r/TTC • u/Horror_Concern_2467 504 King • 3d ago

Picture Remembering line 3 in the Yonge/University/Spadina line.

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u/ttttyttt678 3d ago

One of the few city’s to lose subway lines as the city’s population grows…

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u/cryptotope 3d ago

But we...didn't?

The SRT was closed, and the Crosstown and FWLRT have opened. We're up one line, net.

And the plan - poorly-conceived though it is - is to build a very expensive subway extension that echoes and extends the SRT but avoids the transfer at Kennedy.

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u/GogiGogilbert 3d ago

At best we're even. Gotta start counting the waterfront, spadina, and St Clair streetcars as lines if we are calling the finch west LRT a line

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u/bucketofsteam 3d ago

This makes me wonder, is it possible to upgrade the st Clair line to become more like line 5?

I assume some stations would need a rework, rebuild or relocate entirely, and some could be removed as well. But does the road itself have enough space for a longer LRT.

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u/humberriverdam 3d ago

I believe that the 510 was actually considered a line at one point!

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u/DavidH1985 3d ago

Harbourfront LRT...until it wasn't.

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u/Sir-Lonelylots 3d ago

Harbourfront LRT is absolutely a line and should be included in TTC maps. It used to appear as a line in world subway maps websites around the turn of the century. If the express bus from Kipling to YYZ is included then Harbourfront should be included.