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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
This approach would also have enhanced the case for building 8th Ave subway a bit sooner than it may otherwise happen. If you drop the need to connect the lines and don't paint yourself into a corner with low-floor trains for the SE (where they don't make a lot of sense anyways) then the likely choice would be to send the SE straight to 8th Ave tunnel when you eventually convert it to LRT.
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If we were to go down that route, I think it would make more sense for the Red Line to use the 8th Ave Subway, while the SE line shares the Blue Line on 7th ave. The SE ridership will probably never require frequent enough trains to overload 7th ave along with the blue line, so the amount of trains on 7th today is how much trains green and blue lines should be down the road. The West LRT would benefit from very frequent rush hour trains, although it also wouldn't need that level of frequency. The NC would be it's own separate low floor line, which makes a lot of sense if using Centre Street.