Dundas West/ Bloor Mobility Hub +interconnected hub network (Metrolinx)

[steveintoronto]

Did the subway station platform ever have another entrance closer to the eastern end of the platform, in addition the only present access at the western end?

No

every other station I'm familiar with has entrances at both ends

That's because they've been added over the years in most cases. Initially, very few had entrance/exit at both ends, only the busiest ones.

 

[W. K. Lis]

No
That's because they've been added over the years in most cases. Initially, very few had entrance/exit at both ends, only the busiest ones.

Not the busiest ones at first. Dundas Station still doesn't.

 

[Allandale25]

Latest article here.

UP Express Bloor West pedestrian tunnel in Toronto years away
Project negotiations have dragged on for years
NEWS 06:00 AM BY RAHUL GUPTA TORONTO.COM

 

[steveintoronto]

^ More here:

[...]
The LNX Condo by builder Dun West Properties Ltd. is actually two separate structures that will be linked together, one low-rise and the other a more typical high rise building. The $80-million project has commenced construction with a completion date of 2020.

JUST THE FACTS


- Both facets of LNX, an eight-storey mixed-use building and a 23-storey luxury condo, are linked via a "podium" or smaller structure where amenities common to both structures will be accessed.

- The project was vigorously opposed by Toronto Council upon its introduction in the early 2010s, which on separate occasions rejected development proposals before the matter was finally appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board tribunal. In 2014, the OMB ruled in the developer's favour, allowing for the project to move forward.

- Part of the LNX site plan was to build a pedestrian bridge linking to the Bloor GO and Union Pearson Express stations located at the southern edge of the project.

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9116769-lnx-condos-under-construction-in-dundas-west/

I'm led to believe that there's also a boundary dispute ongoing between (ostensibly) Crossways and LNX. Surveyors have been on site various times, re: the existing concrete on the northernmost edge of Crossway's property. That wall goes down many levels. I believe the City has a contentious claim to right of acquisition through the Crossway's basement, but that's hearsay, says I.

 

[TOareaFan]

^cute that the writer thinks this is a project that came about in 2015 because of the UP......I remember Gary McNeil talking about this project!

 

[innsertnamehere]

in what world does it reasonably take 8 years to construct a hallway in an existing parking garage? That's nuts.

 

[felix123]

in what world does it reasonably take 8 years to construct a hallway in an existing parking garage? That's nuts.

Toronto.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Toronto.

The Crossways (built 1974 with no connection, versus Dundas West Station opening in 1966). This year is 2019, and still no connection.

The Bloor GO Station opened in 1974, with no connection. The Bloor UPX Station opened in 2015, with no connection.

 

[nfitz]

The Crossways (built 1974 with no connection, versus Dundas West Station opening in 1966). This year is 2019, and still no connection.

The Bloor GO Station opened in 1974, with no connection. The Bloor UPX Station opened in 2015, with no connection.

Keep in mind, they promised this back in the 1970s and started working on the connection in 1974, and roughed it into the Crossways building. Though with no facility for an elevator in the design, they have to start from scratch.

Also recall the 1985 negotiations that the Ministry started with Crossways to do this ...

Started in 2015 ... LOL!

 

[W. K. Lis]

Keep in mind, they promised this back in the 1970s and started working on the connection in 1974, and roughed it into the Crossways building. Though with no facility for an elevator in the design, they have to start from scratch.

Also recall the 1985 negotiations that the Ministry started with Crossways to do this ...

Started in 2015 ... LOL!

Doesn't have to be a vertical elevator. Could be a diagonal elevator, like they have elsewhere in the world.

Maybe it's the red tape or regulators that prohibit going diagonal?

 

[max]

Maybe it's the red tape or regulators that prohibit going diagonal?

Apparently a 10° incline is allowed in Ottawa: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/01/realestate/ottawa-elevator-changes-course.html

 

[nfitz]

Apparently a 10° incline is allowed in Ottawa: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/01/realestate/ottawa-elevator-changes-course.html

I don't know if there's any particular limit. The elevators in the Olympic Stadium tower in Montreal (apparently called the Montréal Tower) are about 45°.

Either way, if you go back the 1974 plans, I doubt there's enough width for elevators, stairs, and escalators. Or even 2 out of 3, to meet current codes.

 

[rbt]

in what world does it reasonably take 8 years to construct a hallway in an existing parking garage? That's nuts.

One where the owner of the parking garage insists that you not change it; Metrolinx rarely expropriates land, particularly where the owner is actively hostile and threatens to agressively defend against it.

The owner of the parking garage changed; that new owner is much more interested in the proposal.

 

[KevinT]

Doesn't have to be a vertical elevator. Could be a diagonal elevator, like they have elsewhere in the world.

Wow, that thing moves at a glacial pace, the inclinators at the Luxor are much faster.

 

[Fritter]

Metrolinx rarely expropriates land, particularly where the owner is actively hostile and threatens to agressively defend against it.

Metrolinx eventually ended up doing just that for the actively hostile owner of the former Knob Hill grocery property in Oshawa for the proposed Oshawa Central GO station.