01-29-2016, 02:07 PM
(01-29-2016, 01:08 PM)KevinL Wrote: ...how was this not considered when the reno was being done? The mind boggles.
From the article:
Quote:The obvious question is why project managers didn’t foresee all of this and plan for it in the first place. Their answer is that electrification wasn’t a sure thing when they started. Design work on the train shed began in 2006, when electrification was much discussed but far from confirmed. Although Metrolinx finally announced in January, 2011, that it wanted to electrify GO as part of a shift to more frequent regional rail service, Queen’s Park didn’t promise hard cash until last year.
The objections would probably be equally strident if the Union Station planners had planned for a certain electrification solution, only to have Metrolinx ultimately choose something different that was better suited to the overall system?