[cplchanb]

I hope you’re right that it’s a placeholder, but then again that’s how we ended up with “Vaughan Metropolitan Centre”, because Vaughan is apparently a bustling North American metropolis.

Naming the station “High Tech” after a road just highlights the problem of naming conventions across North America. It’s generic and meaningless…the road itself shouldn’t even be named this let alone the station.

I do agree….they should just create a junction station here….GO, TTC, VIVA/YRT….Langstaff, “High Tech” all into the one large Richmond Hill Centre station, which is what YRT/VIVA already calls it.

Thing is a station name should help people immediately recognise where they are, connect to the local community, or have some historical or cultural significance. Picking an already poor bland street name like this doesn’t do that.

It will be interesting to see what they choose.

Seriously can we have some consistency here?! On one side we have UT foamers complaining that the line 5 stops should he named after streets and intersections yet in this line, the stops are named after streets and now foamers are complaining that they should be named after a landmark. Pick a damn side and stick with it!!

 

[6ixGod]

Seriously can we have some consistency here?! On one side we have UT foamers complaining that the line 5 stops should he named after streets and intersections yet in this line, the stops are named after streets and now foamers are complaining that they should be named after a landmark. Pick a damn side and stick with it!!

I was not aware of this civil war.

EDIT: That said, when the street name is silly, I would go with unique/different names.

 

[blaixx]

Honestly they should probably also move Langstaff GO north to the subway stop to create a better transfer between the subway and bus terminal (and rename the station of course).

Langstaff GO is already located adjacent to the future "Bridge" subway station (another great name) which is where the connection to the YRT Highway 7 buses and GO 407 buses will be. That is where the bus terminal should be moved to in order to consolidate all modes. If that happens, High Tech would be an unusual terminal station with basically no connections.

 

[T3G]

Naming the station “High Tech” after a road just highlights the problem of naming conventions across North America. It’s generic and meaningless…the road itself shouldn’t even be named this let alone the station.

Do you imagine other countries don't name stops and stations after streets, or something?

Seriously can we have some consistency here?! On one side we have UT foamers complaining that the line 5 stops should he named after streets and intersections yet in this line, the stops are named after streets and now foamers are complaining that they should be named after a landmark. Pick a damn side and stick with it!!

Breaking news: forums are full of individuals, all of whom have their own opinions, and they sometimes disagree. More at 11.

Knock it off with the "foamer" bullshit, by the way.

 

[Vortex112]

If I had to guess the final name for the station it will almost certainly be "Richmond Hill Centre". Honestly they should probably also move Langstaff GO north to the subway stop to create a better transfer between the subway and bus terminal (and rename the station of course).

I do agree….they should just create a junction station here….GO, TTC, VIVA/YRT….Langstaff, “High Tech” all into the one large Richmond Hill Centre station, which is what YRT/VIVA already calls it.

This is what Bridge station is. The new subway, GO, and bus transfer station. But it’s also connected to the area of Richmond Hill Centre.

 

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

I don't love "Bridge" or "High Tech" as names but as has previously been stated, High Tech Station is located at High Tech Road which makes it extremely sensible (even though I'd kinda prefer something like "Richmond Hill Centre.")

Bridge is located between two bridges. Could it be called "Langstaff" or "Langstaff Gateway"? Again, I woudln't mind but does anyone really care?

 

[81-717]

Ontario really needs a lesson on naming conventions because my goodness some of the names they come up with for public spaces/stations etc. are just cringeworthy.

Agreed, considering some names on the OL.

It's most likely a place holder name like "Queen-Spadina", and "King-Bathurst" on the Ontario Line.

And those names are as accurate as they can be, way better than Queen or Pape (for the OL stations) or Eglinton (line 5) or Sheppard West (line 4).

Seriously can we have some consistency here?! On one side we have UT foamers complaining that the line 5 stops should he named after streets and intersections yet in this line, the stops are named after streets and now foamers are complaining that they should be named after a landmark. Pick a damn side and stick with it!!

Well I'm pro King–Bathurst, pro Queen–Spadina, pro Queen–Yonge, pro Pape–Danforth, pro Eglinton–Yonge, etc, so my stance is pretty decisive.

I was not aware of this civil war.

Wait till you hear about the civil war between the pro-H5/pro-Hawker vs. anti-Hawker/pro-everything-else people, lol

 

[Mercenary]

It's most likely a place holder name like "Queen-Spadina", and "King-Bathurst" on the Ontario Line. If I had to guess the final name for the station it will almost certainly be "Richmond Hill Centre". Honestly they should probably also move Langstaff GO north to the subway stop to create a better transfer between the subway and bus terminal (and rename the station of course). Also the name High Tech comes from High Tech Road which is the street the stop will be located at.

Queen-Spadina should be called Chinatown and King-Bathurst should be called Fashion District.

High-Tech should just be called Richmond Hill and I think Vaughn Metro Centre should just be called Vaughn

 

[Cryptopreneur]

Naming wars aside, does the recent tunnelling contract mean the values of the new pre-construction condos at 8188 Yonge St will rise? Lmfao.

 

[chrisw]

It should've been priced in. Not exactly a surprise to anyone.

 

[Cryptopreneur]

It should've been priced in. Not exactly a surprise to anyone.

Wasn't it like "cancelled" or something before? Where they said it won't reach that intersection, let alone Richmond Hill?

 

[nfitz]

I hope you’re right that it’s a placeholder, but then again that’s how we ended up with “Vaughan Metropolitan Centre”, because Vaughan is apparently a bustling North American metropolis.

Vaughan Mafia Central was never the default name. As discussed in that thread, many, many times, it was Vaughan Centre. Which is what TTC and City of Toronto approved. Then Vaughan had a hissy fit, and got there way.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I am genuinely concerned that by the time the train reaches around Finch or Sheppard, there will be no more room for Toronto passengers to board.

There is an almost an alternative. The Richmond Hill GO Train.

Unfortunately, just rush hour one-way from Bloomington in morning and rush hour one-way to Bloomington in afternoon. No weekend service. No service outside rush hour.

 

[PL1]

There is an almost an alternative. The Richmond Hill GO Train.
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Unfortunately, just rush hour one-way from Bloomington in morning and rush hour one-way to Bloomington in afternoon. No weekend service. No service outside rush hour.

It's also very slow and serpentine , partially prone to flooding, and ML only owns the line roughly south of Steeles

 

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

Vaughan Mafia Central was never the default name. As discussed in that thread, many, many times, it was Vaughan Centre. Which is what TTC and City of Toronto approved. Then Vaughan had a hissy fit, and got there way.

Unnecessary Vaughan slander aside, it's worth noting:
-the actual original name for the area was Vaughan Corporate Centre
-Vaughan Metropolitan Centre is its correct name, as per Places to Grow (RIP)
-Vaughan Centre was never its name and it's a kind of dumb name for a station, except for the logic that "It's one word shorter!"
-Toronto renamed "Pioneer Village" in the same renaming process and I'd argue that name is at least as dumb. VMC might be a longe rname but it's more accurate. And the announcers on TTC just say "Vaughan," anyway.

OTOH, Pioneer Village is barely near Pioneer Village and, on top of that, "Black Creek Pioneer Village" is now called "The Village at Black Creek," so they might as well call it "Science Centre" for how useful it is to find yourself standing in a parking lot in front of a UPS warehouse looking for a place that doesn't exist.

It's also very slow and serpentine , partially prone to flooding, and ML only owns the line roughly south of Steeles

This "GO is an alternative" stuff gets discussed every 50-100 pages here and yes, these are the reasons its utility is limited.

It provides important direct service to Union and is important when it comes to developing this area in a transit-first mode but it is has real limitiations and is set up very differently from lines like Lakeshore and these are some of reasons that electrification on this line is scheduled somewhere between "never" and "when hell freezes over."