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Originally Posted by Brannwagon
To each their own, obviously, but I‘d much prefer if people used a common name for Lines 1 and 2. Personally, I think it’s silly that some people are still adamant that one line is “the LRT” and the other is “the O-Train”.
It also depends on the context, as Line 1 is definitely an LRT by nature of the system (albeit, one that operates more like a light metro) but that has nothing to do with what we call it during day to day conversation. For example, the two LRT lines U/C in Toronto will be named Lines 5 and 6 and officially be part of the TTC subway system, even though the trains themselves are LRVs. I highly doubt that Torontonians will coin a new term just for these new lines - it’ll all still be simply “the subway”. Take another example in Calgary, their system is way more similar to a true LRT than ours, yet I hear more people over there refer to it by its given name (C-Train) than we do with our system.
I think O-Train is a a simple, recognizable, easy-to-say (less syllables than “LRT”) name for our system that‘s broad enough to encompass whatever possible changes/additions we make to the network going forward (e.g. Line 2 electrification/twinning, Carling tram, etc.)
Anyways, this issue probably isn’t all that important in the grand scheme of things, but simply more of a pet peeve of mine. I have my own suspicions that we’ll see things change when Stage 2 is complete and Line 2’s ridership grows beyond its current niche to include RSS and airport passengers.
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Yes, I find it interesting that today, the new TTC LRT lines that run on the surface for much of their route will be included within the "Subway" while 35 years ago, when Line 3 was built, the TTC named it the "Scarborough RT", making a clear distinction between it and the subway. I wonder what will happen with #3 once the Scarborough RT is dismantled (assuming the Bloor extension to Scarborough is ever built).
I was glad to see that OC Transpo had made the decision to have both the Trillium and Confederation lines us the "O-Train" moniker even if they use different technologies, though disappointed that to this day, it hasn't really caught on. I hope you're right that with the completion of Stage 2 Trillium, which will encompass the same branding, architecture (even if value engineered) and wayfinding ("O" pylons in particular) as the Confederation, the media and general population starts adapting O-Train as opposed to LRT and distinguish the lines as "1" and "2" and/or Trillium and Confederation.
On a side note, I wonder how they will distinguish the Algonquin and Moodie branches. Different colours? Different shades of red? Line 1-A/Line 1-B? IMO, it would be best to have them as two distinct lines (number, colour and name) on the map, similar to the original Expo/Millennium interline (current Expo configuration features a split, and they don't seem to distinguish the branches other than in the name of the terminus station) or Edmonton's Capital/Metro lines. The same could be asked for the Airport and Trillium lines that are, for all intensive purposes, independent from one another were it not for the one shared platform at South Keys.
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