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I checked out the damage recently. Exactly 1 km was pulled on the section between CR 16 and Broadway. It was pretty clean too,with only small chunks of ties along the path. I think this is as much as they can pull before access to the industrial spur is obstructed. Either way assuming complete...

Finding a driver can be a pain because that person would be inconvenienced. And even if they did find someone, some people are not okay with long road trips or get car sick. And when overnight stays at motels are introduced this creates a time and fiscal penalty making the train that much more...

They're not gonna lay tracks because of a once in a blue moon blockade and I think bits of that old CP corridor are in use and/or have been sold off. Also, I don't think rail has been laid on a former rail corridor in this province in modern times. This is a railfan fantasy.

I agree two stops in York Region seems a bit much but it looks like they're selling those stops as having different purposes. Gormley provides ample parking and Langstaff offers connections - they seem to focus on Pearson with the 407 GO Bus but it's also a good connection to other GTA...

I know comments have been made above but after reading the PDF I want to share my replies because I can: Re: Case for Change - Problem Statement Yeah especially with that mid-2020s start date. Wait a minute.... Re: : Reinstated Service Yeah that's not reinstated service. Even the buses...

From last fall. They did have 5 coaches and APU 202 was up front on that run tho.

That coach was former Polar Bear Express rolling stock and was slated to be retired even before they cancelled the Northlander. Yep the APCUs have been used on the PBX (that's pretty much why they got 'em). With the newly refurb coaches the look is decent compared to whatever they could've done...

Simcoe Maps has it. They do not. They did not when Peterson promised it in the 1990 election (only politicians mentioned it, GO had not studied it even when the rail corridor was still available). Orillia GO rail service will never happen. You did it without any environmental or planning...

Because I'm bored I decided to assess some of the fantasy. I'm not even touching GO to Orillia because I'll deal with that another time. 'Barrie Bypass' Purple Line - Goes through rougly $20 million in assessed properties. - Metrolinx says grade separation (bridges) can vary between $25 million...

Over 30 miles of track was pulled, with another 5-10 to be pulled at some point (Longford to Washago). Some of the former alignment is now owned by private land holders (including Casino Rama), the City of Barrie would be opposed and the Orillia station was recently sold to a private owner just...

You know those heated shelters Metrolinx uses for GO? Yeah that's probably the extent of Metrolinx involvement.

Nippising would be the only riding that matters.The rest of the ridings in northeastern Ontario won't change colour.

There definitely was a change in track quality once you get off the Bala Sub. I even remember the track condition on the mainline north of North Bay was better than the northern section of the Newmarket Sub. As for bilevels, the seats were also uncomfortable (although those could be changed)...

Well this is from 1993 but who knows if the unfavourable deal was still on the books in 2011-2012. I'd like to know VIA and Metrolinx's numbers as well but I''d bet they'd argue confidentiality with those agreements.

I found several things when reading 588-R-1993 CTA order/discussion (a great read if you have a few minutes): This one is particularly interesting: On the topic of subsidy of the Northlander, from what it looks like the subsidy was likely to be under $100 per passenger for the year prior to...

Service was still mandated for the Toronto-North Bay Corridor even after the 1990 cuts (see CTA 1993-R-272, #121 and #122 is Northlander) which ONR was running. In fact, the feds were providing the ONTC with an annual subsidy (which was renegotiated several times) specifically for providing...

From the 2004 Ontario Northland Annual Report:

Metrolinx could acquire part of it to protect the corridor for future use and there is some precedence for this. However, ridership on the Orangeville GO bus is weak and even the ambitious and all-encompassing MoveOntario 2020 plan which had that unrealistic Bolton GO line didn't have anything...

Looks like the TTC just pushed Sunday's schedule changes to the website two days early, overwriting the current schedules. This is kind of annoying considering I was still planning to use some of those routes before the subway's opening on the 17th.

Not only is it infrequent, it's poorly ran. At least once a week I see bunching on this route and considering there's only two vehicles on the entire route thats a pretty amazing feat. Excluding these situations the only time the bus becomes standing room only is when there are events going on...