Hamilton Confederation GO Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx

berklon said:
Yeah, I know a few people who live in upper Stoney Creek who said they would just continue to take the Redhill down and go to the Burlington station - even if they have to contend with traffic... especially on the way home.

And even those in the east end who take the bus to catch the GO, Confederation may not be worth using - depending on where they live (assuming they aren't taking the train outside of rush hours).

I live close to King/Nash, and if were still taking the GO - I would take a bus down to the Hunter station. There's no point in trekking to Centennial to take a bus down to Confederation - and then pay a little more in train fare just to travel in the direction the Delaware bus was going in the first place.

Hopefully this station will get some ridership that's worth it, but I suspect it may take some time to see it as being worthwhile.
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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.
 
thettctransitfanatic said:
Metrolinx is now starting to use the ''T'' symbol at places where GO and local agencies connect, as the t stands for transit. Obviously Line 5 and 6 have it as you might know, but now also GO Bus stops and it looks like new GO Stations where there is local transit connections (so, almost all of them), going forward. The other thing also is there is still a GO symbol sign but it's all the way at the intersection to the station and not the main entrance building.
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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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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!
 
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.
 
Reidfenwick said:
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.
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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.
 
^ 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.
 
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.
 
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