Some of our stations really need a reno. Are there any plans along these lines?
No.
There is money for partial finish replacement as seen here above at Finch; and some work paired with elevator and second exit projects or the like.
But there is no money for wholesale station renos in the current capital plan.
That's unfortunate as it leads both to deterioration and to incoherent partial fixes.
But the cost of of a proper station reno for a small station (say Museum) is ~ 10M just for finishes. If you do structural work, electrical modernization etc that could double it.
The cost for a large station (say Finch) would likely run in the range of 45M-85M for a gut-job.
That's staggering when you consider the number of stations in need of such work!
Its hard to believe when I was in my teens (late 80s/early 90s) that the TTC steadily renovated 2 stations at a time, all the time, with a general project span of about 2 years.
Some of those were done poorly ( not too many people like Dundas ); others were pretty good (I think Davisville was nice, and I'm one of those who like Rosedale too).
Though all were beset by budget issues in one form or another.
All took some shortcuts; notably many of the stations had their new tile placed directly over their old tile, without any bracket-system either.
The problem, you see, is that 10-15 years on the new walls (tiles) were starting to fall off the old ones, coming unglued (in large chunks).
Sigh, for bigger budgets and more attention to detail.
