King-Victoria Transit Hub

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Not just that, but previously they clearly showed that the platforms would extend across King St.

It’s bad enough that they botched the Waterloo St. situation so that apparently a tunnel under the tracks connecting the “1 below” level just north of the tracks with ground level just south of the tracks is infeasible, but now they’re proposing to close Duke St. as well?

Although I note that the render doesn’t show any bridge. Are they planning to use only one track initially? For current and even proposed level of service that should be fine — I don’t think there is any live proposal for more than one train per hour — but previously I thought the plan was to have 1 Via track and 2 GO tracks.

One more problem: I see no sign of any sort of cover over the tracks. We need a cover over the tracks more than a fancy-looking terminal building as shown in the renders. A ticket booth or whatever can be tucked in under the cover.

I have to agree the track should be covered. This is a great opportunity for region to be bold and make a further statement that we take transit infrastructure seriously.  I would rather this project be delayed by a couple years and the region come up with something that will be future proofed. 

The platform should also be over top of the king st overpass to accommodate the LRT in both directions. 

I feel like region is really dumbing down their vision for this site from the original plan. Does anyone have any more detail as to why the region decided to build the hub on its own? 

I will say i like the idea of a public square in front of the station.