rdaner
Senior Member
I have wondered if the decision to leave the sides of the roof intact is related to keeping future development options open?
I have wondered if the decision to leave the sides of the roof intact is related to keeping future development options open?
I have wondered if the decision to leave the sides of the roof intact is related to keeping future development options open?
They sure are taking their time with the shed. It seems the glass table is moving much quicker now but the progress on the rest of the shed is sad. Hopefully the real light grey seen on track 11 and 12 for the metal supports of the old shed will be applied throughout as that will really brighten things up. It blows my mind that things haven't moved on to track 9 and 10 yet.
I would suspect that they would want to get at least the structure of the new roof up before they substantially started on the shed, if nothing else to reduce the impact on the platforms. Confining the construction to only certain parts of the platforms is much less disruptive than doing the whole platform at once. But that's just a guess.
I too am anxious to see what the refurbished shed will look like, and to see if it's actually worth preserving.
The installing of the new Atrium was supposed to coincide with the refurbishment of the trainshed on those tracks.
I say supposed to, because quite a while ago GO realized that the refurbishment was taking a hell of a lot longer than they had originally envisioned it taking. They have since separated the two projects, and so while the Atrium will be finished in 2014, the refurbishment may take until late 2016 or later still.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
This is a designated heritage structure.
I see; I thought GO coaches can handle both low and high floor... Thanks for the info. How about VIA platforms? Are they to remain low as well? VIA coaches can handle both types of platforms.
The main limitation is GO Transit's fleet of coaches, all designed to be low-floor. They would have to completely re-equip and rebuild every station on the network to be high-floor respectively.
So we're only allowed to demolish the middle, not the side bits.
The installing of the new Atrium was supposed to coincide with the refurbishment of the trainshed on those tracks.
I say supposed to, because quite a while ago GO realized that the refurbishment was taking a hell of a lot longer than they had originally envisioned it taking. They have since separated the two projects, and so while the Atrium will be finished in 2014, the refurbishment may take until late 2016 or later still.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.