borgo100
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2033?
2033?
From the available options....it is pretty logical that they end up only further considering 4B and 6B.
As one GT line rider, I wouldn't mind being dumped off at Bathurst/Spadina as long as the link included a PATH connection giving the walking option. That, of course, is probably skewed by my end location (King and University) being a relatively short walk and one that I do fairly regularly anyway and not too much longer than the walk from Union (further, yes, but manageable). I don't interline that often (and I am not sure how many GO train riders do).
That said, from an overall system impact point of view, the 6B option seems to make the most sense. The potential new station for the exclusive use of the Lakeshore Line(s) is only just east of Union (around Yonge I think they said) and would be linked to Union by a tunnel...so that wold allow some interlining and the new secondary location seems better than what 4B offers. It also provides greater relief to Union at 40% rather than 35%.
So should we launch a lobby group now? "6B by '33" has a nice ring to it!
PATH isn't that far away in the CBC Centre at Front and John. If the station were at Spadina I think a natural extension of the PATH network to there would mitigate the effect of being an "auxiliary station". Much more than being at Bathurst which is quite a hike just to get into the edges of downtown.
Both the Toronto Convention Centre and the hotel next to it are for sale. Buy and demolish them, widen the tracks into that area with platforms, and build a new convention centre overtop of tracks and new station (roughly John to Simcoe) as they exist today. Might need to take a chunk of the office building west of John too or hover over-top of Station St (behind 151 Front).
Based on the cost of Vancouvers new convention centre which is mostly hovering over water, it would probably be about $1B to do (slightly cheaper than the Lake Shore tunnel).
Maybe we don't even need to replace the convention centre? According to this WSJ columnist there is already an over-supply of convention space and the demand for space has fallen every year for the past 20 years. The figures are US numbers, would there be a difference here?
Both the Toronto Convention Centre and the hotel next to it are for sale.
They are..i thought Oxford bought it over a year ago and have plans for a future development.
They are..i thought Oxford bought it over a year ago and have plans for a future development.
Ahh, wasn't aware it had been sold.
I had not seen a followup to the press release indicating that was for sale. In fact, i believed it was still primarily government owned during the G20. Did it happen shortly after that?