Millennium Line - Broadway Extension: Planning & Pre-Construction - Page 488

Unregistered User · #**9741** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 6:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by jsbertram

i can only think of main st after rehab has 2 entrances

are there any other skytrain stations with more than one street entrance? they are quite rare

Waterfront Station: Hastings St. Granville Plaza, and Cordova St.
Granville Station: Seymour St., Granville St., and Dunsmuir St.
Stadium: Expo Blvd and Beatty St.
Commercial-Broadway: Commercial, Broadway, and 10th Ave.
Joyce-Collingwood: Entrances east and west of Joyce St.
Patterson: east and west
Metrotown: East and west entrances
Edmonds: (kinda?)
New West: Eight St. and covered Bus bay entrance
Columbia: Columbia St. and 4th St.
Scott Road
Surrey Central just opened the north entrance
Lougheed: North (Lougheed Centre) and south (Bus loop) entrances
Brentwood: Entrances on both north and south side of Lougheed Hwy
Inlet Centre: Entrances east and west of Barnet Hwy

Did I miss any?

Sheba · #**9742** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 6:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Unregistered User

Edmonds: (kinda?)

Edmonds only has one entrance. They used to leave the emergency exit open but bolted it shut when they put faregates in. They planned on adding an entrance on the south side of the station (to connect with the City in the Park development) but haven't done anything about it for decades.

Galaxy · #**9743** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 7:16 AM**

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Templeton Station: You need to go through the station to get to either side
Sea Island Station: Has two Station entrances
Aberdeen Station: Has the direct connection to the mall plus the street entrance

jsbertram · #**9744** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 11:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Unregistered User

>whole list of stns listed<

Did I miss any?

sheeez , i gotta do some rail fanning soon

Migrant_Coconut · #**9745** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 12:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

on another note, i hear it'll be 2 bored tunnels like the Canada-Line and they have already started putting in the new trolley poles on W 12th Av for the bus rerouting.

Link for the twin-bore please? Or did you hear it from a planner?

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**9746** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 2:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Link for the twin-bore please? Or did you hear it from a planner?

no link, but i like to keep my ear to the rail to hear things

lets just hope i didn't hear the wrong thing...

Unregistered User · #**9747** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 2:16 AM**

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Templeton Station: You need to go through the station to get to either side
Sea Island Station: Has two Station entrances
Aberdeen Station: Has the direct connection to the mall plus the street entrance

I am filled with shame.

I supposed YVR-Airport has multiple entrances, too.

Dave2 · #**9748** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 4:43 AM**

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Did I miss any?

Metrotown has three entrances, east, centre, and west.

CanSpice · #**9749** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 4:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Unregistered User

Columbia: Columbia St. and 4th St.

Columbia has three, the two you've mentioned plus one that comes out on Clarkson Street. You can barely see it in this Google Street View.

Migrant_Coconut · #**9750** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 6:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

no link, but i like to keep my ear to the rail to hear things

lets just hope i didn't hear the wrong thing...

You and me both. Side platforms suck.

Aroundtheworld · #**9751** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 5:45 PM**

Given recent events, I wonder if SNC is bidding. If they are, I hope they lose.

SFUVancouver · #**9752** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 6:48 PM**

Short of SNC-Lavalin being prohibited from bidding on contracts with any Federal funding, the company has a fiduciary duty to its shareholders to pursue commercial opportunities wherever they exist. With its track record of success winning and building rapid transit in Metro Vancouver, the SNC-Lavalin Board really doesn't have a choice: the company must bid on the Broadway subway.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**9753** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 4:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Aroundtheworld

Given recent events, I wonder if SNC is bidding. If they are, I hope they lose.

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Short of SNC-Lavalin being prohibited from bidding on contracts with any Federal funding, the company has a fiduciary duty to its shareholders to pursue commercial opportunities wherever they exist. With its track record of success winning and building rapid transit in Metro Vancouver, the SNC-Lavalin Board really doesn't have a choice: the company must bid on the Broadway subway.

SFUVancouver is right. but Aroundtheworld is what i am hoping is happens. there must be a company from Western Canada that could do it; screw Quebec.

also, i am going to bet that there will be an entrance at Oak St and a 2nd entrance close to Laural. that is my prediction.

Migrant_Coconut · #**9754** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 6:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

SFUVancouver is right. but Aroundtheworld is what i am hoping is happens. there must be a company from Western Canada that could do it; screw Quebec.

Still haven't forgiven them for the Canada Line, eh?

fredinno · #**9755** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 8:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Still haven't forgiven them for the Canada Line, eh?

????

Migrant_Coconut · #**9756** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 8:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by fredinno

????

SNC-Lavalin was given the contract for the Canada Line because their proposal of can and cover saved money. The resulting brouhaha upset practically half the city.

They were also awarded the Evergreen contract - that went overtime, but otherwise fairly well.

ilikeredheads · #**9757** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 10:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

SNC-Lavalin was given the contract for the Canada Line because their proposal of can and cover saved money. The resulting brouhaha upset practically half the city.

They were also awarded the Evergreen contract - that went overtime, but otherwise fairly well.

Given how divided the mayors were back then about the line and how some of them kept barking it'll go overbudget, it's not a surprise they went with the cheaper option. I don't see how you can blame SNC-Lavalin for that. The whole line had to go through some sort of cost cutting measure on every component just so the opposing mayors would shut up.

WarrenC12 · #**9758** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 11:00 PM**

Government has to pick the cheapest bid, with very few exceptions.

misher · #**9759** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Government has to pick the cheapest bid, with very few exceptions.

Yep, the union rules don't affect this besides making it more complicated for companies to bid on it and likely increasing the bids.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**9760** Posted **Mar 2, 2019, 1:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Still haven't forgiven them for the Canada Line, eh?

no, i am generally fine with the Canada-Line and i don't blame them for the station sizes either. i am also happy that it was underground and not elevated so the median could be maintained.

what i am tired of is Corrupt Quebec companies. time to start making sure Western Canadians get something instead of always corrupt Quebec.