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Richmond Hill extension is done by adding a second track. Most likely it's gonna be used the same way as the current service between Doncaster diamond and RH station, that is, the Eastern track exclusive to GO and Western track used for CN freight trains. Right now the new track is laid up to...

Walkway? Not gonna happen. Where the line currently is, the station is useless. Oh, and it's gonna be flooded regularly. However. If they're planning the flood mitigation strategy anyways, why not do this? After leaving USRC, make a flyover/under with Bayview ave. as soon as the ROWs meet...

I wouldn't put it aside. I visited the corridor recently, the right of way is very narrow, and it's not just close to the backyards, it's literally IN their backyards. Any kind of widening would probably require ackquisition of these properties which will amount to huge $$$ as well as huge legal...

Snow is just part of the problem with the third rail. Third rail is so much limited to low voltage, that it will either require insanely close spacing of transformer substations, bear significant power losses (due to poor transmission at low voltage) or both. Basically, for modern heavy rail...

The "living on a fare boundary" problem is easily solved by having the same price within one zone and any neighbouring zones (i.e. travel from zone 3 to zone 2, 3 and 4 is a single-zone fare, and increases for zones 1, 5 and further). A similar approach is taken by YRT where they added an...

IMHO, the current effort to raise the tracks in the DVP/Gerrard area is welcome, but it doesn't solve the problem of flooding in the Eglinton area. The train that got flooded last year was stopped because the flooding was first reported in the Eglinton area, and was about to turn back when hit...

This has been answered in detail in this very thread about a year ago: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/4952-GO-Transit-Service-thread-(including-extensions)?p=747887#post747887 see several posts before that for context. So far I haven't seen anyone challenge this assessment.

You probably know their plans better, but isn't it possible to use the existing bypass track right behind Maple to store at least one, or maybe even two trains overnight? Perhaps with minimal modifications?

vegeta, thanks for detailed reply. How exactly? Ok, You go through Leaside along Don sub, the track is there. Then you hit Belville sub and then... what? Another track along Belville, maybe. That's what Peterborough activists propose, for their purposes. Perhaps you can even sort out all the...

The story of the flooded train on Monday. We stopped when we reached flooded tracks, the CSA announced the train will turn back to Union because the train can't operate on flooded tracks. Fine. But they have to change cabs and do a brake test. Uh-oh. After some wait that happened to be crucial...

It is compatible with Amtrak system in the Northern part of the NEC (New Haven CT to Boston MA). The rest of the NEC is electrified with 12 kV 25 Hz and 12 kV 60 Hz systems, Acela trains are built to operate on all three types electrical systems.

It's neither 25 nor 50, but kind of both. The technology is called 2x25 OCS and is the most practical electrification solution which is increasingly used worldwide. The idea is similar to most Ontario homes receive 2 phases of 120 volts each, total of 240. Here, the catenary is powered by 25kV...

LOL. While this comment is funny, you apparently don't know what you're talking about. In Soviet Russia every line got very carefully planned amount of service, depending on a lot of factors: population density, time of day, etc. It was "5 year plan economy", remember? And due to the nature of...

Lies, damn lies and statistics. Nobody asks to extend the subway to Georgina, yet this is the York Region's sparsely populated Northern part that contributes the most to the low density. Richmond Hill (2011): Land Area: 100.62 km² Population: 187,776 Density: 1,866.2/km² Markham...

Nice if it's true and not a misprint in the schedule, at least one step in fixing the problem. Another option for a new station is the straight stretch of track between Green Lane and John street, just north of the diamond. Would serve the nearby condos and shopping centre. YRT bus connections...

... and no evening southbound service either. There's a lot of people, especially young recent UofT graduates, who live in Toronto and commute to the Beaver Creek / Commerce Valley business park. They could take GO buses for their commutes if it was possible for them to get back in the...

They could make this train depart at 11AM and still cancel all the morning buses, the ridership would be even lower If they made it 8:50 the would be probably no complaints. It's not about trains vs. buses, it's about reasonable scheduling. The schedule of this train is not reasonable, it's...

Rode the inaugural run of the new 9:20 Richmond Hill train yesterday. As I expected, there were approximately 100 passengers, or 2 bus loads. At RH station, most cars got only 1 or 2 passengers, a couple had up to 10. I believe there was a total of about 50. 35 more boarded at Langstaff. Old...

Gweed, great idea. I'd like to elaborate on that. Insurance in Ontario is mandatory, i.e. you must present your sticker to the police officer if pulled over. It's only fair if the Province lists which parts of the insurance are mandatory (3rd-party liability? Comprehensive? Collision?) and...

It was mentioned here couple of years ago, and there's some more recent info. Vaughan council wants GO to build a train station in the Kirby Road / Keele Street area, with York re-routing local transit around it. From the Vaughan council meeting minutes on Oct 30, 2012: At the same time...