01-08-2016, 08:25 PM
(01-08-2016, 04:40 PM)Markster Wrote:(01-08-2016, 03:29 AM)taylortbb Wrote: Markster, to answer your comment about three car trains, when I spoke to Nancy Button years ago she said they were designing to allow for future expansion to three car trains. I've never seen any reference in the project agreement, and a lot has changed since she was in charge, so who knows what that means now. But it definitely was on their radar at some point.
That's nice to hear.
There's only one platform I've seen so far that doesn't have an additional 30m of runoff space that could clearly become a platform extension. Victoria Park Station is tightly squeezed in between Gaukel and a ramp into the Manulife parking garage.
The information at the public consultation on stop design said they were planning the platforms to be long enough for two-car trains. At first, the shelters, ticket machines, and other features of the stops will extend only the length of a single car. However, it would be very smart to design the actual track and road layout to allow for an extension of the platform to three cars. If they are indeed doing this, even if only where relatively easy, then I am impressed.