lenaitch
Senior Member
There is also the subset of those who simply don't want to live in a city, or even a town, but employment compels them to the commute, or their workplace is non-permanent, like some trades.
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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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Milaisacat
Active Member
In fairness, I'm up that early because my fiancé is a doctor and her day starts early. I drive her to work on my way to the GO Train that I take to work downtown.
PShells
New Member
Are there any material service upgrades expected this fall? Anything in comparison to the spring 2024 service increase?
If not is the constraint bureaucratic (ONExpress transition), not enough workers or not enough trains?
If not is the constraint bureaucratic (ONExpress transition), not enough workers or not enough trains?
nfitz
Superstar
Anecdotally it feels like there's been a lot of operator hiring. I saw a lot more trains slowly edging into platforms, and stopping and restarting 1 to 2 months ago ... than I've seen in a long time.
Hopefully whatever Metrolinx builds come with an automated system. That would reduce dwell times.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I suspect service increases are basically on hold until ONExpress takes over, then it'll come (relatively) quickly afterwards.
smallspy
Senior Member
There needs to be some measure of service increase still to happen in order to have ONExpress be able to meet its contractual obligations. The contract calls for a certain level of service to be running on "Day 0", the day before the handover. The levels operated today are not there yet.
Dan
Metroscapes
Active Member
T3G
Senior Member
What is the reason for the 4 hour headways after 4 pm on the Stouffville line on weekdays, and will anyone on the forum still be alive when this massive deficiency is finally corrected?
Milaisacat
Active Member
I'm happy to see the additional service to West Harbour. For myself, it still makes more sense to drive to Aldershot where I enjoy the benefit of all Lakeshore West trains from Hamilton GO, West Harbour, and Aldershot intersecting. The additional service frequency this offers is worth the drive.
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urbancog
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nfitz
Superstar
There were service increases earlier this year, so this shouldn't be a constraint, contractually.
That's good news! Do you know roughly what these might be?
It would be nice to see the rest of the Covid cuts restored - such as the weekday off-peak 2-directional 15-minute GO service on the Lakeshore.
WB62
Senior Member
There are no CSA trainees right now, which means there are no new employees are being actively trained at the moment.
On the other hand there are 10 CTO and 8 QCTO trainees out right now, so people are continuing to move up within the company.
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reaperexpress
Senior Member
There are 40+ trains per day between Aldershot and Toronto, but only 3 trains per day to St. Catharines and Niagara. It is wild that they decided to keep stopping the 3 Niagara trains at Aldershot to benefit Aldershot-Toronto passengers at the expense of the Niagara passengers who have no other train options. (And West Harbour passengers who have half as many train options). Aldershot station provides very little value to people heading to/from Niagara now that Niagara trains can efficiently stop at Hamilton West Harbour.
reaperexpress
Senior Member
As noted by @urbancog the sidings are 30 minutes apart, which only permits 60-minute bidirectional service. The current peak service is every 30 minutes so counter-peak service is impossible. For 30-minute bidirectional service, double track segments would need to be 15 minutes apart so an additional double-track segment is required between Agincourt and Kennedy.
The second track between Agincourt and Kennedy was installed in 2021 and it has been sitting disconnected since then. The Highland Creek bridge is not required for 30-minute bidirectional service, all they need to complete are the interlockings south of Highland Creek and north of Kennedy. Connecting to the second track through Kennedy station would be good for service reliability but not strictly required.
Major service increases are unlikely until at least three tracks are in service from Scarborough Junction to the USRC, but if they finally activate that track segment it would enable them to shorten the counter-peak gap by an hour and improve peak-direction service to every 15 minutes. Here's a conceptual timetable I made, where I have outlined the places the counter-peak trains meet peak-direction trains on the Uxbridge sub:
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robmausser
Senior Member
Wait why