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GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

urbancog said:
4th track on Western sub of the Kitchener line yesterday evening:
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I hope this fourth track will allow for express service on the Kitchener line. With all the stops being proposed & constructed along the Kitchener line just within Toronto, it's going to make for a very long ride for anyone travelling beyond Brampton.
 
Bojaxs said:
I hope this fourth track will allow for express service on the Kitchener line. With all the stops being proposed & constructed along the Kitchener line just within Toronto, it's going to make for a very long ride for anyone travelling beyond Brampton.
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You have to deal with the UPX from the Woodbine Station to Bloor for those 4 tracks that was to become 8 tracks at Lansdowne and to Union. From Woodbine to Torbram Road you have 4 tracks that become 3 tracks from Torbram Road to Bramalea Station. Until a 4th track is built from Bramalea to Georgetown, you have 3 tracks at the control of CN. There is enough room for 4 tracks in this area now with a few issues to get it in like Brampton Station. Until there is 2 tracks from Georgetown to KW with a few passing sidings, tough fight for an express from KW to Union from my pint of view.
 
drum118 said:
You have to deal with the UPX from the Woodbine Station to Bloor for those 4 tracks that was to become 8 tracks at Lansdowne and to Union. From Woodbine to Torbram Road you have 4 tracks that become 3 tracks from Torbram Road to Bramalea Station. Until a 4th track is built from Bramalea to Georgetown, you have 3 tracks at the control of CN. There is enough room for 4 tracks in this area now with a few issues to get it in like Brampton Station. Until there is 2 tracks from Georgetown to KW with a few passing sidings, tough fight for an express from KW to Union from my pint of view.
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I was more so thinking of an express train that heads to & from Bramalea. Similar to how Clarkson is the last & first station for the express service on the LSW line.
 
Bojaxs said:
I hope this fourth track will allow for express service on the Kitchener line. With all the stops being proposed & constructed along the Kitchener line just within Toronto, it's going to make for a very long ride for anyone travelling beyond Brampton.
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But there is already express service on the Kitchener Line though? PDF schedules.
 
SaugeenJunction said:
But there is already express service on the Kitchener Line though? PDF schedules.
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There is some, definitely - but it can be expanded significantly.

Back when Phil Verster held a town hall in Kitchener (which is still on youtube somewhere) , Greg Percy stated that the target timing for Kitchener to Toronto was 90 minutes. We are still a bit short of that. I would expect that more express service will arrive when the trackwork is done.

- Paul
 
reaperexpress said:
If the routes run every 30 minutes then it is possible to time them to meet the trains that run every 60 minutes. Those numbers are multiples of each other.

It is not necessary to improve frequencies to provide short wait times for transfers to/from the GO train. The GO train comes at 1 specific time per hour. For a quick transfer to a local route, all you need is 1 bus per hour to be there at that time. The routes have at least 2 buses per hour already and each route has its own bus bay at the terminal so that is not an insurmountable challenge.
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Right now the trains are not hourly, and buses aren't timed with the trains. The city has been pretty resistant to big change and i dont see them reconfiguring all the schedules to sync with trains when the vast majority of existing riders are within guelph and can benifit more from the existing schedules that have a few timed transfers in suburban areas. Im also not convinced the streets up to the downtown station could handle the traffic if most bus routes were to come into and leave the station at the same time. There are lots of tight blocks and signals. Increasing frequencies on core routes as is planned (lets hope its implemented) helps the issue on core routes while providing other benefits
 
crs1026 said:
There is some, definitely - but it can be expanded significantly.

Back when Phil Verster held a town hall in Kitchener (which is still on youtube somewhere) , Greg Percy stated that the target timing for Kitchener to Toronto was 90 minutes. We are still a bit short of that. I would expect that more express service will arrive when the trackwork is done.

- Paul
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Good memory and way faster then searching the Document Library on ML's website 😀
 
with the indycar race heading to unionville GO station and DTM next year one can hope and expect that the stoufville line will finally complete the necessary upgrades so that they can transport the 150000 people to/from the race.
Hopefully this can really stir up ML to finally act.

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urbancog said:
4th track on Western sub of the Kitchener line yesterday evening:
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Could you tell me where this is exactly? I'm not that great when it comes to location, lol.
 
cplchanb said:
with the indycar race heading to unionville GO station and DTM next year one can hope and expect that the stoufville line will finally complete the necessary upgrades so that they can transport the 150000 people to/from the race.
Hopefully this can really stir up ML to finally act.

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Predicting @crs1026 's reaction: better get moving on that West Highland Creek Bridge. Which, when completed, should be named the @crs1026 Bridge.
 
Allandale25 said:
Predicting @crs1026 's reaction: better get moving on that West Highland Creek Bridge. Which, when completed, should be named the @crs1026 Bridge.
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We should get an update from Metrolinx to Toronto City Council in the next month or so on whether they’re sticking to the summer 2026 deadline communicated last year.
 
Allandale25 said:
Predicting @crs1026 's reaction: better get moving on that West Highland Creek Bridge. Which, when completed, should be named the @crs1026 Bridge.
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Would be nice if they could finish that bridge in time for the Markham Indy, but based on what we've seen so far I don't have high hopes. At least they completed the double track south of the bridge to Kennedy, which enables half-hourly service from Union to Unionville. Not great but at least it's twice as much as they currently run.
 
reaperexpress said:
Would be nice if they could finish that bridge in time for the Markham Indy, but based on what we've seen so far I don't have high hopes. At least they completed the double track south of the bridge to Kennedy, which enables half-hourly service from Union to Unionville. Not great but at least it's twice as much as they currently run.
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the real frustrating part of all this is that its so simple to do... not really sure why CN and ML are making it so hard....:mad:
 
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