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I've been thinking about this a bit, and I came to some conclusions. With Barrie, it was a logical extension of an existing line, had a good station location, and Barrie has far greater potential, to grow, densify and be a regional hub. With Niagara Falls, there was significant tourist demand...

Who cares if we close the door? The case for rail to Cambridge will never be there. Not least on this corridor. The population and travel patterns will never be the right mix to make this a wise investment. Canada's population will start shrinking before then. In that case, if the land can be...

https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/region-says-cambridge-go-train-has-good-chance-of-moving-forward-8463386 After attending the information session, it's hard not to get the impression that this is all but dead. I agree with Paul Langan on this one that a forced transfer will just kill...

There's also something to be said that the idea of ION stage 2 happening at all is laughable. A brutally slow service, as you point out, for $4.5 billion! There is no sense there. No government will ever provide funding for such a poor value project. If I'm not mistaken, the Region is already...

I just want to take this opportunity to once again reiterate how dumb the Cambridge to Guelph GO project is. I'm fairly certain the coming update will just kill off the project. $500 million for a shuttle! Just run a bus! And having a station at Pinebush is so far out of Cambridge where people...

I don't understand why people are so averse to busses. Busses are equally capable of providing a comfortable ride experience to train. I have taken many long distance bus journies before and what ever you get with a train is not worth the massive cost. The north would be better served by a...

2026? Perhaps there is still time to avert this disaster. I feel I'm a voice in the wilderness on this, but busses are more than adequate on this corridor. For the money the government will spend on this, you could have hourly busses between Timmins and Toronto which will make the journey...

https://betterislandtransit.ca/goals I feel like it is worth sharing the page of this new advocacy group here. Better Island Transit is advocating for affordable and frequent bus services for Vancouver Island. From their goals page, there is a very important statement which pertains...

Serious question. Is renewing the long-distance fleet the right move? With the likely billions we will spend, we could probably establish and equip a universal and frequent national bus network. Any equipment order would likely only be sufficient to maintain the existing poor frequency which...

Again, I don't really see what this does that a dedicated bus lane running from Hespeler to Guelph couldn't do. I still feel like it is a bad decision relying on the ION so heavily to draw population to the service. The ION is a slow, glorified streetcar and the fact that Pinebush is so far out...

If the Fergus Spur is the "the only realistic chance", maybe it's time to dismiss the idea of passenger rail to Cambridge. The proposed routing to Pinebush has very poor connectivity, and as noted by others, busses would provide a vastly better service at a much lower cost. The reality is that...

They are down to one customer in Cambridge with service once per week. That's a lot of track miles and several high maintenance bridges and crossing for very little revenue. CN wants out of the Fergus Spur and the only reason it has stuck around this long is because they are speculating on...

https://www.paullangan.com/2023/12/go-trains-to-cambridge-solving-40-year.html?m=1 Great article about GO service to Cambridge. Pours some cold water on the Fergus Spur plan as there are some proposed developments on adjacent properties along the rail corridor which will prevent expanded rail...

https://www.cheknews.ca/planning-meetings-underway-for-island-rail-corridors-future-1179040/ Looks like we're headed for the inevitable. There is zero hope of a rail revival here. Almost every stakeholder, including the First Nations are against it. A railway on Vancouver Island is entirely...

I had been considering this earlier, but this discussion has reignited my interest. I'm considering organising an advocacy campaign to fight the return of the Northlander. It could be politically unpopular, but there might be a chance to get the government to back down on this. Perhaps if other...

Why not? If you won't, I will. The amount being invested in this is eye watering. We need better bus and transportation services, and if an expensive vanity project which duplicates existing services while providing a worse service is being built, it becomes a barrier to the actual improvement...

I don't know why this is a debate. Passenger rail in Canada should not exist outside the corridor. There isn't the slightest justification for it given the aforementioned issues of lack of density. The fact that groups like Transport Action Canada and the Island Corridor Foundation continue to...

This was visible from a mile away. If anything, it's a wake up call for government to not to invest in the private sector. Investing even a penny into Huron Central was an absolute farce. Just looking at the facts and volumes, it is abundantly clear that there shouldn't be a rail line between...

I think this really needs to be said more. What we are seeing in so many provinces with the restoration of rail routes that have no justification is really a step backwards no matter how some people try to spin it. The Northlander will be a costly, politically motivated mistake and will never...

I've thought about this in a previous post, but I wonder if this might present an opportunity to look into completely decoupling freight and passenger operations in the GTA. For example, with this conflict, it could be worth looking into eliminating freight traffic on the Guelph Sub entirely by...