King-Victoria Transit Hub

[midriser]

So Kippling GO was constructed for 73 million.

It includes an indoor area (admittedly less grand than here) along with an utterly massive parking garage.

I'm not saying this is a better development, but again, the cost seems much more reasonable.

https://www.cp24.com/news/construction-c...-1.5436330

Kipling Station doesn’t have a parking garage. The 1,400 spots referenced in that article are all in surface lots that existed before the regional bus terminal was built. That $73 million covered the new 16 bay bus terminal, a new bridge and set of elevators to the existing GO train station, a pedestrian tunnel to connect to the existing TTC station, and a reconfigured PPUDO. 

You may be thinking of Bloomington GO, which cost $82 million and opens on June 28th. That one is 90% masssive parking garage (area wise), with the other 10% being the passenger waiting area and a 6 bay bus terminal that will have 0 local bus service. The only bus service will be the Richmond Hill line bus that runs when the train isn’t - which is most of the time, as there are only 5 train trips to Union station in the morning peak and 5 back in the afternoon. The last southbound bus to Toronto is at about 2 PM, so it’s really a very commuter focused station.

Between the relative lack of GO service, 0 local transit service, and absence of TOD opportunities around the station (green belt), I suspect usage will remain rather low despite the almost $100 million investment into its construction.