robmausser
Senior Member
VIA? On the CP corridor?
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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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VIA? On the CP corridor?
Northern Light
Superstar
My bad, speed reading.
They mention VIA serving the area, not this station.
Edited accordingly.
Towered
Superstar
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Should be a "Multi-use path", "Pedestrian Circulation", or sidewalk going directly to Trafalgar Road, maybe from the north platform to the road.
crs1026
Superstar
That would normally be de rigeur, and good futureproofing.....but.... have a look at the site and its surroundings on Google. Quite a hike to anything. This is a 99.999% auto based catchment location - at present, anyways.
Maybe when the multi-story garage gets added.
- Paul
afransen
Senior Member
Awesome TOD potential there... yikes.
JasonParis
Moderator
Hornby Station would seem to be the most sensible name. Especially as that was the name of the original hamlet.
afransen
Senior Member
Reading the IBC, I wonder why they don't put the station on the East side of Trafalgar to better centre the station for the planned development area (maximize the usable 800m walkshed). As it is now, much of the 800m walkshed is greenbelt land (presumably undevelopable.
crs1026
Superstar
^The most interesting detail for me was the two platforms with pulloff sidings on both main tracks. That looks well beyond the present one-way peak-service plan.
- Paul
- Paul
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ I saw that too and wondered what the purpose is. I assume it's got GO trains to pull into the station and let a CP train pass by? Wouldn't that cause an unscheduled delay at times for the GO train?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I mean it's a rural location. Not sure how you are expecting users to get there? This should take pressure off of the vastly overloaded Milton GO station.Ugh, more than 1000 parking spots...
Krypto98
Active Member
I think it's to future proof the area in case they want to quad track the corridor (pending CP approval)
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
That's today. In ten, twenty, thirty plus years, there should, be not a multi-story garage, but SEVERAL high-rise, multi-use buildings surrounding it.
afransen
Senior Member
Not for long, this whole area is slated for development.
Northern Light
Superstar
I'm amused that people think development is 20-30 years out here.
Lets put some clarity on this; a landowner/developer is prepared to donate this land to Mx; and pay for the GO Station.......now.
There is little chance in my mind that that is based on building out 20-30 years from now.
I imagine a firm looking at the laws/policies of the province surrounding TOD and thinking about how much more development they can pile on this land by building the station.
I don't have the inside scoop on this site, but I would imagine phase 1 of any prospective development probably being built in parallel to the GO Station with subsequent phases over perhaps a 10-15 year period.