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Intellectually I agree with you, but nobody said politics is rational. If there were some other bauble that Western Canada was offered, on a "can't have both" platform (as Pepin did with LRC vs the Canadian route, and Mulroney did with Silver/Blue vs daily service at traditional pricing... and...

If the bridge is not going to advance, the alternative is to only activate the one crossover needed to route towards Oakworth and install a new temporary turnout north of the bridge to route towards Agincourt, and just leave the bridge as single track. Yeah, that's some fancy signalling...

I won't repeat what I just posted in the UPX thread - but to summarise - I bet the data puts a whole new spin on the case for Weston. It is one of the fastest-growing TOD case studies in the GTA. And yes ML has the data. Re Mimico parking and others - I have a new proposal for parking at GO -...

While UTers have generally dismissed Weston as a place that UPX should not stop, I think we need to refocus a little. The Lawrence-Weston precinct is seeing enormous intensification, directly linked to its GO station. It's actually one of the most successful TOD initiatives in the city (unlike...

We were almost at yes to a new LD fleet, closer than we are now ..... in the 1980's. it's encouraging that this government is keeping the long distance idea alive, but it will be up to the next government to put in the miles towards procurement, or maybe not. Time will tell. The more...

I would not want to be the labour provider trying to meet ML's fleeting and unpredictable staffing needs based on ML's traditional process for adding trains, considering that it takes at least two years to qualify a locomotive engineer. There are certainly people in that workforce who are...

Just wait until the bots discover horns and cab cars…. - Paul

Not needed west of Wice (the junction where the UPX line branches off into the airport). From there to Halwest (railway jct with CN at Bramalea) it’s currently two tracks with subgrade and signalling for a third (and maybe a fourth, can’t remember) already roughed in. Bramalea station now has...

The key detail for me is simply the fact that the Georgetown South project was concluded and UPX opened *nine years* ago….. there has been tons of time to finish the fourth track, add the stations, etc. to implement full GO service on the line… but ML is still playing catchup even today. ML...

^That doesn't look like anywhere near the degree of mobilization that would be needed to build the bridge over that creek. Does it look like the door to the signal bungalow is open ? I'm going to take a wild guess and say that they may be preparing to install the southward signal masts so that...

I wonder if the change is simply a stopgap because they can’t schedule the added GO trains without some leeway from UPX. As of this moment, the signals on the fourth track from Nickle to Humberview still aren’t cur in. In theory the corridor ought to have lots of capacity. But… ML. - Paul

You like seeing your tax dollars wasted on shiny new things while the old ones still work just fine? - Paul

From the Non-Pearson GO commuter’s perspective, a service that offered a stopping train every 15 minutes has become. Service offering two stopping UPE trains and two stopping GO trains. If the GO trains are scheduled appropriately, the impact is zero, other than perhaps having to watch the...

I suspect this is planned in the context of the new south side terminal with its double-berthed platforms. Even with electrification, you won't see all those trains clogging up the ladder tracks. At this headway, the new service will likely run completely on the south side of the terminal so no...

Interesting dilemma - would the average Bloor/Weston traveller order an expensive Uber or Airport Limo just to save the 15 minutes of waiting for the train? It's definitely a less convenient service to the airport for these folks, but I wonder if the loss of revenue will be all that great. The...

If I'm reading (imaginatively) that right, it's a fixed 5-minute stopping train headway with (I am speculating) express trains departing one minute ahead of stopping trains, on a 10 minute headway. - Paul

Back pre-covid, the addition of seat-miles of service was a metric that ML put a lot of emphasis on.... I wondered if it was even in some execs' bonus scorecards. It had some silly consequences ie the addition of late-night equipment moves as regularly scheduled trains..... few passengers but...

I wonder what the voters of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex will think, perhaps a few will remember that Ford has walked back his promise to bring GO trains to London. - Paul

In the absence of decent higher order transit and regional/intercity rail service, a transit hub really doesn't make any sense yet. Terminal 1's bus platforms are nowhere near maxed out, and they deliver passengers right to the terminal door. That would change if HxR ever gets done, especially...

Some does, yes - to the tune of about $400M annually across all major airports. Interesting reading on the topic here - Paul