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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

Bojaxs said:
Express trains only run during peak/ rush hours. What about people who take the train during the middle of the day or late in the evening?



You guys keep talking about electrification as if it's right around the corner.
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but the Lakeshore station is just around the corner?

By the time this station is built, service will look different than today. There will be all-day express services.

One of the two has a signed construction contract, and I can tell you that it's not the station.
 
Bojaxs said:
Express trains only run during peak/ rush hours. What about people who take the train during the middle of the day or late in the evening?
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REPEAT AFTER ME:

THERE WILL BE FREQUENT ALL-DAY EXPRESS SERVICE. How hard is this to understand???
Bojaxs said:
You guys keep talking about electrification as if it's right around the corner.
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Even if they put shovels in the ground immediately (which is unlikely given the lack of official press release), there would already be significantly improved all-day frequency by the time the station opened.
 
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Bojaxs said:
I guess I don't understand why we're trying to convert a regional, heavy rail system into a subway.
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Because its a great way to improve our city's rapid transit that doesn't involve wasting billions of dollars on new subways, allowing us to expand connectivity, promote development for much needed housing, and improve travel times around the region? Like its not we're getting rid of fast express services, not all trains will stop at this station, and these express trains will probably be as frequent as every 15m on their own (based off the tidbits we've gotten over the years).
Bojaxs said:
It honestly seems like people, even those within the urbanist/ transit community, don't like taking the bus and would rather have a train station plopped down across the street from them.

This just seems to be another classic example of the GTA sacrificing speed for accessibility. And we've seen what that's done to the Toronto streetcars.
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Right but there is a rail corridor right there? Its not like we're spending billions of dollars building a light rail line that will barely be faster than existing busses on the same corridor, we're just plopping down stations alongside already existing rail corridors whilst not affecting existing express/fast services significantly. This isn't sacrificing speed for accessibility, this is just improving accessibility whilst maintaining speed.
 
Bojaxs said:
I guess I don't understand why we're trying to convert a regional, heavy rail system into a subway.

Instead of constantly adding new stations to exisisting lines, imo it would be better to improve bus connections to the exisisting stations.

It honestly seems like people, even those within the urbanist/ transit community, don't like taking the bus and would rather have a train station plopped down across the street from them.

This just seems to be another classic example of the GTA sacrificing speed for accessibility. And we've seen what that's done to the Toronto streetcars.
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I don't know how you are managing to ignore all of the information provided to you.

We are not converting a regional service into a subway-like service. We are making the regional service FASTER by eliminating stops like Long Branch and Mimico from all-day diesel services to Aldershot, Hamilton, Niagara etc. And IN ADDITION we are creating a subway-like local service in western Toronto, Missisauga and Oakville.
 
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generalcanada said:
blogto has picked it up
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Ontario is getting a new transit station with direct connection to downtown Toronto

Commuters living just outside of Toronto will soon have a new transit terminal from which to access the downtown core. Officials revealed on Wednesda…
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Didn’t ask my permission for those posts but I guess I did say a few years ago that people can repost them without needing credit, kinda meant individual people though not a big company
 
With the way Metrolinx finds ways to take 10-15 years to build GO stations, I wouldnt expect to see any Lakeview station built until 2035 at the earliest. More realistically 2040.
 
Willybru21 said:
Didn’t ask my permission for those posts but I guess I did say a few years ago that people can repost them without needing credit, kinda meant individual people though not a big company
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I hear ya, he copies not just links and facts but my analysis a lot. (no permission, and no credit are standard MO)

For a guy who used to delete any photo you posted if you didn't expressly claim credit or show a source (when he worked here).............he's very free and easy with other people's material these days.
 
generalcanada said:
blogto has picked it up
www.blogto.com

Ontario is getting a new transit station with direct connection to downtown Toronto

Commuters living just outside of Toronto will soon have a new transit terminal from which to access the downtown core. Officials revealed on Wednesda…
www.blogto.com www.blogto.com
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What train station in southern Ontario doesn't have a direct connection to downtown Toronto?

And the word "soon" is pretty misleading considering that there is isn't even an official proposal, let alone a construction timeline.
 
Northern Light said:
I hear ya, he copies not just links and facts but my analysis a lot. (no permission, and no credit are standard MO)

For a guy who used to delete any photo you posted if you didn't expressly claim credit or show a source (when he worked here).............he's very free and easy with other people's material these days.
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I actually like Jack Landau in my opinion, every time I’ve had a BlogTO article written on something I did he’s always asked for permission and more in-depth detail on anything I’ve made.
The Kitchener Line bike issue article he wrote was well-written, something BlogTO definitely isn’t known for.

The one that was posted today was written by Becky Robertson, who always writes the typical BlogTO garb
 
tsm1072 said:
Long term having a station between PC and Long Branch could make sense with the high frequencies available on the line, just tough to see a good place to build it right now.
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The only viable place I'm seeing is 1095 Strathy Ave, a commercial building south of the tracks adjacent to (the disused portion of ) the hydro corridor to Lakeview Village. It would make a good walkable / cyclable connection!
 
Willybru21 said:
I actually like Jack Landau in my opinion, every time I’ve had a BlogTO article written on something I did he’s always asked for permission and more in-depth detail on anything I’ve made.
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I don't dislike Jack............I do wish he would be more courteous in acknowledging when others break news before him, and when he utilizes their insights to inform his writing.

I'm glad you feel like he's treated you well.

Willybru21 said:
The one that was posted today was written by Becky Robertson, who always writes the typical BlogTO garb
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Jack is an Editor at BlogTO, not just a writer, he is responsible for more than his own content.

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