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[lucasmascotto]

James St. GO station plan still on track: Metrolinx
The Hamilton Spectator (Wednesday, November 05, 2014)

Metrolinx says it remains on track to begin regular train service to the new James Street GO Station in time for the Pan Am Games next July.

Construction at the site has hit a couple of road bumps, including the inadvertent dumping of cement by a subcontractor into a city sewer and the late rebuild by CN of the nearby Bay Street bridge.

Metrolinx spokesperson Alex Burke said the new station will be ready for passengers next summer but work will continue after it opens on landscaping and an urban plaza.

Dedicated train service, at least two trains in and out each day, will be provided during the Pan Am Games in July.

City transportation planning manager Al Kirkpatrick said Pan Am planners are mulling the possibility of additional Games trains, but are still wrestling with the logistics.

The city is still waiting on a confirmed start date and schedule for regular GO train service to James Street.

[thmx]

Construction Update

Source


And some renderings...

Hamilton's James Street North GO Station - Final Rendering by Metrolinx, on Flickr

^ *Note the new train design from the previously posted rendering from the same angle.



Hamilton's James Street North GO Station - Final Rendering by Metrolinx, on Flickr



Hamilton's James Street North GO Station - Final Rendering by Metrolinx, on Flickr

[thistleclub]

Originally Posted by MeIsThomas

Construction Update
*Note the new train design from the previously posted rendering from the same angle.

In keeping with the design/colourway unveiled in July 2013.

[drpgq]

Still no confirmed start date? Hopefully they continue right after the Pan Am games.

Originally Posted by lucasmascotto

James St. GO station plan still on track: Metrolinx
The Hamilton Spectator (Wednesday, November 05, 2014)

Metrolinx says it remains on track to begin regular train service to the new James Street GO Station in time for the Pan Am Games next July.

Construction at the site has hit a couple of road bumps, including the inadvertent dumping of cement by a subcontractor into a city sewer and the late rebuild by CN of the nearby Bay Street bridge.

Metrolinx spokesperson Alex Burke said the new station will be ready for passengers next summer but work will continue after it opens on landscaping and an urban plaza.

Dedicated train service, at least two trains in and out each day, will be provided during the Pan Am Games in July.

City transportation planning manager Al Kirkpatrick said Pan Am planners are mulling the possibility of additional Games trains, but are still wrestling with the logistics.

The city is still waiting on a confirmed start date and schedule for regular GO train service to James Street.

[mdrejhon]

Originally Posted by drpgq

Still no confirmed start date? Hopefully they continue right after the Pan Am games.

Definitely -- They are constructing JamesNorth GO for eventual (not right away, but eventual) all-day GO service to Hamilton, so this will eventually be our "surface subway" station to Toronto.

The Aldershot station (next station down the line) is only 3-5 minutes down the rail, and already gets all-day bidirectional (incoming and outgoing) service. For JamesNorth GO, there is a Phase II of construction that will proceed to year 2017 to expand the station. The two extra trains are specifically for PanAm, above-and-beyond regular daily GO service they are bringing to the station. Some construction stuff may be late won't make PanAm but will definitely get built anyway. If there is a boondoggle, the worst thing is they'll build a temporary platform for PanAm, and open full commuter service later than expected after PanAm, but as a Hamiltonian myself dependant on Toronto job, I definitely would hope they get things complete enough before then -- I'd like to stop driving to Aldershot! They already announced Phase 1 for PanAm and Phase 2 for 2017, and they seem to be already building some of the Phase 2 stuff concurrently with the Phase 1, so some of the pictures you see might not be stuff complete for PanAm 2015.

It's designated as a hub station for James, with apparently many renewal opportunities for Hamilton.
The City of Hamilton has big long-term plans with it:
http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/...tyHubStudy.pdf
"The James Street North station area has been identified by Metrolinx as one of 51 Mobility Hubs within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)..."

Stuff that may not happen till late this decade or early next, but as you can see -- this isn't a PanAm flash-in-pan.
There's going to be construction onsite till 2017. The pretty artist concept probably isn't going to occur in 2015, they'll be late for that. PanAm was just an excuse to start building this project...

[palace1]

I'm still confused on how the two GO Stations will function?

If James St. N. is easier for GO trains to access and also serves the Niagara Peninsula, will the TH&B Station at Hunter St. become a bus station only?

[thistleclub]

Originally Posted by mdrejhon

The Aldershot station (next station down the line) is only 3-5 minutes down the rail, and already gets all-day bidirectional (incoming and outgoing) service.

Under current Lakeshore West scheduling, stations from Aldershot to Union are 6 minutes apart on average. (This spacing seems to carry over to Lakeshore East as well.)

Trains currently take 15 minutes to get from Hamilton GO Centre to Aldershot GO in the morning, 17 minutes to cover the same distance in the evening.

[thistleclub]

Originally Posted by mdrejhon

It's designated as a hub station for James, with apparently many renewal opportunities for Hamilton.
The City of Hamilton has big long-term plans with it:
http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/...tyHubStudy.pdf
"The James Street North station area has been identified by Metrolinx as one of 51 Mobility Hubs within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)...".

Downtown Hamilton and Mohawk/Upper James are also among the GTHA 51.