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RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - clasher - 04-13-2015
I can't imagine them building all the steel/aluminum grid stuff only to leave it open, that would be so assine and almost pointless/useless as an actual shelter.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - Canard - 04-13-2015
![[Image: biosphere.jpg]](http://www.freeactivities.ca/wp-content/uploads/biosphere.jpg)
(Yes, I know it used to have panels, that all burned off)
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - clasher - 04-13-2015
LOL, let's stick to glass, it's harder to burn.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - Canard - 06-07-2015
Last day to cross the tracks at King! Closes tomorrow for the reconstruction.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - kps - 08-07-2015
CN brought in some track testing gear this morning, I presume related to the Go / Park St work.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - Smore - 08-22-2015
I'm told King and Park have been fully blocked now (no weekend pass throughs)
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - tomh009 - 08-22-2015
Crazy long detours now if you want to walk to Vincenzo's from downtown Kitchener. Oh well, short-term pain for long-term gain.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - Canard - 08-23-2015
Maybe GRT could consider running a "Detour Bus" that would run for free and help out pedestrians?
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - tomh009 - 09-26-2015
Looking from Park street, some of the tracks are fenced off. I had not noticed this before -- is this for overnight parking for GO?
![[Image: 3onNRhY.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/3onNRhY.jpg)
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - Canard - 09-26-2015
Yes, that's the GO layover facility where the trains sleep. It's been there from the start of GO service.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - GtwoK - 09-26-2015
Will the Go Train be out of commission at all while this is being worked on? I can't image they'd be able to keep functioning track work throughout the entire process, can they?
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - ijmorlan - 09-26-2015
(09-26-2015, 07:53 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Will the Go Train be out of commission at all while this is being worked on? I can't image they'd be able to keep functioning track work throughout the entire process, can they?
I don’t believe GO service stopped for the Weber St. overpass work. There are also freight trains and interrupting that service is very expensive. I would expect only very brief interruptions.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - BrianT - 09-26-2015
(09-26-2015, 08:15 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(09-26-2015, 07:53 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Will the Go Train be out of commission at all while this is being worked on? I can't image they'd be able to keep functioning track work throughout the entire process, can they?
I don’t believe GO service stopped for the Weber St. overpass work. There are also freight trains and interrupting that service is very expensive. I would expect only very brief interruptions.
They were working out there on the tracks this afternoon.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - KevinL - 09-27-2015
(09-26-2015, 08:15 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(09-26-2015, 07:53 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Will the Go Train be out of commission at all while this is being worked on? I can't image they'd be able to keep functioning track work throughout the entire process, can they?
I don’t believe GO service stopped for the Weber St. overpass work. There are also freight trains and interrupting that service is very expensive. I would expect only very brief interruptions.
They'll be able to stage the work so the line remains open at all times; basically they'll dig half the space and erect half the bridge span, then move the rails onto it, then dig the other half and complete the span. Though likely a bit more complex than that.
They have the advantage of only having to keep the rail line open, while King is completely shut.
RE: King Street Underpass at the Transit HUB - MidTowner - 10-26-2015
Can someone clarify for me how long exactly King will be closed for this? I had thought all the way until the Ion's launch two years from now, but this article in the Record says "King, Wellington to Victoria, Kitchener — road closed for railway underpass construction, through 2016."
That didn't seem right to me, but maybe.