be contentious considering the proximity of Old Forest Hill Rd, Forest Hill Library and Forest Hill Collegiate to Bathurst/Eglinton. You'd think "Forest Hill" would be a natural fit for such a station stop.
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forest hill makes more sense at the chaplin stop but I still prefer the cross street names for station stops
 
Maybe the city should name the new city wards to correspond to the station names? After all, St. Patrick and St. Andrew stations were named after old city ward names.
 
Can someone provide me a quick run down of how the Scarborough Subway Extension impacts both the current Eglinton LRT construction and future LRT phases?
 
^it doesn't?

The only way it impacted it was by making the project slightly cheaper as the changes at Kennedy Station are less extensive with the subway option over the SLRT.

If anything the subway has brought the Eglinton East LRT back on the political radar, to the point it may actually get built now.
 
From link:

Tele Town Hall, Jane to Bathurst.

The Crosstown’s Communications & Community Relations Team is pleased to be hosting four upcoming tele town halls. These tele town halls will complement a series of upcoming station open houses planned in coordination with Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS). Tele town halls are live and interactive phone meetings – very similar to a radio call-in show. The Crosstown’s upcoming tele town halls will provide residents along the Eglinton corridor an opportunity to ask our project team whatever’s on your mind.

On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, residents in the western section of the Eglinton Crosstown corridor (from Jane to Bathurst) will have the opportunity to join in a live and interactive Crosstown conversation. If you live in this area, we will be calling you, and if you’d like to participate or listen in, all you have to do is stay on the line when we call.

If you are interested in participating, but don’t have a landline, you can still join. You can connect to the call from your cellular phone by dialing 1-877-229-8493, ID Code: 112697 at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4. Alternatively, you can tune into The Crosstown Facebook page, and we will have a link to a web audio stream.​
 
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