I found this in theTTC minute meetings -
Grzegorz Radziwonowski says:
April 4, 2012 at 4:29 am
Out of curiosity, what’s the status of the Kipling/Islington stations rebuild projects? Given that Vic Park is finished (and Pape and Dufferin are both underway), one would assume the TTC would be moving to replace/update these facilities (more so than a second exit, fixing the lavatory, and adding storage tracks at Kipling). Have you heard anything on this joint project, or are GO/MiWay not interested anymore?
Also, if memory serves me, didn’t the TTC test out a Nova LFS before? What did the TTC make of it at the time?
Steve: The Kipling project is under Metrolinx now, but I cannot find any reference to it on their site (or GO’s either). I have sent a query to Metrolinx for an update. The Islington project is sitting on the shelf because it was originally to be funded in part through redevelopment of the site. This scheme fell apart.
As for Nova, that’s a rather sad story for people who want to see an alternative to the Orion fleet. In the last round of bids for new buses, there was a requirement for early delivery of vehicles, and only Orion claimed they could meet the date. On that basis, they won the bid, but then failed to deliver the buses on time. I look forward to the result of the bus tender that’s now on the street.