06-30-2019, 10:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-30-2019, 10:59 AM by danbrotherston.)
(06-30-2019, 10:43 AM)KevinL Wrote:ijmorlan Wrote:The way the platforms are built is definitely wrong if both platforms will regularly be used for boarding. You will note that all permanent TTC subway terminal stations, past and present, are centre-platform, except for the Yonge part of Sheppard/Yonge where they only use a single platform (side-platform stations Woodbine and Keele were the original terminii of Line 2, but the extensions to centre-platform Islington and Warden started construction as soon as the initial portion of the line opened).
They were restricted by the geometry of the site in each case, particularly at Conestoga. A centre platform would mean the tracks are farther apart, and thus the leading crossover has to be longer in turn. They couldn't fit this into the property and architecture they had to work with.
I am sure there were trade offs to be made for all stations on the line. The frustrating thing is that passenger convenience and access seem to be a very low priority compared with cost, and motorist convenience when hard choices had to be made.
Hopefully some of these can be fixed over time but central platforms isn't likely one of them.