Confederation Line (Stage 1) | In Service 1.0 - Page 379

swimmer_spe · #**7561** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 5:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by OCCheetos

Weirdly enough, they were referring to the Affordable Network Plan. In Jim Watson's original motion he claimed that the Barrhaven LRT extension was the only major part of the plan that didn't have a complete EA despite the fact that neither the Kanata, Stittsville, or Barrhaven extensions are featured on either the affordable, or concept plans. The Carling LRT is even featured on the concept plan while the other two are not.

Is Carling considered a "core" issue?

Looks like an excellent future Rapid Transit network.

Uhuniau · #**7562** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by lrt's friend

Any idea associated with the 2006 Chiarelli plan will not get built until all the councillors associated with the debacle are gone.

No Carling LRT
No Montreal Road LRT
No re-use of cross-town tracks.
No double tracking of Trillium Line.

I'm not even sure that will help, as council has gotten even more suburban-weighted since then, and will continue to do so.

613Steve · #**7563** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 7:26 PM**

Let's all relax

J.OT13 · #**7564** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 7:53 PM**

Art at Lees and St-Laurent. Watson's twitter.

We've see this one.

Birds are cool, but wall looks like shit.

Looks a little Western, but still quite nice.

Little more Canadian.

https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/status/1021733004765548548

From other Twitter accounts.

St-Laurent mezzanine level.

https://twitter.com/rail613/status/1021484422061805568

Rideau Staiton.

https://twitter.com/MathieuFleury/status/1021028358098948096

Viaducts.

https://twitter.com/pcplans/status/1021548541938991104

kevinbottawa · #**7565** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 10:40 PM**

From what I've seen so far, St. Laurent has the best looking platform level aside from maybe Rideau Station (and it happens to be the closest station to my house). Looking at the picture of Rideau Station, I didn't know it was still so far behind. Will it be done by November?

J.OT13 · #**7566** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 1:37 AM**

St-Laurent's mezzanine level looks pretty bad based on those pics, but platform level looks more like a proper big city subway than Lyon and Parliament so far.

OCCheetos · #**7567** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

St-Laurent's mezzanine level looks pretty bad based on those pics, but platform level looks more like a proper big city subway than Lyon and Parliament so far.

Very reminiscent of Montreal's metro stations.

jchilds72 · #**7568** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 5:06 AM**

Are there any plans to give the bus level of St-Laurent a facelift to better match the other stations on the Confederation Line? Or is it stuck looking like it does?

JHikka · #**7569** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:52 PM**

I like the wayfinding overheads. The names of the stations on the map could be larger.

613Steve · #**7570** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 3:20 PM**

I don't believe there are any plans to update the bus level of St. Laurent. Similar to the Blair Station pedestrian overpass, we'll get some clashing architecture.

kevinbottawa · #**7571** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 3:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by 613Steve

I don't believe there are any plans to update the bus level of St. Laurent. Similar to the Blair Station pedestrian overpass, we'll get some clashing architecture.

I'm sure some people see the older architecture as heritage that should be preserved.

J.OT13 · #**7572** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 3:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by kevinbottawa

I'm sure some people see the older architecture as heritage that should be preserved.

I wouldn't go as far as calling it "heritage", but I do like to see some of that red piping preserved. The old and the new blend better together than what some of the older renderings suggested.

Subway entrance from inside the St-Laurent Shopping Centre. Dosen't seem like they installed a new header with the Confederation Line branded wayfinding;

https://twitter.com/StLaurentCentre/status/1021823618802745349

Reecemartin · #**7573** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 3:56 PM**

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corynv · #**7574** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 4:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Reecemartin

Just making sure . . . platforms will be flush height with trains right??

Comments . . .
The walls aren't bad, that's what bare concrete looks like, just gotta make sure it is well maintained so it doesn't degrade very much overtime

Loving the wayfinding, good to see things like this are looking great from day 1, is the Trillium Line getting wayfinding improvements?

The platforms will be flush (or as close as possible) with the doors, just like they are on the Trillium lines.

I'm not 100% sure myself, but I would assume the trillium line will get improvements when it shuts down for stage 2. (Could also see what the new Bayview platform will be like once that opens up, and if it has the wayfinding items the Confederation line has, i'd say the whole line is getting it.

lrt's friend · #**7575** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 4:45 PM**

Once we close down the Trillium Line (is it next May?), how will Route 107 connect with the Confederation Line? Is Bayview Station being designed for bus transfers? I thought not, but maybe someone here knows better.

Kitchissippi · #**7576** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 4:51 PM**

I think those old red structures would look better painted dark grey. Red is used sparingly in the new stations and mostly only in signage, and the subtlety gets lost in the mix.

roger1818 · #**7577** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 5:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by lrt's friend

Once we close down the Trillium Line (is it next May?), how will Route 107 connect with the Confederation Line? Is Bayview Station being designed for bus transfers? I thought not, but maybe someone here knows better.

No, April 2020.

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As soon as exams at Carleton University are over in April 2020, the eight-kilometre line that runs between Bayview and Greenboro stations would close until September 2021.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new...0m-o-train-to-be-shut-down-for-16-months

OCCheetos · #**7578** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 5:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by lrt's friend

Once we close down the Trillium Line (is it next May?), how will Route 107 connect with the Confederation Line? Is Bayview Station being designed for bus transfers? I thought not, but maybe someone here knows better.

It'll probably stop where the current westbound "transitway" stop is now. There's an entrance right by there for the eastbound platform, and anyone going west will probably need to follow the MUP to get to the westbound platform.

OCCheetos · #**7579** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 5:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by roger1818

No, April 2020.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new...0m-o-train-to-be-shut-down-for-16-months

Huh, I thought I had read it would close in spring 2019 and be closed for 18 months.
Guess I was wrong.

TransitZilla · #**7580** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by roger1818

No, April 2020.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new...0m-o-train-to-be-shut-down-for-16-months

The Scott St. Detour presentation indicates that the completion of the Trillium line work is a pre-requisite to the shutdown of the Transitway- presumably because the buses used for the Trillium replacement service will be re-assigned to the Transitway detour service.

(https://www.stage2lrt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FIN_Scott_Detour_Presentation.pdf- slide 43)

The schedule indicates that the Transitway would close in November 2021, so if the Trillium line will take 18 months, it needs to close by May 2020. And hopefully there are no construction delays or it will impact the Confederation Line West project!