Confederation Line West LRT Extension (Stage 2) [Tunney's to Baseline/Moodie] | U/C

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Originally Posted by Uhuniau

It really would have. But the river view is now reserved for motorists and MUPpers. (MUPpets? Not sure how to self-identify here.)

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Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

The views might have been nice but the grates would have created issues with animals getting in and debris getting blown in. With northern exposure I imagine snow drifting in would also create extra headaches.

That's a good point.

Originally Posted by Richard Eade

It might look as if it doesn’t make sense, at first, but you might be thinking in terms of Line 3 being truncated at Lincoln Fields – which it will be, but only a small portion of the time. The usual configuration of Line 1 and 3 is for them to use the central platform only, and alternate.

So, MOST of the time, only the larger, central platform is used. The passenger movements would be as follows:

From Algonquin to Downtown – stay on the inbound Line 1 train;
From Algonquin to Moodie – alight the inbound Line 1 train, cross the platform, and wait for an outbound Line 3 train;
From Moodie to Downtown – stay on the inbound Line 3 train;
From Moodie to Algonquin – alight the inbound Line 3 train, cross the platform, and wait for an outbound Line 1 train;
From Downtown to Algonquin – stay on the outbound Line 1 train;
From Downtown to Moodie – stay on the outbound Line 3 train.

This would be the case for five days a week, excluding late-night service. Only the wide, central platform is in use. The extra side platform is not in use, so there is no reason for ups and downs during these times.

During the other two days, and late at night, Line 3 will only run between Lincoln Fields and Moodie. The Line 3 train will use the single, side platform. Passenger movements will be as follows:

From Algonquin to Downtown – stay on the inbound Line 1 train;
From Algonquin to Moodie – alight on the central platform, up/down to the side platform, and wait for a Line 3 train;
From Moodie to Downtown – alight on the side platform, up/down to the central platform, and wait for a Line 1 train;
From Moodie to Algonquin – alight on the side platform, up/down to the central platform, and wait for a Line 1 train;
From Downtown to Algonquin – stay on the outbound Line 1 train;
From Downtown to Moodie – alight on the central platform, up/down to the side platform, and wait for a Line 3 train.

So, during the minority of time, there will be ups and downs to change platforms. However, because Line 1 and Line 3 trains are at different platforms, it might be possible to time them for a faster transfer

If things were the opposite way, then people would be doing the opposite: ups and downs during the majority of the time, but just crossing the platform on weekends.

That's my interpretation (and Shane's). Best configuration would have been two centre platforms, but because we're running low floors, it was deemed safer to set it up like this to have barriers between tracks.

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

9 minute transfer wait times between trains like at South Keys?

Yes, late nights. That is, if we're able and willing to return frequencies to 5 minutes in the central segment off peak.