chrisw
Active Member
One natural thing people might do is wait for the gates to close before tapping but you don't need to do that.
daptive
Senior Member
In the far future when they widen the platforms are they going to have to reconfigure the concourse again? We need to get wider staircases to accommodate the wider platforms!
This is an opportunity for an education campaign, I’ll be honest I have no idea how far ahead of time we can tap, I just hope if I’m 30 minutes early my tap is still good.
A month or so of signage saying tap when you arrive, would probably catch most the commuters.
WB62
Senior Member
You can drop staircases pretty much anywhere that has space, some existing staircases were/are going to be completely replaced with new ones.
The Bay Concourse already has 3 unused staircases and 3 elevators built, once the platforms are changed they can be put into use
xmyth_
Senior Member
Never done an overview of it- but I feel like the new concourse needs more bathrooms. I think on the odd occasion I’ve used one it’s got real 500 Level Skydome feels. Like, you dip in and there’s two stalls.
The west side food court with McDonalds and Tim’s and Taco Bell is routinely slammed with people. Which is daunting when you hit the head and there’s at most four stalls. FOUR stalls for a food court with a McDonald’s, Tim’s and Taco Bell?
Downtown, four stalls might as well be none. Cuz 1-2 are going to be non-flushed disaster zones, one will have someone camped out in it, and the last one is in use with a line. At that point, it's easier to just jump on any GO train than to work your way through the maze of union station.
The west side food court with McDonalds and Tim’s and Taco Bell is routinely slammed with people. Which is daunting when you hit the head and there’s at most four stalls. FOUR stalls for a food court with a McDonald’s, Tim’s and Taco Bell?
Downtown, four stalls might as well be none. Cuz 1-2 are going to be non-flushed disaster zones, one will have someone camped out in it, and the last one is in use with a line. At that point, it's easier to just jump on any GO train than to work your way through the maze of union station.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
They need to pay attention to cleaning and odour - the area of the concourse right by the washrooms absolutely reeks - and it didn't use to.
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
^It wasn't me! >.<
APTA-2048
Senior Member
They definitely don’t clean the washrooms enough. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a cost cutting thing or pandemic era cut, but they do not clean the washrooms enough for the amount of use they get.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
And umm, their clientele has gotten a bit more "fragrant" as well, given the state of the concourse. It's gotten to a point where I am a little queasy about using the handwashing stations given the visible dirt - you just know someone washed their body with it.
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ScreamingViking
New Member
Platforms are a big safety issue too.
The need to keep much of the existing train shed was baffling. Sure it may have "historical value" but functionally it prevents a lot of things (e.g., in addition to limitations from the way it interacts with the platforms, the older parts are pretty low for a catenary system to be installed above the tracks). There could have been a better way... I think what they did under the new central section was good enough.
The need to keep much of the existing train shed was baffling. Sure it may have "historical value" but functionally it prevents a lot of things (e.g., in addition to limitations from the way it interacts with the platforms, the older parts are pretty low for a catenary system to be installed above the tracks). There could have been a better way... I think what they did under the new central section was good enough.
JasonParis
Moderator
The shed can be taken apart and assembled somewhere else (e.g., Exhibition Place, Portlands, Parc Downsview Park, etc.), perhaps as a new market building. There.... everyone's happy.
The washrooms are suddenly a piss pond everytime I use them. The cleaning has definitely gone downhilll.
shortbranch
Active Member
Showing Sept 5 opening. I got a glimpse inside today and they are setting up shelving for product
EnviroTO
Senior Member
When I think of how dead Union station was outside rush hour, how dingy the concourse was, and how it was a place to get in and out of... despite the many years of delays this is probably one of the best investments the city has made in a long time. Even on weekends the place is busy and people are going to Union Station who aren't even going on a train. During lunch hours this is the food court downtown that many are going to despite it being a longer walk from their office. By the end of the year all the major return to the office announcements that have been recently made will be in effect and without the investment that was made I don't think the station would have been able to handle 2026.
evandyk
Senior Member
I don't think either the TTC or GO are ready for the rush hour crush that's coming later this fall when everyone is back to work 4+ days a week.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
For every homeless person currently laid across the seats and smelling like defecation the city / province properly treats, bathes, and does the laundry for, they will increase a subway car's capacity by 10%.