For those who’ve been on the west aspect of Line One lately, you may need seen an unfamiliar identify come over the small screens when getting into Eglinton West Station. The station is now referred to as Cedarvale Station with the identify change being part of the upcoming addition of Line 5 alongside Eglinton, in any other case often known as the still-not-open Crosstown LRT.
Individuals on-line seen the change and plenty of are divided. Probably the most notable side is that many individuals on-line point out that there’s at the moment no voice-over message for the brand new identify that performs over the intercom, in reality, nothing performs when getting into what was Eglinton West.
That is doubtless as a result of the truth that the newly dubbed Cedarvale Station will function a hub for riders to modify between Line One and the Crosstown LRT upon its completion.
With regards to the brand new identify, many on-line don’t like what was chosen. One commenter wrote “I suppose we’ll get used to the brand new station names however a few of them are usually not significantly intuitive. Eglinton and the Allen (the place Eglinton West is) is throughout the road from the northwest nook of Cedarvale however technically is between two completely different components of Higher Forest Hill Village.”
“My expertise has been that Torontonians sometimes seek advice from areas by intersection greater than anything and it could be cheap for the LRT stations to replicate that,” the commenter continued.
One other commenter talked about how complicated this will likely be for long-time TTC riders, “And naturally, that is going to confuse longtime riders who anticipate it to be referred to as Eglinton West and newer seatfolks who assume Eglinton (West) will stay being referred to as Eglinton.”
A distinct commenter expressed restrained pleasure on the identify change, seeing it as a “signal that we’re nearer to really having the road working.”
Appears Line 1 is already ready for Line 5 Eglinton, solely a sticker away!
The LED lights signify Eglinton Station and Eglinton West (Cedarvale) Station are already transformed into yellow, indicating that is an interchange station (even they aren’t but)#TTC #EglintonCrosstown pic.twitter.com/QjztdYoibh— 🇨🇳Smith Zhou🇨🇦 (@KokodayoCN) May 7, 2023
Nevertheless many are skeptical that the road will likely be completed by this yr like it’s anticipated to. Building of the Line started in 2011 and was speculated to be completed by 2020 and has confronted a number of delays. There may be additionally no actual date of completion introduced as of writing with builders saying that it is going to be completed in 2023 with no additional clarification.
Different individuals on-line mentioned that the identify change shouldn’t be an issue for them, with one evaluating it to that identify change that Downsview Park Station had, initially being known as Sheppard West
Line 5, extra generally often known as the Elginton Crosstown or the Elginton LRT, is ready to be completed this yr and can characteristic 25 stations.
Amongst these 25 stations will likely be three present ones, Eglinton, Cedarvale and Kennedy, which can function an extension to Line Two and Line Three
The road can be set to have stations at a number of key areas such because the Aga Khan Museum and Park in addition to the present location of the Ontario Science Centre.
Nevertheless Premier Doug Ford’s lately introduced his plan to maneuver the situation of the Science Centre to Ontario Place. The identify of the at the moment below building keep will doubtless change if that transfer goes by means of.