Hi Reece, I thought this was a really good post, thanks. The other thing this made me think of is that if the king liberty go station were reconfigured for service on the Kitchener and Milton lines, the station would also then become a much better location for the Ontario line stop than exhibition. The Ontario line would still be close enough to serve BMO and the ex, but the location at the north end of liberty would put it much closer to the residential buildings in the area that I suspect will form the bulk of the daily ridership. It would give you roughly the same level of connectivity as the lakeshore line. It would be much closer to Parkdale and would set you up for and obvious extension into that neighbourhood. I know it can't happen, path dependence, redesign costs, all that. I'm just left feeling like we are leaving opportunities on the table.
Thanks for the comment Damien! I agree to an extent, but I do think the challenge here is that the northern site is a lot more space constrained. The OL terminal would almost certainly need to be underground which would add a fair bit of cost, probably including to that western extension. That said, on a connectivity basis you are probably right, it would be better (especially if KL served more lines)!
Yeah it would be more expensive, though I think justifiable given the population densities along that segment. And it won't happen one way or the other in any case. I will still be excited for KL station, even though I got which line its serving wrong in my original comment (perhaps subconsciously trying to will Barrie line service into being, which would be way more useful to me personally).
Hi Reece, I thought this was a really good post, thanks. The other thing this made me think of is that if the king liberty go station were reconfigured for service on the Kitchener and Milton lines, the station would also then become a much better location for the Ontario line stop than exhibition. The Ontario line would still be close enough to serve BMO and the ex, but the location at the north end of liberty would put it much closer to the residential buildings in the area that I suspect will form the bulk of the daily ridership. It would give you roughly the same level of connectivity as the lakeshore line. It would be much closer to Parkdale and would set you up for and obvious extension into that neighbourhood. I know it can't happen, path dependence, redesign costs, all that. I'm just left feeling like we are leaving opportunities on the table.
Thanks for the comment Damien! I agree to an extent, but I do think the challenge here is that the northern site is a lot more space constrained. The OL terminal would almost certainly need to be underground which would add a fair bit of cost, probably including to that western extension. That said, on a connectivity basis you are probably right, it would be better (especially if KL served more lines)!
Yeah it would be more expensive, though I think justifiable given the population densities along that segment. And it won't happen one way or the other in any case. I will still be excited for KL station, even though I got which line its serving wrong in my original comment (perhaps subconsciously trying to will Barrie line service into being, which would be way more useful to me personally).
I think multiple services stopping is so critical, it would be more useful to EVERYONE