Altho the plan for Central Waterfront Hub was approved in 2009 (10 years ago!) and nothing came to fruition since, we do have potential to revive this topic if the Cascadia High Speed Rail gains momentum and chooses a terminus at Waterfront Station.
The 2009 concept:
New glass concourse to serve as the main hub of the expanded node. It indicates a future rail line accomodated:
Interesting perspective from back then... convention west wasn't even built yet!
Street extensions:
Even looks at taxi and potential streetcar options:
3-Level transit hub:
Cross section:
Really hope something comes of this soon so that the ugly duo (Harbour Centre & Granville Square) towers can be less visible in our skyline!!!!!
This plan really shows how Waterfront Station can be expanded to accomodate traffic and volume from a potential Cascadia high speed rail terminus, and serve as the best connection for 1) downtown-to-downtown; 2) connections to the rest of the city with Canada/Expo skytrain lines, seabus & WCE.
Pics & info from
Daily Hive &
City of Vancouver.