06-25-2015, 06:34 AM
(06-24-2015, 10:23 PM)Canard Wrote:(06-24-2015, 09:47 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: And none of them feature a weather-free transfer between the LRT and the mainline train platform. I don’t expect every building within 100m of the LRT to be linked to a fully-enclosed LRT station but not to take the opportunity of building a new LRT line and a new transit hub at the same time with fully protected links between the different modes simply makes no sense.
I don't think that's correct. I distinctly remember seeing plans that showed the platforms extending over top of King (trains would actually stop over top of King, on the overpass), and there were steps down to the platforms which are under the overpass. So you'd be completely sheltered the entire time you walked off of one vehicle and onto another.
I hope you’re right. I agree about the mainline platforms and their accesses, and suspect that I’ve seen the same tentative plans you have. However, if you look at where the apparent LRT shelters are in the renderings titled “Concept 1” (and 2, 3, and in the larger ground-level view below those renderings), they look to me like they are South/East of the actual grade separation. Fixing this might be as simple as having the LRT stop under the bridge (although I’m not sure if the bridge itself is wide enough; some dedicated LRT shelter structure might still be needed to extend the full length of the vehicles).