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The Dublin ones were done in 2019, a pair of modules per LRV (just glanced at the boards.ie thread for the extension work). That’s the only non-Canadian light rail I follow so no idea if any other customer has done it.

I take your point - my concern is that a BEMU shuttle into a station which appears to be a two through track only arrangement seems to create pathing complexity for limited benefit. If the shuttle had its own track or even a stub platform to get out of the way, it would be the obvious choice...

If only the politics of the situation didn’t rule out the efficiency and financial gain for VIA of moving to the NTR permanently and let Quebec and New Brunswick figure out how or if to have passenger rail north of Rivière du Loup.

It’s a common problem. When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was President of Iran, his staff amused the Irish rail fan community with a political ad using an Iarnrod Eireann GMD class 181

I wonder if Finch’s Citadis can manage another segment. Some of the ones in Dublin are 53m long now, some new some extended. Those cars are cousins rather than siblings tho. As for coupling, it wouldn’t be a way to classify streetcar vs LRV given TTC ran coupled streetcars in the past (PCCs on...

An ION extension (after acquisition by the province) deviating just prior to reaching the mainline in Guelph would have added economy of scale to that system and served Guelph rather than being an isolated shuttle intended to shovel commuters at the GO train. It wouldn’t even have foreclosed...

i feel like this transition will have a ton of delays and disruptions which will be forgiven because DB is new and German, but if Metrolinx had tried to introduce the same software and practices with the same result but also the same benefits after the few weeks of pain, it would end up as the...

I know it is customary on here to assume Metrolinx (and VIA, and Transport Canada…) are a parcel of idiot know nothings, but is this actually plausible?

Given that Moncton station isn't in the middle of nowhere, would it be an option to simply have someone drive over from CN's yard to clear and throw the switch manually as needed? I get what you say about economies but VIA is already hurting with the speed restrictions elsewhere on this route.

Hm. I get what you're saying but I'm not convinced. This is all Amtrak's idea, let them figure out how to make it work as far as crewing and equipment go. VIA would be well served to avoid taking the blame for delays in CPR/ETR dispatching, or having to appear in US courts because someone...

When you say "below the brow" can you be more specific for those of us less familiar? The topography in that area is pretty challenging, and the sprawl severs a lot of potential options. Also, how does CP access Hamilton's industrial area and where does its intermodal yard near McMaster go?

One thing to keep in mind is that CP’s agreement to allow passenger service in the tunnel as a condition of CPKC merger was made to Amtrak, not to “whoever wants to run service”. Might they decide it doesn’t matter? Maybe. But again, a complication not needed if Amtrak does the crossing,

As far as VIA expanding into Detroit, I don't think that makes much sense. It makes sense to do customs / immigration and trainset transfer in one go, not transfer in Michigan and immigration in Windsor. Now, they could do preclearance but consider this- there is not a single preclearance site...

Count me among those who don’t understand the fascination with different liveries or with feeling the need to change them (as if my post re that yellow horror of VIA’s didn’t say it all) That said, faded paint does look shabby particularly given that trainsets are not fixed and thus faded units...

Taxi services probably like that. Same as how there is no direct public transit service other than a hotel shuttle to Toronto City Centre Airport.

In a province where a bike path and some bridges costs 50% more? Can we stop the vibes posting please.

We’re not going to see HFR to Niagara Falls or Sarnia though (which is how I read the prior comment)? Not sure what Windsor will get but it will be at the tail end of whatever rollout is coming because they don’t have the juice Quebec City has

What on earth makes you think that a province where a side platform and garage costs 100m can do anything of what you suggest for like money? Bloomington was technically easy and it adds a smidge of ridership to a line not under capacity pressure, so they did it. They can run out of the...

I figured that doubling Hunter St would require daylighting at least part of it. That there are adjoining garages definitely increases the degree of difficulty

Even if Hunter Street could be twinned, can GO push enough trains through Bayview Junction in both directions to justify it, while also maxing the potential of a completed east exit from West Harbour?