Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Must be one of the 50 shades of grey that Toronto allows on most buildings these days.
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PL1
Senior Member
turbanplanner
Senior Member
That sounds like it would be nice but knowing the city, we will get union station 2.0 art
ARG1
Senior Member
I know people like to complain about the Union Station Art, and while I get people's complaints about it, I personally think its fine. I think the problem isn't that its moody and depressing, but that it's the only major station with an art installation and is compounded by having a sad tone.
Natika33
Active Member
Art is subjective anyway. Personally, I quite like the art at Union (and also Pape), but I'm not keen on the older 70s stuff and find some of the other newer station art (like in all the Sheppard line stations) kinda boring.
Tunafish13
Active Member
Plowing the station platforms for some reason?
11th
Senior Member
^ This would actually be a good place to have a radiant snow melting system. (for safety, environment, and comfort)
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
If public transit had a higher priority than the auto, we could have had that installed. The rich elite motorists don't see a need for it.
In the beginning of the 20th century, the rich elite had their latest plaything, the automobile,. Because they were also on city council, they ordered the city to plow the streets for them to use their playthings, at the city's expense. Before the auto, their horses were able to pull their sleights through the snow. However, the auto get stuck in the snow, unless their path is plowed.
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cplchanb
Senior Member
I thought they did...
TorontoBun
New Member
I believe the tunnel is so deep between Keelesdale and Caledonia station (and the station itself) is because the "off-the-shelf" LRVs couldn't possibly handle such a steep grade (uphill) if the tunnels were to follow the grade of the street above between Keele and just west of Caledonia.Caledonia Station is even deeper. It is at the crest of the hill going down to Keelesdale Station.
From link.
The bored tunnels are deep to reduce the transmission of vibration and noise to the surface. Should be quieter than the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth, which was cut-n-cover.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
MrGoose
Active Member
What are the odds that when they redo these platforms for level boarding that ML bothers re-installing the radiant heating system?Seen them install radiant heating on GO train station platforms.
I guess that depends on whether they tear up the existing platforms or just pour concrete on top.
Deadpool X
Senior Member
They instead would have created proper shelters covered from almost all sides. Even bus stops have better weather protection than this embarrassment.
smallspy
Senior Member
And how wide did you expect the remaining amount of platform to be after your full-sized shelter?
Dan
Mind_the_gap
Active Member
I sure hope there is a snowmelt system installed, hopefully there is and it’s just off? They definitely shouldn’t cheap out on that.
Plowing the station platforms for some reason?
Also, did anyone else notice the (in my opinion) dangerous placement of the Presto reader. I thought the point was to encourage people to stand well behind the yellow line. I also thought that the narrower ”Ticket” spaces in the shelters were meant for these. On top of encouraging passengers to stand too close to the edge, this also indicates that they intend to make the whole platform area ”fare-paid” (POP), not just the vehicles.
(Edit: This will just encourage people to congregate at the ramps to the surface stops until the train arrives. I know I’m not starting my two-hour ticket window until the train is maybe a minute away. On the subway this would be the ”suicide-spot” where trains enter at the highest speed.)
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