mpd618 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 By construction, I meant mainly utility work/relocation. At least, I think that's what the workers were doing there today. I'm going to assume that this is preparation for paving the thing into temporary parking for GO Transit. The Region might not actually own the Beer Store property yet, and even if they did, I doubt they would close it before actual construction would start. They really do need to fix the URL and get it working. I'm sure we'll get some kind of announcement tomorrow and the site will go live, probably in tandem with the GO Transit announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transpo Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I'm going to assume that this is preparation for paving the thing into temporary parking for GO Transit. The Region might not actually own the Beer Store property yet, and even if they did, I doubt they would close it before actual construction would start.They really do need to fix the URL and get it working. I'm sure we'll get some kind of announcement tomorrow and the site will go live, probably in tandem with the GO Transit announcement. What GO Transit announcement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 hey everybody construction has started on the garage also pic on the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivablue5215 Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 What GO Transit announcement? http://www.therecord.com/news/local/articl...revealed-friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Transit 20 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 hey there i was standing in Chandler drive when i took the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Man Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 What GO Transit announcement? Monday December 19th, from what I heard, will be the start of GO Train service to Toronto. I'd expect that we'll see the trains arrive in town Saturday or Sunday, for the 1st departure Monday morning. Will GRT have the "Shuttle" from Charles Street ready by then, and will the have the forethought to have a "Destination Sign" reading "VIA Station / GO Train Shuttle" (I highly doubt it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 hey there i heard there will be a GO shuttle in the mornings leaving the 8 Franklin spot at charles street terminal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transpo Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Monday December 19th, from what I heard, will be the start of GO Train service to Toronto. I'd expect that we'll see the trains arrive in town Saturday or Sunday, for the 1st departure Monday morning.Will GRT have the "Shuttle" from Charles Street ready by then, and will the have the forethought to have a "Destination Sign" reading "VIA Station / GO Train Shuttle" (I highly doubt it!) I might be wrong, but a few months ago I saw somewhere that the new date is at the beginning of January; changed from the originally planned December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivablue5215 Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I might be wrong, but a few months ago I saw somewhere that the new date is at the beginning of January; changed from the originally planned December. They posted that during the PICs, but I guess they wanted to test run the service before January starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit Man Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I might be wrong, but a few months ago I saw somewhere that the new date is at the beginning of January; changed from the originally planned December. Well, I think your answer is here; http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews...24/?hub=SWOHome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greater Golden Horseshoe Transit Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Shortest lived GRT Route ever...just got an e-mail from Scheduling that the GO Train shuttle that was supposed to start in January has already been cancelled . I will try and investigate the cause of the decision to terminate this service, but no promises. They had to go out of their way to change the operator's work assignment even though we're just getting ready to pick out our work for the Winter period. [sigh] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIDO Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Shortest lived GRT Route ever...just got an e-mail from Scheduling that the GO Train shuttle that was supposed to start in January has already been cancelled . I will try and investigate the cause of the decision to terminate this service, but no promises. They had to go out of their way to change the operator's work assignment even though we're just getting ready to pick out our work for the Winter period. [sigh] Does that really surpise anyone? This is GRT we're talking about! Another way to save a nickel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpd618 Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 I think there's a silver lining to having no shuttle to the GO station. Particularly if/when GO train service increases, this will help demolish the idea of the Charles St terminal as a center, and have more demand for buses to take people to King/Victoria without layovers downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylortbb Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Shortest lived GRT Route ever...just got an e-mail from Scheduling that the GO Train shuttle that was supposed to start in January has already been cancelled . I will try and investigate the cause of the decision to terminate this service, but no promises. They had to go out of their way to change the operator's work assignment even though we're just getting ready to pick out our work for the Winter period. [sigh] I think it's reasonable. The walk from the King/Victoria iXpress is pretty short, and that gives people the ability to travel from anywhere in KWC to the train station. Especially given that in this case parking won't get you any closer, except a very small number of spots right at the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Anyone know why the VIA (now GO) station isn't on the 7 route maps? Pain in the ass for visitors to figure out where to get off, and it's only a couple of streets over so it should be within the "grid" they print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivablue5215 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Anyone know why the VIA (now GO) station isn't on the 7 route maps? Pain in the ass for visitors to figure out where to get off, and it's only a couple of streets over so it should be within the "grid" they print. The 7 doesn't serve the VIA Station; the 18 does. And even then you have a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpd618 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Anyone know why the VIA (now GO) station isn't on the 7 route maps? Pain in the ass for visitors to figure out where to get off, and it's only a couple of streets over so it should be within the "grid" they print. They probably didn't think of it. I agree that it should be on that and many other maps, and listed as a connection at the King & Victoria iXpress stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIDO Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 GO TRAIN Sighting today at Noon. Crossing King Street @ Victoria, and moving onto the siding. Anyone know why the VIA (now GO) station isn't on the 7 route maps? Pain in the ass for visitors to figure out where to get off, and it's only a couple of streets over so it should be within the "grid" they print. Isn't it STILL a "VIA" Station??? It just has a GO train stopping at it! (I never knew the VIA station was now to be called the GO Train Station!) Oh My! How rumours start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivablue5215 Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 GO TRAIN Sighting today at Noon. Crossing King Street @ Victoria, and moving onto the siding.Isn't it STILL a "VIA" Station??? It just has a GO train stopping at it! (I never knew the VIA station was now to be called the GO Train Station!) Oh My! How rumours start! Wiki calls it a "Railway Station". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isUsername Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Construction started today on the future transit hub at King and Victoria. Umm, anyone else notice the website isn't actually a valid web address? "www.regionofwaterlooRca/transithub" Should have been an "." instead of an "R" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transpo Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Umm, anyone else notice the website isn't actually a valid web address? "www.regionofwaterlooRca/transithub" Should have been an "." instead of an "R" I thought it was something in the image taken. Did they really put an R in there? As some on here say.. A BIG "Oh My"......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIDO Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I thought it was something in the image taken. Did they really put an R in there? As some on here say.. A BIG "Oh My"......................... Yup, It's an "R" in the nonfunctional web address! OH MY! (Did you expect any less from them?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRT 9401 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 How do they get "R" from "." .... such a fail. Even if you replace the R with a period, the page isn't valid. EDIT: The page is now valid http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/transithub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greater Golden Horseshoe Transit Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 GO TRAIN Sighting today at Noon. Crossing King Street @ Victoria, and moving onto the siding.Isn't it STILL a "VIA" Station??? It just has a GO train stopping at it! (I never knew the VIA station was now to be called the GO Train Station!) Oh My! How rumours start! The new GO Schedules already list it as 'Kitchener GO' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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