Centennial Parkway | Confederation Station | ? | Approved

[lucasmascotto]

As explained in the "GO/Via" thread, I'd be creating a new thread in the suburbs section dedicated to the approved Confederation Station for GO Transit as proposed and approved by the Liberals for the promised all day train service to Toronto.

If you have not viewed the image of the station, here it is: http://gotransitnlb.gotransit.com/pu...Station%20.pdf

The construction just as the new James Street North station is suppose to be completed before the 2015 Pan Am Games, sometime in 2014, and according to local rumours was slated to begin this March, but nothing has been started and no postings around the area have been put up. The bridge over Centennial Parkway was in dire need of repair and a public information session outlining the work required was posted in the newspaper during the months of November and December. But other then that, with the opening of the new Wal-Mart Power Centre nothing has been stated about the station since.

If anyone has anymore information, including rumours, images, files, and articles pertaining to the construction of this station it would be greatly appreciated if you could post it to keep this thread alive. Thank you.

[sil]

the confediration station will not be built before they even secure money for the James North Station so hold on tight its gonna be a bumpy ride

[bigguy1231]

Why would this be in the suburbs section? It's well within the old city of Hamilton boundaries.

[Jon Dalton]

Youre right, but I could forgive a guy for thinking Stoney Creek starts at centennial parkway.

[mattgrande]

I always thought it did... Where does Stoney Creek start.

[flar]

I think Stoney Creek starts at Centenial Parkway if you're on King St. But if you're on Barton, Stoney Creek starts further east.

[bigguy1231]

Originally Posted by mattgrande

I always thought it did... Where does Stoney Creek start.

The old boundary went North from the escarpment down Centennial to Queenston then East to I think Grays Rd, then North to the lake.

[thistleclub]

2008: ”The province is putting up $3 million to put in a platform, ticket kiosk and lighting for a GO Train stop just east of the old CN station on James Street North, now a highly successful banquet centre owned by the Laborers’ International Union of North America.”

2012: James Street North GO/VIA Station Gateway to Niagara / A new platform, and park-and-ride lot as the first step to future GO and VIA train service / $3 million

$3 million gets you a passenger platform and a parking lot. You can understand the delay.