The scheduled completion date of September would allow for suitable commemoration of Remembrance Day and enable the city's Christmas events to return to the square this year.

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By the scheduled completion date of 2014, the station will have a subterranean bike depot big enough to hold more than 5, 000 bikes, and the surrounding area will be turned into a picturesque, greenery-filled plaza.

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