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At rush hours, that is incorrect. The only lines that will interline and run-through at Union will be the Lakeshore Lines, and even then it won't be all of the services on those lines. All of the others will turn back at Union.
Doesn't that tie up valuable platform resources at Union with crews needing to walk the length of the train to drive the train back where it came from?
It has to happen at the end of the line regardless if its Union or Mount Pleasant or X. The amount of time that the train sits there is subject to its own line schedule; other interline schedule; as well how long it takes to off load/load. Then there is the in/out bound traffic that cross that track at Union as well other lines using the same track going the same direction of the train.
Yes, but it takes almost as long for a train to travel the length of the long platforms.
I'm curious about the very short track 4th down from the top on the west end? Could they be moving UP from a dedicated station? I can't think of any other west end train in regular service that would be that short....
They have publicly stated that the plan for UP is to discontinue it and replace it with a regular service, including moving the station to Union proper.
Current UPX Union Station location is closer to
The Rogers Skydome is not where most of the UPX passengers are travelling to and from.
They do. Which is why it's going to be necessary to stock popcorn to see how they plan to implement what they have planned.
Yeah but it's a lot cheaper to add platform capacity at the outer ends of lines than it is knock down the skyscrapers next to Union. Hence the need for through running.
Except - again - through-running will allow for fewer trains to be served at Union Station.
And what would that compare to the current Union layout?
