Comment 47140

By arienc (registered) | Posted September 03, 2010 at 09:14:31

Undustrial...the link I've provided illustrates the planned layout for a station at James N. When that station becomes operational, Hamilton will have all-day GO service as Aldershot does today.

If the stadium does get built at Confederation, I think Metrolinx will try to push the developer into accomodating a GO station and lot at Centennial. As it stands right now, a GO station there seems to be unworkable as the space is being developed for other purposes (Walmart?). The plans also indicate stations at both Fruitland Rd. and Fifty, which make little sense so close together in a sparsely populated area.

If the GO line was being extended Brantford way, something like Aldershot, MIP, Ancaster, Brantford might make sense as stations. But that would mean downtown would be excluded and the plans already well in progress shelved. That's just not happening. Despite the best wishes of communities along the lines, express inter-city train lines do not zig-zag.

Frank...if you look at that spot, the total area is about the size of 2 1/2 Ivor Wynne stadiums. The parking area on the right side itself is a little bigger than Ivor Wynne Stadium. The grassy area in the middle could also be developed. The stadium could easily fit on the footprint of that parking lot with lots of room to spare and no loss of greenspace.

"First they built the road, then they built the town. That's why we're still driving around and around, and all we see. Are kids in buses. Longing to be free." - Wasted Hours, The Arcade Fire

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