dowlingm
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Gonna be great walking up and down slush and salt covered steps and tracking that into the station after marvelling at the view. Good business for slip and fall plaintiff lawyers though.
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nfitz
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There'll still be the same number of entrances of this type at this station. And finally an entrance that isn't like this.
Why is this a concern now, when it's worked fine for 60 years?
dowlingm
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Because just because existing crappy things are grandfathered isn’t an excuse to keep building more. Going down into King Station in winter via an open entrance is an activity I really dislike.
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Yes, the older I get, the more I hate the open staircases! The TTC did have policy of covering them all over, or moving them into adjacent buildings so it is a bit surprising to see a new one being opened.
dowlingm
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nfitz
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How would the planetarium effect this new staircase? They are over 125 metres away with a road between them.
T3G
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Talking of new TTC infrastructure, does anyone know what this is that I have a photo of? Is this the platform extension?
I took the photo because I thought the change in wall and ceiling style was interesting, but I have no idea why the change. If it is new, it does look rather janky.
I took the photo because I thought the change in wall and ceiling style was interesting, but I have no idea why the change. If it is new, it does look rather janky.
APTA-2048
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T3G
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Right on, thanks.
Northern Light
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In this case, the station platform runs directly under the middle lanes of Queen's Park Crescent, the only opportunity to come up is within Queen's Park, and their are view corridor rules requiring a low-profile.
It is still TTC policy to move open stair cases inside when the chance arises.
The n/w entrance to St. Patrick will vanish into the United Bldg when that completes.
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As a side note, I'd like to see snowmelt systems under the sidewalks in front of those stairs and station entrances so people would be less likely to track slush inside.
gabe
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Hamas zombies have taken over Union Station. What a mess for us commuters trying to get home 
drum118
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They extended the platform about 200' north of the old platform and just south of the crossover. Can't recalled where I posted photos of the extension in this thread, the crosstown thread or the Yonge-Eglinton station thread, but shot at various time I been there going back as far as last year. Take a look at the south end and you will see that trains not stopping there anymore.
You have a stair to the LRT and an Elevator in that extension area with a lot of work still to be done on all levels for it.
T3G
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This is not a political thread, so feel free to take the political garbage to a discussion suited for it.Hamas zombies have taken over Union Station. What a mess for us commuters trying to get home
Leo_Chan
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Is this actually the intended designed use of the side of stairs for bikes?
Jonny5
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oops
