02-12-2015, 05:15 PM
I expect that there are other negotiations going on behind the scenes before we hear anything concrete. For instance:
- should there be two tracks and two platforms (or at least the possibility to add a second platform). I'm suspicious, especially given GO's long-term intent to build a terminal further west, that there may be movement towards pushing GO service further west
- will VIA want to move (likely), and if so, what infrastructure will they need?
- who owns the current station?
- Beyond the basics of station platform clearances, whose station standards are used for the rest of the infrastructure (GO, VIA, Region, City)? This could dictate everything from bus bays, to toilets, to parking capacity
Planting a station isn't quite as easy a popping a new station down in your favourite town planning game (though I've planted my fair share of those too).
- should there be two tracks and two platforms (or at least the possibility to add a second platform). I'm suspicious, especially given GO's long-term intent to build a terminal further west, that there may be movement towards pushing GO service further west
- will VIA want to move (likely), and if so, what infrastructure will they need?
- who owns the current station?
- Beyond the basics of station platform clearances, whose station standards are used for the rest of the infrastructure (GO, VIA, Region, City)? This could dictate everything from bus bays, to toilets, to parking capacity
Planting a station isn't quite as easy a popping a new station down in your favourite town planning game (though I've planted my fair share of those too).