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Originally Posted by J.OT13
I was frustrated at first after reading this, but it makes sense now. It's true that Bayview was ill-conceived by Ottawa transit planners. They chose the absolute cheapest design instead of optimizing transfers between Line 1, Line 2 (with potential for interlining) and the eventual Gatineau Line. They even made it much more complicated to cross Trillium to Gatineau by offsetting the old CP tracks and the new Trillium track.
As I've said before, I think having Trillium cross the PoW and terminate at Zibi is the only possible alternative for that particular bridge.
As for Portage, it makes sense to cross the STO train to Lyon via Portage, minimizing transfers, but the route would be very complicated. There is plenty of space for a STO train station on Sparks, however.
As for Alexandra, I'm still hopeful to one day see an STO train run across. This would be a partial, yet critical part of the long fabled transit loop.
EDIT: If it comes to Portage, then the route needs to change. Trains should go up Maisonneuve and take Allumettière down to the west end. If the Alexanrdra Bridge is also used, they could join with the Portage Trains at the Maisonneuve/Allumettière intersection. Both corridors are wide enough to easily accommodate LRT, unlike Alexandre-Taché.
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Finally some common sense prevails and the funny part is that Kitchissppi had already posted an idea similar to what you just said awhile back.
This is for Kitchissppi, can you repost you idea for what the Gatineau LRT route should be actually? I found it was the best and most realistic option.
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