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[Coolstar]

It's the same org that think people will wait in the concourse/teamway and not rush to the platform until 10 minutes before boarding

AoD

Is that really the final plan? Because this rendering shows the staircases shifted to the middle.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Is that really the final plan? Because this rendering shows the staircases shifted to the middle.

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What you are showing is the rebuilt south platform - not the merged 8/9-10/11 in the old Bush shed in the previous rendering.

AoD

 

[rbt]

What's the point of having a large platform when you have a small staircase?

I really don't get this. Don't they hire professionals who know about crowd control?

Station supports are under the track and hallways tend to be in the north/south gaps between station supports. Perhaps Metrolinx hasn't yet gotten creative enough to figure out how to design track-replacement-platform stairs that also don't block a corridor.

 

[TossYourJacket]

Haven't seen this rendering before. I don't believe Metrolinx has released an actual track plan of how many platforms they are planning on consolidating at Union, correct? This shows platform's 8 & 9, which are approximately in the middle of the train shed today. I'd be very interested to see the "final" configuration of Union post GO-RER. This one at least shows the removal of tracks 10&11..

I'd hope once this is all done, they renumber the platforms, because it's probably going to be confusing to visitors that there is a platform 9 and a platform 12 but no 10 or 11.

Also, gotta love the way they made the bush shed look way nicer, brighter and more pleasant than it actually is in that render.

 

[Richard White]

I'd hope once this is all done, they renumber the platforms, because it's probably going to be confusing to visitors that there is a platform 9 and a platform 12 but no 10 or 11.

They could always renumber one of the platforms 9 3/4s

 

[Lachlan Holmes]

Haven't seen this rendering before. I don't believe Metrolinx has released an actual track plan of how many platforms they are planning on consolidating at Union, correct? This shows platform's 8 & 9, which are approximately in the middle of the train shed today. I'd be very interested to see the "final" configuration of Union post GO-RER. This one at least shows the removal of tracks 10&11..

If Metrolinx can make the bush shed look that good in reality, I think I might be okay with them keeping it. Otherwise, it should go, in my opinion.

Either way the shed goes, what is up with a tiny little staircase leading right into a support pillar?

 

[officedweller]

Probbaly not a problem as long as the train schedule doesn't send anyone to platforms 10 or 11.

 

[DSC]

Probbaly not a problem as long as the train schedule doesn't send anyone to platforms 10 or 11.

Just as few people are confused by the lack of Floor 13! :->

 

[eltodesukane]

I remember an intensive care unit with no #13 bed, an someone refusing to stay in bed #14 saying it actually was the real #13 under a fake number.

 

[max]

I remember an intensive care unit with no #13 bed, an someone refusing to stay in bed #14 saying it actually was the real #13 under a fake number.

As Mitch Hedberg said, if you jump from the 14th floor of a building without a 13th, you will die earlier.

 

[DSC]

This (from G&M) could be in several threads but here's as good as any:







Former Bondfield CEO faces seven criminal charges including assault and uttering threats

 

[Amare]

^As they say, it all starts from the top. Bondfield was one of the most mismanaged companies i've ever seen in my life.

 

[Allandale25]

Haven't seen this rendering before. I don't believe Metrolinx has released an actual track plan of how many platforms they are planning on consolidating at Union, correct? This shows platform's 8 & 9, which are approximately in the middle of the train shed today. I'd be very interested to see the "final" configuration of Union post GO-RER. This one at least shows the removal of tracks 10&11..

Was there a track plan for that released?

 

[innsertnamehere]

Was there a track plan for that released?

If there has been I'd be very interested to see it.

 

[Allandale25]

^ Interestingly enough, the Toronto Railway Museum's chief historian, Derek Boles, did a talk last night on the history of Union Station, 1920-2020. This news was so new I don't think there was time to include it. If people are interested I can see if it was recorded and put online.