UWGrad09
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Here's the link to the government news release
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2013/...e=shortlinks&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=be5y
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2013/...e=shortlinks&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=be5y
I don't think anyone has said that. That's the time-frame for the 15-20 minute frequency electrified service.I wonder why it's going to take 15 years to implement all day service on the Kitchener Line?
I don't think anyone has said that. That's the time-frame for the 15-20 minute frequency electrified service.
This is from the Toronto Star story linked above:
"Although GO is looking to expand those services, Metrolinx has said it will be at least 15 years before Kitchener and Milton operate all day."
Which is BS. Metrolinx has also said they restore the existing mid-day Bramalea service by 2015, and 5 more return trips. There's no reason there shouldn't be all-day 2-hour service on the Kitchener line to Bramalea by 2015, under their current plan.This is from the Toronto Star story linked above:
"Although GO is looking to expand those services, Metrolinx has said it will be at least 15 years before Kitchener and Milton operate all day."
Which is BS. Metrolinx has also said they restore the existing mid-day Bramalea service by 2015, and 5 more return trips. There's no reason there shouldn't be all-day 2-hour service on the Kitchener line to Bramalea by 2015, under their current plan.
Besides, 15 or 25 years is Metrolinx's stock answer for anything. Remember back in 2008 when they said we'd have a fare card implemented region-wide within 25 years? Yes we will, but it only will take 8 years, not 25.
All Metrolinx can do is deal with existing budget. If you want full-day service, focus on the Minister's office and the Premier's office.
The Lakeshore line has waited almost 40 years since the promise of off-peak service was made. And that promise back then, tied into the Gardiner extension cancellation, was for better than 30-minute service ...If you live elsewhere, you can wait 15 years for what we deem is not good enough near the lake today.
The Lakeshore line has waited almost 40 years since the promise of off-peak service was made. And that promise back then, tied into the Gardiner extension cancellation, was for better than 30-minute service ...
And I don't think Brampton is going to be waiting 15 more years for hourly off-peak service. That's simply stretching Metrolinx's lack of ability to make a long-term (or heck even a medium-term commitment).
The Lakeshore line has waited almost 40 years since the promise of off-peak service was made. And that promise back then, tied into the Gardiner extension cancellation, was for better than 30-minute service ...
And I don't think Brampton is going to be waiting 15 more years for hourly off-peak service. That's simply stretching Metrolinx's lack of ability to make a long-term (or heck even a medium-term commitment).
I think the uncertainty that's tied to Brampton getting off-peak hourly service is tied more to staffing levels than track or train availability. I can understand that it's hard for them to forecast how many crews they're actually going to have 5-10 years from now.
This is from the Toronto Star story linked above:
"Although GO is looking to expand those services, Metrolinx has said it will be at least 15 years before Kitchener and Milton operate all day."
It will be more than 15 years, however, before trains travel all day to the end of the Kitchener and Milton lines. But service will be added to both those corridors sooner to stops closer to Toronto — Meadowvale on the Milton line and Brampton and Bramalea on the Kitchener rails.
Folks, go back and look at the story again, it's now been updated to include the following:
This makes more sense. I agree that all day service to Kitchener is very different than all-day service to Aldershot, but Brampton/Mississauga are not.