King-Victoria Transit Hub

[tomh009]

Let's just be clear: The documents say a 2019 start, with completion 3-4 years later, for offsite elements, e.g. the trail and rail facilities. So yes, even the region does not see anything opening in 2019, other than holes in the ground.

It's still all very preliminary; this is what the regional documents referenced above say (highlights mine):

For budgeting purposes, it is assumed that construction of the Transit Hub begins in 2019, but the land may be available as early as late 2017. A second phase of construction is assumed for 2025, but could be accelerated to an earlier date depending on available funding to achieve full buildout of the on- and off-site infrastructure by 2021/2022.

Note the level of uncertainty on the schedule!

In any case, their concept has a bus loop with only five bays (including Greyhound?), so really they are not expecting many GRT bus routes to stop at the Victoria St station.  The Charles St station will be decommissioned not because Victoria St station is ready, but because the bus lines will have been reconfigured to connect with ION instead of all going to a central hub.