EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
It's so we know it's a transit stop, how are we supposed to know otherwise?
Hamilton Confederation GO Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx
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Arkiasis
New Member
Living nearby yeah Burlington still seems more useful for the occasional trip to downtown on the weekend considering it's 10-15 minutes at worst on the skyway as opposed to 35 minutes for the train to snake around to Burlington, plus last train being 12:47am as opposed to 8:47pm. But seeing as the level crossings in Hamilton are horrific and the track is old as hell it's no surprise, if you don't slow down to 10 km/h on Parkdale you're gonna destroy your car.
And the stairs directly from the sidewalk on Centennial is really nice. Apparently city staff had to fight to keep those included. Which seem like a common sense addition but in most instances it'd be removed for stupid reasons.
Wow, you don't think I know that T stands for transit? Of course it does …but in the most dumbed-down, redundant, and unhelpful way possible. It does not tell you which agencies operate at any given location, even if people tend to know whether they are looking for a GO Train, or a HSR bus, or a TTC subway train, or whatever. T adds nothing at all to answer if their target operates from that location, so why not just use the logos for each transit agency serving the spot? Riders will see those logos again and again on their phones, on existing stops, in pamphlets, etc., and if they cannot be bothered to learn what the logos are for each operator, well, there's no helping some dolts So, why add what amounts to useless clutter, something that tells you next to nothing? This was maybe a well-intentioned decision, but it's not helpful.
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rdaner
Senior Member
Will be here next week so will take a few reels. I am most happy about the effect that this will have on development in the area around it as new zoning will apply as well as the shift in travel behaviours in a neighbourhood that didn’t really have many options besides driving and the occasional bus!
Milaisacat
Active Member
Translink in Vancouver uses "T" as its universal branding for transit stops, stations, and signage. Here's an interesting short read about how this came to be.
buzzer.translink.ca
TransLink Wayfinding 101: story of the “T” - The Buzzer blog
Think of the London Underground and you think of the blue, red and white roundel. Think of the Paris Métro […]
buzzer.translink.ca
Reidfenwick
New Member
Checked it out for myself today, interesting to see all the future proofing built in here with blanked out corridors to the south lot, whenever that happens.
berklon
Active Member
Overall, that's a decent looking GO Station. Small and basic, but gets the job done nicely.
rdaner
Senior Member
Look at all of those under utilized lots!
matt602
New Member
Interesting to see that theres a small track segment on the bridge that hasn't been hooked up to anything yet. I got to use the station for the first time on Tuesday morning, there was a surprisingly large number of people on the platform for an off-peak train and quite a few people also got on and off at West Harbour.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
The empty lot on the north side of the tracks is owned by Metrolinx for an eventual parking expansion at Confederation when demand warrants. The rest of the area... yea.
Northern Light
Superstar
The tunnel walls are still bare, but the ceiling and lighting are quite the improvement over earlier iterations, they help add a feeling of warmth and intentionality.
I can understand not tiling the whole thing given cost, and vibration and vandalism worries, but I wonder if they couldn't get in the habit of a a couple of full-wall pieces of art. Vandalism resistant panels, or such. Just to add a splash of colour.
I do wish Mx would work on creating better station building designs that don't look like they come out of Ikea catalogue, and just a bit nice standard canopy over the platforms.
Yes it's extra $$, but it's really a pittance compared to the literal waste in most GO project budgets.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Just one sample, but ridership seems half decent for a new station with limited service.
berklon
Active Member
^ That's actually more than expected.
It's hard to get a good estimate on numbers from that vantage point, but I can see 9 people getting off on the last car, and it looked like at least 10 on the next car over and I see a smattering of people further down from that. I'd say there are at least 50 people on that train, and maybe even close to 100?
That's a good start. As we head closer to winter, the ridership could rise.
It's hard to get a good estimate on numbers from that vantage point, but I can see 9 people getting off on the last car, and it looked like at least 10 on the next car over and I see a smattering of people further down from that. I'd say there are at least 50 people on that train, and maybe even close to 100?
That's a good start. As we head closer to winter, the ridership could rise.
matt602
New Member
I took a Niagara Falls bound train into Confederation during the Friday evening rush hour and it was once again surprisingly busy for a station that has only existed for 2 weeks. The station building was actually pretty crowded for a few minutes as everyone filed through it to get to the parking lot. There were also several people with me boarding the Rymal bus that connected up with the train, seems like the HSR schedule syncs up with the train pretty good.
drum118
Superstar
Feb 23
Had my first look at Confederation Station since it open and a few surprise where to be seen. Parking lot was about 35-40% full considering the few trains it see a weekday.
A few GO bus riders where waiting inside the station as well drivers waiting to be pickup or to pickup up someone since there is no real protection at the bus terminal.
A crew was working on the station as you could hear drilling taking place.
During the construction of the station, it did not look like there were going be any shelters on the platform that turn out to be correct having riders stand in the stairwell area and the 2 elevators areas for protection. The first GO Station with 2 elevators I have seen to date and a great thing that is long over due. You see the main elevator as you walk toward the platform area only to see another to your right when you get to the platform access area.
Another surprise was to see the 4th track in place on the bridge for future expansion for CN.
Looking south of the platform, you have a huge area where construction material was store for the station as as well construction trailers. I am assuming ML has this land for future expansion of the parking lot with access to the station tunnel under the future GO 2nd track. The track area is ready for the future track.
Looking west from the platform, there is a lot of landscaping to be done for that 2nd track. Based on the current GO tracks to the stations, if a switch was use from the current south track, for the 2nd track, it could happen just east of the road crossing or it would take place west of the road crossing. It would be better to extend the current track where it connect to that station from the West Harbour station that would allow for two way service.
The east end is ready for the future 2nd track to connect to track 2 to the east.
Why are station announcements taking place when there is no one on the platform and hours before the next train shows up??
More up on my site
2nd elevator
Had my first look at Confederation Station since it open and a few surprise where to be seen. Parking lot was about 35-40% full considering the few trains it see a weekday.
A few GO bus riders where waiting inside the station as well drivers waiting to be pickup or to pickup up someone since there is no real protection at the bus terminal.
A crew was working on the station as you could hear drilling taking place.
During the construction of the station, it did not look like there were going be any shelters on the platform that turn out to be correct having riders stand in the stairwell area and the 2 elevators areas for protection. The first GO Station with 2 elevators I have seen to date and a great thing that is long over due. You see the main elevator as you walk toward the platform area only to see another to your right when you get to the platform access area.
Another surprise was to see the 4th track in place on the bridge for future expansion for CN.
Looking south of the platform, you have a huge area where construction material was store for the station as as well construction trailers. I am assuming ML has this land for future expansion of the parking lot with access to the station tunnel under the future GO 2nd track. The track area is ready for the future track.
Looking west from the platform, there is a lot of landscaping to be done for that 2nd track. Based on the current GO tracks to the stations, if a switch was use from the current south track, for the 2nd track, it could happen just east of the road crossing or it would take place west of the road crossing. It would be better to extend the current track where it connect to that station from the West Harbour station that would allow for two way service.
The east end is ready for the future 2nd track to connect to track 2 to the east.
Why are station announcements taking place when there is no one on the platform and hours before the next train shows up??
More up on my site
2nd elevator
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