SkyTrain Station Renovations - Page 87

Metro-One · #**1721** Posted **Dec 19, 2015, 4:18 AM**

Thanks for the updates as always!

officedweller · #**1722** Posted **Dec 21, 2015, 9:07 PM**

Great pics, thanks!

SFUVancouver · #**1723** Posted **Dec 21, 2015, 11:36 PM**

Thanks for the thorough update, McMinsen.

I had to chuckle at this photo, as it looks like the guy in blue in the staircase is looking straight at you.

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vanman · #**1724** Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 3:23 AM**

Metrotown Station progress from earlier today.

officedweller · #**1725** Posted **Jan 4, 2016, 9:42 PM**

Thanks, here's a couple pics by me January 2nd:

GMasterAres · #**1726** Posted **Jan 5, 2016, 7:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Katherine S

I don't know if this has already been discussed, but I thought I'd add it in case; Surrey has a proposal out now for the north end of the Surrey Central SkyTrain station. This has come out of their December planning reports

http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7915-0361-00.pdf

Also if you take a look at the overall site plan, they have listed on the right side "Future South Station-House" with a similar outline to the new North House at Surrey Central.

So they will eventually be redoing that side near the current bus-loop. They also have "future development" building attached to the Station looking like the new station will be more integrated with whatever building is put in place of the North Surrey Rec Center once they start to bring down the ice sheets and building in the next 5-10 years.

Page L1.1 in the above planning report.

Also of note from the project architect:

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The project aims to formalize a new north station house and the long term plan is to have a south station service in from buses dropping people off and the north station for people transferring out on to buses.

So the idea is to redesign Surrey Central station eventually to have 103 AVE act as a bus route pickup so people from SkyTrain -> Buses, and the 103A Ave to South where the currnet bus loop is eventually be designed to be Buses -> SkyTrain drop off.

officedweller · #**1727** Posted **Jan 5, 2016, 9:31 PM**

I wonder if that would work in practice, though, since buses may bunch up (i.e. the 2nd bus in line offloads faster than a more crowded bus that's 1st in line. So the 2nd bus has to wait before it can pull ahead to load?)

hollywoodnorth · #**1728** Posted **Jan 5, 2016, 10:41 PM**

no surprise here but looks like the Metrotown project is behind schedule already.

tonyvan · #**1729** Posted **Jan 6, 2016, 5:45 AM**

Any progress or news about Joyce Station?

MIPS · #**1730** Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 2:35 AM**

Last I saw about two weeks ago nothing had changed at the station besides some blue fencing.

Spork · #**1731** Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 3:21 AM**

The construction happening right now is strictly drainage. They have removed the wooden retaining wall, installed some drainage, and built a concrete wall. Work is progressing slowly, but it will probably be done by the end of January. Hopefully there is no overlap and demolition of this latest work required when they re-do the station. Although knowing bureaucracy, the odds of this happening are pretty high.

MIPS · #**1732** Posted **Jan 7, 2016, 5:07 PM**

Drainage on that end has always been awful. There's basically a swamp where the old rail ROW is.

tonyvan · #**1733** Posted **Jan 8, 2016, 7:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Spork

The construction happening right now is strictly drainage. They have removed the wooden retaining wall, installed some drainage, and built a concrete wall. Work is progressing slowly, but it will probably be done by the end of January. Hopefully there is no overlap and demolition of this latest work required when they re-do the station. Although knowing bureaucracy, the odds of this happening are pretty high.

Thanks for the updates. So any idea of when the actual station upgrade will begin? Translink's website still says a 2016 completion date....

Spork · #**1734** Posted **Jan 9, 2016, 6:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by MIPS

Drainage on that end has always been awful. There's basically a swamp where the old rail ROW is.

Biodiversity?

No idea when construction will begin, let alone end. They only just finished consultations embedded in the Joyce Station area plan in mid-December. Strikes me as odd that all of that work could be completed within 12 months (including second elevator, platform roof extension, extended east station house).

Waders · #**1735** Posted **Jan 9, 2016, 6:48 AM**

I think 18 months to 2 years is a better estimate.
I believe the federal government funding deadline is 2017. So I would be very happy if the project is completed by end of 2017.

From Translink's FAQ

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What is the schedule for the project?

The overall project schedule is determined by government funding deadlines, and includes the following milestones for the upgrades to the east stationhouse:

Design – complete by summer 2015
Construction Phase – summer 2015 to winter 2016 (under two years)

The project schedule is subject to change.

tonyvan · #**1736** Posted **Jan 11, 2016, 12:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by Waders

I think 18 months to 2 years is a better estimate.
I believe the federal government funding deadline is 2017. So I would be very happy if the project is completed by end of 2017.

From Translink's FAQ

Oh I saw a new board today at Joyce saying construction time is Early 2016 to Fall 2017. I will take a picture next time.

Waders · #**1737** Posted **Jan 11, 2016, 3:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by tonyvan

Oh I saw a new board today at Joyce saying construction time is Early 2016 to Fall 2017. I will take a picture next time.

Yup, I saw that too today. The board advertises the project federal funding source, Canada's Economic Action Plan. It must have been erected only in the last few days.

Photo I took today.

tonyvan · #**1738** Posted **Jan 11, 2016, 3:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Waders

Yup, I saw that too today. The board advertises the project federal funding source, Canada's Economic Action Plan. It must have been erected only in the last few days.

Photo I took today.

Thanks for the photo. This is great!

GMasterAres · #**1739** Posted **Jan 11, 2016, 6:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I wonder if that would work in practice, though, since buses may bunch up (i.e. the 2nd bus in line offloads faster than a more crowded bus that's 1st in line. So the 2nd bus has to wait before it can pull ahead to load?)

They'll have their own bays and I'd imagine the schedules should be staggered enough such that this would be a rarity. That said I guess we'll see how it actually turns out. We're still a ways away from them building the South portion, probably 5+ years in my estimate.

Waders · #**1740** Posted **Jan 14, 2016, 3:54 AM**

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As part of the station upgrades at Metrotown station, work needs to be done to strengthen the platform.

Because of this, SkyTrain will be single tracking at this station as well as Patterson.

Work is scheduled for January 17 to January 28, Sundays through Thursdays from 9pm until the end of service.

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Strengthen the platform?