Canadian Railroads > New Oshawa VIA - GO Station

Here's the new Oshawa, Ontario VIA - GO Station which replaced a much smaller building. (The overhead track access structure has been used for a several years now)

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More "modern" architecture that is dated already.  Looks like a Wendy's.

Looks great - thanks for sharing.

Do you know if it's elevator-only to get to the bridge or are there escalators, too?

chrisk_yyz Wrote:
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> Looks great - thanks for sharing.
>
> Do you know if it's elevator-only to get to the
> bridge or are there escalators, too?

I have not seen any escalators, just elevators and a long stairway. I hope the covered passageway is now open between the station and the building that provides access to the tracks. When I last used this station - November I think - we had to go out the GO side of the station and walk through mud to get to it.  This spacious station is a vast improvement on the tiny station it replaced.

DrawingroomA Wrote:

> I have not seen any escalators, just elevators and
> a long stairway. I hope the covered passageway is
> now open between the station and the building that
> provides access to the tracks. When I last used
> this station - November I think - we had to go out
> the GO side of the station and walk through mud to
> get to it.  This spacious station is a vast
> improvement on the tiny station it replaced.

I'm curious why they didn't tunnel instead - it would require fewer steps than having to build this elevated structure above clearances for current train activities.  Perhaps with the cost of tunneling it would have been a wash cost-wise.

None of the new VIA stations on the Kingston sub (Oshawa, Cobourg, Belleville) have tunnels.

newtonville150 Wrote:
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> None of the new VIA stations on the Kingston sub
> (Oshawa, Cobourg, Belleville) have tunnels.

The gawdawful GO/VIA station at Aldershot has long dank concrete tunnels, along with long stairwells.
It is so bad, I haven't used it in a couple of years.

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON