11th
Senior Member
Too bad Metrolinx takes a cut of Presto transactions. The proper way should have been to offer token to Presto credit conversion. Techincally it does not cost them anything extra to offer that option. Token is prepaid fare.
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Steve X
Senior Member
It’s be a decade since the roll out of presto. People should have seen this coming. TTC did give a lot of time and this whole work from home thing wasn’t their fault either.
11th
Senior Member
I think only very few are against ending tokens/tickets use. However, the transition process could have been improved upon.
It is not easy to use up the tokens because even before the onefare program, physical fare media use provides less flexibility. You can't use unstaffed entrance. You can only make one continuous trip.
Steve X
Senior Member
People should expect they will expire.
TTC warns the revenue when you buy the tokens not when you use them. TTC doesn’t have the budget for collecting tokens and loading people’s presto cards.
Some inflation has gone up in a decade. The cost offer the rides has also gone up significantly. The actual cost of the token might not have gone up that much but the cost to move people around sure did. So it’s definitely a lost convert token to today’s adult fare value.
drum118
Superstar
The word is TTC has started to remove poles from the fleet with 9 cars having their poles remove so far and long over due. There are a few locations that need to be upgraded, but they are out of service until 2031 along reinstalling the close Queen St area. Took TTC a long time to get things done and a fair number of tears late.
Will TTC instruct TB not to ship the remaining 13 cars with poles as 4650 has its pole. It will be off loaded Monday as the car that will be use to pull it off the flat is sitting at Hillcrest now.
Will TTC instruct TB not to ship the remaining 13 cars with poles as 4650 has its pole. It will be off loaded Monday as the car that will be use to pull it off the flat is sitting at Hillcrest now.
sche
Active Member
Not sure if anyone has posted this before but one escalator at Hwy 407 station has been permanently removed, which looks pretty dumb. When did this happen?? Lol
ViewerOfToronto
New Member
It’s been like this since opening date, seems like an intentional design in rendering stages but I’m not too sure why theres a metal floor plate there. Here’s a render from 2015.
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Is this a provision for an escalator we were to damn cheap to put in in the first place?
ARG1
Senior Member
My memory is failing me on this (if this was always like this, then I somehow completely ignored it this whole time), but its worth noting that that half of the concourse mostly just exists for a future 407 Transitway connection. Its likely that the escalator is only meant to be put in when something is built there.
Also, this image is from September 2022, so yes the escalator was never there most likely.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Special meeting on Thursday at 7.30am. No agenda
Toronto Transit Commission - Meeting 5
Meeting Date and Status:June 5, 2025 - 7:30 AM - Scheduled (Special)Location:Video Conferencesmallspy
Senior Member
There's never been one there in the first place. That's a rough-in for a future install.
That level of the station is where the fare line is, along with the access to the parking lot. It will never get busy enough in this configuration to warrant an escalator. But at the bottom there, to the left, there's also a knock-out panel to allow access to the 407 Transitway platforms when that finally gets built - only then will they "need" to install the escalator there.
Dan
nfitz
Superstar
DSCToronto
Superstar
or the new CEO's?
nfitz
Superstar
I'd think that would go under "other". I assumed from the Mandeep Lali thread that was already done and dusted. But if not, then yes, that must be it.