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The diagram provided would give you that impression but the connections will be to the ends of the TTC subway platforms, not to the TTC station building, so the distance to walk to the platforms will be significantly less. This diagram was provided in an earlier news release:
Sigh, I'm pretty sure you're right. Too bad for usMetrolinx? Elevators? As if.
What next - finishes other than bare concrete walls?
Where are you getting 165m? New faregates are on the east side as well. If someone needs to walk to streetcars / busses that's a different thing, but from platform to platform is minimal.
Don't forget to include things like having to walk to the western end of the platform if you're on the east most car (walking away from bloor go), climbing several sets of stairs, crossing the street, etc. There's a lot more to consider than just measuring topographical distances.
I believe GO/Metrolinx got spooked on escelators after the one incident at Union several years ago, along with high maintenance needs/costs made GO/Metrolinx phase out escalators and refrain from planning on any new ones.
There's a thread for this project. Where we have been discussing for years that the subway platform extends almost the entire way to the GO station. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ub-interconnected-hub-network-metrolinx.16392
Thanks! I only started following the threads from the west end last year when I moved west. So probably never read that far back.
No problem. It's absurdly stunning that we are in this spot, almost (over?) 50 years after the Ontario government started talking about putting in the connection and the connection was roughed into Crossways when it was built, given just how close the end of the subway platform is to the tracks! Of course by the time they finally committed to it, the old connection didn't meet accessibility standards ...
