SkyTrain Station Renovations - Page 88

tonyvan · #**1741** Posted **Jan 17, 2016, 1:30 AM**

Some updates for Joyce Station:

Translink website was updated this week regarding this project, with specific constructions dates of late-Jan 2016 to fall 2017.
http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Pro.../Joyce-Collingwood-Station-Upgrades.aspx

Also, various street markings were drawn on the ground near the east station house.
According to Translink's website:

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A temporary staircase will be built in the east stationhouse in February.

Customers will only be able to exit through the east stationhouse
The west stationhouse will act as the main entrance to the station
Signs will be in place to direct customers to entrances and exits

Spork · #**1742** Posted **Jan 17, 2016, 2:29 AM**

I noticed this as well. Fencing has appeared (in stacks) nearby the site on Friday.

Waders · #**1743** Posted **Jan 17, 2016, 6:15 PM**

That basically means Joyce station east entrance will be "closed" for at least a period of time until a new staircase can be built.
I believe the temporary staircase is a fire code requirement.

Waders · #**1744** Posted **Jan 18, 2016, 6:00 PM**

Fencing has been erected on the west side outside Joyce station east entrance. Construction crews were doing site inspection this morning and the last few days.
Does anyone know when Wall Centre Central Park residents will move in? Since the residents are most likely to use Joyce station instead of Patterson station, the west entrance will be very busy.

Spork · #**1745** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 3:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Waders

Fencing has been erected on the west side outside Joyce station east entrance. Construction crews were doing site inspection this morning and the last few days.
Does anyone know when Wall Centre Central Park residents will move in? Since the residents are most likely to use Joyce station instead of Patterson station, the west entrance will be very busy.

A long time still to go. I would bet at least 6 months. The West side won't have any capacity problems.

Sheba · #**1746** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 5:54 AM**

An update from Commercial-Broadway Station construction

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Construction is well underway at Commercial-Broadway Station!

Upgrades to the station will improve accessibility, capacity, safety and security at one of the busiest stations in the SkyTrain system.

Buzzer Blog

officedweller · #**1747** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 7:31 AM**

Thanks!

This one is cool:

Pedestrian overpass steel fabrication
http://buzzer.translink.ca/2016/01/an-update-from-commercial-broadway-station-construction/

red-paladin · #**1748** Posted **Jan 22, 2016, 8:46 AM**

A new hoop truss is going up right now at the west end of Metrotown station.

AMTDGT · #**1749** Posted **Jan 23, 2016, 4:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

A new hoop truss is going up right now at the west end of Metrotown station.

i see from the camera's they are pulling the gravel trucks out of the tunnel. I guess they will be pouring concrete soon if the haven't already started.

WarrenC12 · #**1750** Posted **Jan 23, 2016, 5:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

A new hoop truss is going up right now at the west end of Metrotown station.

According to Translink's page there are 3 phases to Metrotown:

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Phase 1
Centre Stationhouse Construction – early 2015 to spring 2016

Phase 2
West Stationhouse Construction – summer 2015 to summer 2016

Phase 3
East Stationhouse Construction – spring 2016 to fall 2017

Phase 3 can't begin until one of the other two phases are done to provide access to the station. Do these timelines still look reasonable?

Sheba · #**1751** Posted **Jan 23, 2016, 8:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Phase 3 can't begin until one of the other two phases are done to provide access to the station. Do these timelines still look reasonable?

TransLink also says "Design of the project was completed by December 2014, with construction is expected to begin early 2015 and continue until winter 2017." They still haven't changed the individual timelines though...

There's a large hole in the platform for the new stairs. They're going to have to move fast if they want the Center Stationhouse completed "Spring 2016" (which ok technically means anywhere between mid-March to mid-June).

Then the new West Stationhouse. The pics officedweller posted show all sorts of 'stuff' under the station but it doesn't look like there's anything in place where the new stationhouse is going to go. Sure some of it will be prefab and brought to the site, but can they really have the whole thing finished by "Summer 2016" (so between mid-June to mid-Sept)? I'll have to take a good look at the station next time I'm there - maybe they've been really busy recently.

They can start on rebuilding the East Stationhouse with only the Center Stationhouse open. Sure there'll be people cranky about no escalators. If they do it right (which is always debatable) then they'll close the stairs from the ground to the ticket level and get to work on ground level first. That would give them a bit of breathing room before they shut down that whole end.

I think they're going to push off the dates on the East Stationhouse so they can concentrate on building the other stationhouses. Plus they haven't done any work on the platform level (mostly replacing the mesh panels with glass ones) and they'll have a whole bunch of paving / landscaping to do around the station and the promised divided bike path (Spring 2018 for that?).

red-paladin · #**1752** Posted **Jan 24, 2016, 9:09 AM**

And the second new hoop truss is up at Metrotown.

Sheba · #**1753** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 12:07 AM**

I looked today and the station doesn't look much different from the pics taken about 3 weeks ago. There's more scaffolding and by the looks of it more stuff being stored under the platform now, but they're also single tracking at night to "strengthen the platform" so that could be why.

CanSpice · #**1754** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 5:38 PM**

They've taken the wraps off of the two new escalators from street level at the New Westminster station (one from 8th Street, one from the bus loop). They've also installed some glass panels along the platform and removed the plywood cladding around them.

officedweller · #**1755** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 9:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

And the second new hoop truss is up at Metrotown.

Thanks.

So the addition hoop trusses are to extend the roof over the existing uncovered platform end (west end) - and then they'll add the new station houses to each end...

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Originally Posted by urbancanadian

Here are the latest renderings of Metrotown Station. I can't find the link online anymore, but they're from Translink at the December 2014 open house.

Jebby · #**1756** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 12:27 AM**

It sucks that they're adding more of the hoop trusses. I wish they'd remove them entirely and go with something more sleek and elegant.

Sheba · #**1757** Posted **Jan 26, 2016, 2:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

It sucks that they're adding more of the hoop trusses. I wish they'd remove them entirely and go with something more sleek and elegant.

Almost all of the original Expo Line stations have hoop trusses. Why would you think they'd remove a functioning roof and replace it with something prettier, esp after the plebiscite failed.