Willybru21
Senior Member
I don’t think they want it open when it’s not needed, more space to manage, etc
Toronto Ontario Line: Exhibition Station | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | HDR
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Civdis
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Great shots! Doe we know what the site plan looks like once this is finished? just wondering how liberty village and all the condos will integrate with the new Ontario Line, portal etc. It's a mess right now, hope it looks good when done.
fanoftoronto
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Not the easiest of images to decode but there will be a new road (Liberty Street) that goes alongside the Ontario Line from Dufferin to Strachan with connections to the north south roads:
kotsy
Senior Member
Here's a few more pages from the architectural plans that show the new street in relation to the station.
Dan416
Senior Member
I am a bit confused by this. There's already a Liberty Street here. So is this becoming Liberty Street instead? Or are they just referring to it this way to mean New Liberty Village Street?
Also, isn't this street supposed to have been part of the Front Street extension?
Also, isn't this street supposed to have been part of the Front Street extension?
fanoftoronto
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Here are a few more shots for context. They're also planning a Transit-oriented-development over-top the main entrance building that'll be on the north side of the new Liberty street.
Image below shows the street travelling along the Ontario Line tracks to the east of Exhibition GO station:
Image below shows TOD's and the new street to the west of the new Exhibition GO station:
This should be a massive improvement to what we currently have in this area. Just needs 10ish years to get to this future state!
Image below shows the street travelling along the Ontario Line tracks to the east of Exhibition GO station:
Image below shows TOD's and the new street to the west of the new Exhibition GO station:
This should be a massive improvement to what we currently have in this area. Just needs 10ish years to get to this future state!
fanoftoronto
Active Member
It used to be a part of the Front Street extension but that was shelved but this portion of it was revived and recommended a few years ago by the city as a local street between Bathurst and Strachan. And yes, I believe it's not yet named but provisionally being called Liberty New Street.
As this preceded the Ontario Line and expanded Exhibition GO station, they had to re-align the portion of the new street further to the north near Atlantic avenue and the requirement to procure additional properties in that area allowed for the TOD's that were shown in my previous post.
The above image is from the city's report from 2016: Liberty New Street Municipal Class Environmental Assessment
kotsy
Senior Member
Got some photos of the newly opened tunnel extension today. Knowing that this tunnel will be permanent, why couldn't they make it look nicer than concrete and exposed pipes? If TTC can make their underground passageways look nicer, why can't GO?
Starting from the newly opened entrance off Atlantic.
From the bottom of the stairs leading up to Westbound Go platform.
Starting from the newly opened entrance off Atlantic.
From the bottom of the stairs leading up to Westbound Go platform.
daptive
Active Member
Wow, I used this tunnel to get to the Dom Dolla show at the amphitheatre and didn't even realize it was new and/or supposed to be permanent infrastructure. Just thought it was temporary during OL construction.
We really lack civic pride to build brand new public infrastructure like this.
rdaner
Senior Member
Great pix! I was coming back to town last week and realized for the first time how big Exhibition Station will be. I imagine that there will be a lot of work on this project as it will highly visible for the World Cup in 2026.
Willybru21
Senior Member
The tunnel is permanent? Do we have actual confirmation on that?
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Are there bicycle runnels on the stairwells?
Dan416
Senior Member
It has the same look as every GO tunnel ever, so I dunno why y'all are so surprised. It's like you never took a GO train before lol.
kotsy
Senior Member
That furthers my point. Why does GO never make the effort but TTC does?
The north and south tunnel entry buildings are in the architectural plans so they are here to stay. See the 1st photo of my post further up the page.
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Chris R.
Senior Member
I mean, Union station's tunnels look different and like... Exhibition will be a major union-esque station in the future.