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The only major Asian airlines who are even remotely likely to start service to YYZ in the foreseeable future are probably Asiana, China Airlines, ANA, and JAL, and they'll want to connect with AC and WestJet on the Toronto end. 5 years ago I'd say some of the Mainland China carriers might be...

None of the mainline carriers will likely have any interest in moving to a new airport, with the possible exception of foreign airlines where the demand is almost all O&D out of Toronto (if there even are any), and even then probably only if a new airport has substantially lower fees.

The problem with this assumption is that it rests on Air Canada breaking up its hub in Toronto, which they are unlikely to do unless the airport is designed as a Pearson replacement from the ground up and they can move their whole operation there. Split hubs only really work in the biggest...

There is more freight traffic on the sections of the Halton and Oakville subdivisions that GO shares with CN. Other than CP's intransegence, I think another issue is that not all the stations on the Milton line have platforms on every track

Heh, the old Grey Coach/Pacific Western service is back in all but name.

It probably would be possible to have noncompliant vehicles on a separated busway, but it would likely need to be more on the scale of the Ottawa transitway. And the vehicles would not be able to get license plates so wouldn't be able to operate on public roads in any capacity without being...

There were also signs at Bay and St. George with arrows that lit up to direct passengers for the correct platform for the next eastbound and westbound train respectively. This photo shows one at Bay...

This existed in 1966, there were light up indicators at Bay and St. George that directed passengers to the right platform. This was controlled with magnetic coils mounted to the front of the trains, and the system was used into the early 00s for the St. Clair West short turn.

I've been on LRT systems in the US where the signal controllers will swap the order of the straight and left turn phases when there is an LRV waiting at the intersection, that way the LRV doesn't have to wait for cars turning left. I don't see why this wouldn't work on Spadina, though I've never...

Would GO be able to do what Greyhound used to do and charter extra sections from private coach operators, at least temporarily? The Greyhound service between KW and Toronto was always busy and it wasn't uncommon to see quadruple and even quintuple sections on certain schedules. I'd assume a lot...

The Newmarket sub used to have block signals (at least, not sure if full CTC) to at least Gravenhurst until sometime in the early 2010s. The signals can clearly be seen on old Google Street View imagery of the ONR station in Gravenhurst, and a decommissioned signal (the head is turned away from...

North of Bloor is for ballast replacement in the open cut. The train probably ought to speed up a bit going into the station as the slow order ends at the crossover but it doesn't, I'm guessing due to the way the braking curve at Bloor station is set up in the ATC system.

I wouldn't be surprised if the TTC orders more TRs (or slightly updated versions) to replace the T1s (or orders new trains for Yonge and cascades the TRs onto Bloor), seeing how the TRs have been the TTC's most reliable subway stock.

I'd say your example is a bit of a special case, because in 1992 much of that time (looks like around 6 out of those 9 hours) would be spent on poor quality track in the former East Germany.

From late 1992 The current fastest service is just over an hour slower, on the same tracks (and this was before the resignalling and 3rd track projects in the 00s).

If anything it would make more sense for GO to extend the 25 Waterloo buses to Kipling using the transitway, it would make travel between Toronto and KW much easier now that Greyhound is gone.

Coach Canada and one or two successors couldn't make this route work, so I doubt Flixbus will try.

421/422 is the only regular CN train pair on this line, it's a huge train with a little bit of everything including autoracks and double-stacks and is mostly interchange traffic to/from CSX and NS. It gets broken up at Port Robinson. There used to be another manifest freight (330/331?) that went...

I (kinda) remember the landside shopping area at T3, it definitely lasted a few years beyond 9/11. I remember there being a licensed mini-Harrods (I think this did not survive too long), a Virgin CD store, I think a duty free shop and several full sit-down restaurants. It reflected a time when...

There's a lot of commuter demand between Western University and the GTA. It may not be daily 9-5 but it exists. If this service ran on the Dundas sub it would likely be more successful, but I don't think there's enough track time unless GO replaces all/some of the existing VIA service.