Thank you for setting the record straight! I really don't understand people who cry that there are no service improvements - less than half a year after (on 2021-08-31 and thus in the middle of the pandemic!) frequencies were increased to their highest-ever level and they are still higher - if we look at the green line - higher than they've been some six years ago...
Anyways, I guess that's why some of us have our own timetable archives to correct such highly distorted claims...
Excuse me if I am reading your message wrong (this is more in response to your post before this) but:
I frankly do not like that you are using old timetables to push the idea that currently bad service levels should be accepted "because service was bad not that long ago."
I've been using the GO train since 2019. I didn't start using it as a transit enthusiast or anything, just for college. I found the service in 2019 as adequate/useful as I did in 2021 even with less frequency.
The timetable doesn't tell the whole story.
Let me be clear on my point:
The service to Kitchener GO is now is the worst it has been pretty much throughout the entire pandemic,
while the ridership is at its highest.
Having used it throughout the pandemic, even the early days where only 3 people would get on in August 2020 and there were less trains, I can say the service is inadequate
now because:
1. the trains are
piled into the early morning in this timetable for no reason; there was always some afternoon and late night train for leisure purposes beforehand.
Why are you saying it's okay now that ridership has returned; "
it was that bad 3 years ago". That's not a defense. That's embarrassing for service I considered adequate between 2019 and 2021.
2. the lack of trains now leads to heavy crowding, especially on some train cars near the end. Crowding should be seen as a blessing because it signals a need for more frequency. But Metrolinx is way too slow to respond. It's been crowded for weeks yet service remains the same.
Easy fix: Add a late morning/early afternoon train: I've already posted photos months ago that a portion of Friday riders need a later train because they are using it to stay in Toronto for the weekend or even to go the the airport. Numbers won't tell you the number of suitcases using the train though! Or even trip patterns. Timetables just show Metrolinx needs to pay attention to rider habits more, instead of reverting to the ancient idea that GO is some commuter only service.
