Take a close look at the amount of light and the concrete colour in the rendering below:
Now take a close look at this:
In the former, the concrete is *white concrete*! In the latter, it's standard concrete, meant for structural, not visual use. Concrete can be beautiful, or it can be "brutal". This is brutal.
Getting back to the light factor:
http://www.lehighwhitecement.com/products/Documents/White_Concrete_Reflects_Highway_Safety.pdf
So whose decision was it to use gray concrete for the interior of this station? It was a brilliant design, (at least inside, I'm non-plussed about the exterior, in fact I find it gaudy as implemented) and doubtless, there were significant costs associated with doing this design....and then they skimped on the concrete and the amount of light that enters.
Brilliant. Not. It's like commissioning a great painter to do a piece for your living room in a mansion, but "to save costs, we're using the cheapest paints we can find, we have some left-over enamel house paint, that will have to do".
Yeah...brutal is the word alright:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real...-moore-park-is-poured-poetry/article31340515/
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/28/today-we-like-white-concrete-architecture/
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/liverpool-street/
Someone at the TTC didn't get the memo...
It will look nice for a short period of time until it starts collecting chemically reactive dust and grime, and then staining, not to mention that bonding a parge to hard cured concrete with a highly developed patina as you see in the pic (look for the sheen) is difficult unless the surface is ground off. It would be more apt to paint it, but that also will stain with time. There might be some binary paints (epoxies) that would seal, but what an azz-backwards way of doing this. The train has left the station on this, and I was searching yesterday to get the story as to how this had gone so 'off the rails', and there's quite a story behind it all, including the architect suing, budget being cut, wisdom teeth removed and an overbite interfering with the tongue that causes the TTC to gag and gurgle. I'll see if I can find a single, concise link to explain the incredible bungling as to what's happened. In all fairness to Byford, he landed in the middle of this.
http://www.civilserviceworld.com/ar...et-how-get-major-infrastructure-project-rightCrossrail: on time and on budget, is this how to get a major infrastructure project right?
Written by Colin Marrs on 8 February 2016 in Feature
Crossrail, the capital’s new east-west rail link, is on track to open on time and on budget. As well as being a boon for commuters, it could also improve the UK’s reputation for delivering major infrastructure projects. Colin Marrs digs around for some lessons
In less than three years, passengers will pour through ticket barriers onto the platforms of a major new London rail line. The Crossrail project is one of the most ambitious transport construction projects ever undertaken in the UK, creating 21km of twin tunnels beneath the capital’s streets. When fully operational in 2019, the line will connect Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.
Despite spending decades in gestation, delivery of the project has been remarkably smooth, with the government claiming the project will be delivered on time and on budget. Experts seem to agree that the governance structures put in place for the Crossrail project have helped put the UK back on track when it comes to delivering major transport infrastructure. So what’s the secret?
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Station besides, what impresses me most is the fantastic condition the body of the H4 series RT-68 is in. It has had some body work done on it, as the end panels clearly show, but one really wonders, ability of the bogies to be reset to standard gauge, if the remaining H cars in that series in that shape can't be re-used for other purposes?
First "clearance" train at Downsview Park.
Actually they are there to simulate the shape of a Toronto Rocket train if any of them come off of it or brush on something they know there's a problem. They do the same thing using two by fours when the test a roller coaster to make sure that if anyone over six feet won't get hurt if they put their hands out of the car.
No it doesn't since this testing is done with diesel power train with April 1st being the date the gates are open at Sheppard West Station to allow the TR access to the new section. Even then, the TR will be put through clearance testing before starting real testing of the extension.
I hope this is not true. About 25% of males are taller than 6'. I imagine that 12.5% of riders breaking their arms on a roller coaster is an unacceptably high level of danger.
I don't know if it has happened to the TTC in the past, but it has happened quite a few times on other systems. Plus it's almost inevitably required for certification before the public can use the system.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-pound-fleet-operate-cross-Europe-routes.html