GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

[denfromoakvillemilton]

Do you have any idea what ridership numbers are today, let alone 25 years from now???

If you want a subway to Sq One, how do you operate 2 cars trains on a 6 car line every 15 minutes at the best???

Why is ML wanting to build an BRT on Dundas compare to an LRT to Hurontario or a Subway???

FFS

The "they got one we deserve one" attitude is the road to ruin.....financial ruin if not general ruin!

Not only is there no obvious need for a subway to Mississauga.....there isn't even a loud shout for one....or even a quiet shout.

Don't kill me guys. I was just saying. I think Milton GO service through Mississauga is a better bet anyway.

 

[muller877]

Mimico Station update from the local residents association:

Crazy that they are not planning a bus drop-off for the Humber Bay shuttle bus. Have a bus-only access directly from Royal York (replacing the inaccessible staircase). Which will also double as a way for cyclists and pedestrians to have easy access to the station.

And why is the Toronto community housing fighting the southern access? Is it provincial vs city in-fighting or something else?

 

[Allandale25]

Looks like some construction is happening at the Bramalea GO Station (~ @TOareaFan )

And a zoomed in shot from this picture:

 

[mdrejhon]

Simple b"bus shelters" and expanses of asphalt!

Is there a Bramalea diagram similiar to this 2018 Aldershot Mobility Hub vision?

 

[timio]

It looks like they are extending platforms 2/3 to the east at Bramalea.

 

[Allandale25]

Bus stations and expanses of asphalt!

Is there a Bramalea diagram similiar to this 2018 Aldershot Mobility Hub vision?

Haven't seen one but it'd be neat to see.

 

[dowlingm]

Bramalea:
https://www.inbrampton.com/go-transit-planning-major-improvements-to-bramalea-station

 

[Streety McCarface]

Bramalea:
https://www.inbrampton.com/go-transit-planning-major-improvements-to-bramalea-station

A parking garage, are they serious? They can't even fill up Bramalea as is...

 

[wopchop]

If that tunnel extension was open maybe this would not be the scene trying to get to the tunnel >15 minutes after a match played in a 2/3 (at most) full stadium.

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Let's hope we are not still talking about this in 2026 when we are hosting the World Cup ...

 

[Allandale25]

Bramalea:
https://www.inbrampton.com/go-transit-planning-major-improvements-to-bramalea-station

Cool thanks.

 

[steveintoronto]

Is there a reason so many GO platforms look like they have never been maintained? Tons of plant growth on the sides, and cracked uneven paving . . .

I've noticed quite a few pedestrian tunnels between the station and platforms flooded and skanky, most only the Lakeshore Line older stations, but some of the newer ones on other lines too. It's pretty Third World.

 

[W. K. Lis]

I've noticed quite a few pedestrian tunnels between the station and platforms flooded and skanky, most only the Lakeshore Line older stations, but some of the newer ones on other lines too. It's pretty Third World.

Lowest cost funding. Only fix it when it breaks, not before.

 

[crs1026]

Actually, I have noticed fresh paint in one or two of those tunnels - Mimico being one.

Some are simply getting too small for the task. Their 1966 heritage, and the minimalist effort put ino GO at the beginning (no one was really sure that people would ride it, and the whole thing was built to be demolishable if necessary) is evident.

- Paul

 

[steveintoronto]

Actually, I have noticed fresh paint in one or two of those tunnels - Mimico being one.

Some are simply getting too small for the task. Their 1966 heritage, and the minimalist effort put ino GO at the beginning (no one was really sure that people would ride it, and the whole thing was built to be demolishable if necessary) is evident.

- Paul

Yeah, I'm giving them benefit of the doubt that they are about to be replaced. The last one I had a wet experience with, plus the overwhelming stench was Eglinton GO Station:

Which is a very recent rebuild, but the tunnels are like something left over from WWII bomb shelters.

 

[DSC]

Is there a reason so many GO platforms look like they have never been maintained? Tons of plant growth on the sides, and cracked uneven paving . . .

GO are thinking of level platforms so, if they are serious about able this, it would not make sense to do significant work on current platforms. Of coure, some minor upkeep would be good
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