Not as easy as one might think. Moving the platform does nothing if the GO stairwell stays where it is. You will still walk all the way to the stairwell anyways.
Theoretically one could sacrifice the LRT rough-in and build an overhead bridge, with the GO platform moved a couple carlengths east - but that would be a bad move - it means moving the CTC wiring for the interlocking, and the LRT platform may be needed one day. The GO stairwell has to tie into the end of the platform, so you are stuck with the west end underground passageway.
I find Kipling's layout inconvenient - somehow, the stairs and escalators don't point in the right direction for any of my trips, seems I'm always backtracking part way down the platform to get upstairs. I wonder if that is objectively true or just some sort of illusion. Anyways, for the amount of money it would take to change things around, and for the number of steps saved, it's not worth changing, in this decade anyways. We have to start thinking about getting better use for money. Wynne made it sound like money was no object, and Ford is likely to pinch pennies, and City Council just won't spend. Somewhere in between is prudence.
I agree the GO stairwell is a bit tucked away. I wonder if a little cosmetic redecoration down in the underpass to the GO stairwell might make it "feel" less of a walk.
- Paul