micheal_can
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One would hope the 2 agencies are talking to each other to ensure that the stations will be used once opened.
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One would hope the 2 agencies are talking to each other to ensure that the stations will be used once opened.
Coolstar
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Here the technical update which I found more interesting of a read. Contains the update but not the final station designs.
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rbt
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An agreement dated November 30th, 2016. Section 2.1:
turini2
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RE: The news today - I will continue to wear my not surprised face
robmausser
Senior Member
Thats interesting because I could have sworn that the 2018 Toronto transit expansion map showed Bloor/Lansdowne station as a Metrolinx station (green)
rbt
Senior Member
Yeah, in the 2016 agreement the Smartrack Stations were to be Toronto's responsibility to design and pay for, with Metrolinx handling the tender process.
The 2 GO stations are for Metrolinx to design/tender, and Toronto to pay for via $20M/year in GO capital fees.
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Midtown Urbanist
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Coolstar
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duffo
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as much as this program has been a bit of a joke since the beginning, its hard to argue that these stations won't bring big benefits to their local areas. I am looking forward to seeing this happen, and greatly improve the business case for fare integration in the process.
facepalming_brooklynite
Active Member
exactly! I can't wait for the Bloor-Lansdowne station (with all-day two-way service) to cut my commute in half
ShonTron
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The Bloor-Lansdowne Station is almost useless - poor connections to Bloor Street, and awful access to the subway, especially without a multi-use path overpass to the north side. Cutting the south side tunnel and stairs makes access to MoCA and the bike parking areas really bad. Imagine you get off a northbound train and you're at the south side of the platform.
It's been value engineered to death. And we're paying for it and calling it SmartTrack?
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It's been value engineered to death. And we're paying for it and calling it SmartTrack?
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robmausser
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Lets hope something that comes out of this is more co-operation between the city and province on fare integration and what not.
We built GO stations, you built TTC subway stuff, now lets all get along and play nice and let our riders use both easily.
crs1026
Superstar
Interesting how some station structures, tunnels, etc have been "deferred". These stations will be quite bare bones.
Perhaps that will be a contrast to the more customary Metrolinx design largesse.
- Paul
Perhaps that will be a contrast to the more customary Metrolinx design largesse.
- Paul
Northern Light
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But no reduction in budget.
These stations are strikingly expensive for what they propose to deliver.
At this price point, I expect granite platforms, elaborate canopies, and finishes second to none.