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Originally Posted by OTownandDown

I'd always assumed the Trillium South extension WAS the Barfhaven connection?

It was in the 2006 plan, but the fact that it would take 10 minutes longer for most Barrhaven residents than the current transitway kind of vetoed that option.

Originally Posted by OTownandDown

I guess I'd always thought that suburban lines were just gigantic walmart-style parking lots with a train station in the middle. Didn't realize we had to snake our way through these low-density neighbourhoods so that Karen can walk to the station.

Once again, that was the 2006 plan, snake the line through a future, low density, housing development so that 10 people per hour could use a station.

Originally Posted by OTownandDown

If we can't afford Stage 3/4, we should try to expand the parking lots. I know Eagleson is full to the brim daily. It should be bigger.

I would rather see better bus connections to the train stations than building a bigger parking lot. Hard to do when you have a bus-bus-train transfer.

Originally Posted by CityTech

The Terry Fox extension is cheap; IIRC it was costed at something like $750M--although that was before the Phase 2 cost blew up, so maybe a little over $1B now.

I have always been an strong advocate of the Terry Fox extension and shelving plans beyond that.

Originally Posted by CityTech

Fallowfield is probably more complicated - there's a ROW from Baseline station down to Knoxdale, but from Knoxdale to Hunt Club they'd have to tunnel. Plus there's the railway crossing. But in fairness that VIA separation has to happen anyway, LRT or no LRT. Barrhaven already has a Transitway that provides decent enough service.

Knoxdale to Hunt Club is certainly the tough section. The VIA grade separations are an opportunity though. It will be cheaper to have the train cross the VIA tracks than the transitway and VIA's grade separation with Fallowfield could be built for quadruple track (2 for VIA and 2 for Stage 3).

Originally Posted by CityTech

Honestly, I don't think extensions to Kanata or Barrhaven really have solid business cases.

I disagree. Extending to Kanata and Barrhaven will save running buses through the greenbelt, and the reduced number of transfers will increase ridership.

Originally Posted by OCCheetos

This is still up in the air. Elevated and trench options were presented.

When was this presented? Would it also be elevated over the Beachburg Subdivision as well? Given that it is already elevated, crossing above it would be very high. OTOH, given that Knoxdale is less than 350m away, going under then over would be like a roller coaster. I know it would be expensive, but I think tunnelling is the only good option.