narduch
Senior Member
Anyone taking bets on GO Train service to Cambridge coming sooner than Kirby Station?
- Paul
The Minister of Transit Announcements is getting a new role today.
I wonder if the Kirby Station will die now.
Anyone taking bets on GO Train service to Cambridge coming sooner than Kirby Station?
- Paul
nah....it will be moved to Cambridge nowThe Minister of Transit Announcements is getting a new role today.
I wonder if the Kirby Station will die now.
LOL. Times change.Story time again.
The operator from my train today got so pissed at someone running for the doors after they already started closing. He said it was unacceptable and causes delays (one and a half minutes behind schedule), and how we all know what the weather is like and should come to the station early. All valid points and concluded with “for the rest of the week, once doors are closed they will stay closed”.
nah....it will be moved to Cambridge now
New minister is from Cambridge, which may have been @TOareaFan 's point?LOL.
Cambridge is a 'stretch' goal.
New minister is from Cambridge, which may have been @TOareaFan 's point?
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8074437-go-train-still-a-no-go-for-cambridge/
In other news, still no movement on Cambridge GO Trains, or even a pilot.
I'm sure they're fully stalled by CP, but what if they went outside the box? Cambridge could investigate re-laying track on the old right of way east of Water St. that heads south through Branchton and Harrisburg to intercept the double-track CN mainline. If you could lay that single track, and then triple-track the CN portion to the Lakeshore line, you could probably run an all day hourly service to Cambridge. I have no idea what the hurdles to this plan may be (pure Google maps wishful thinking on my part), but if Cambridge payed for a study and did find it to be feasible, what would Metrolinx do with the information? I seem to recall the Missing Link came out of a municipally funded study...
A lot of track upgrades would be required. GO trains can currently go 120 km/h (I believe) on sections between Guelph and Kitchener. Using that line would add a half an hour to your commute. It makes no sense going north to Guelph and Brampton, then back south into Union instead of getting directly on the LSW line (Especially considering the fact that LSW has express tracks in many sections).I think using the Hespeler Sub north-east to Guelph would be a much better proposition, and put a station in Cambridge closer to downtown and the track is already there, just needs refurbishment.
You could simply extend one or two of the existing Georgetown terminating trains into Cambridge instead of going to Kitchener.
In an ideal world, that would be great to see, but I think right now the region is committed to using the Brampton/Pearson routing for Kitchener GO trains and future HSR service.A lot of track upgrades would be required. GO trains can currently go 120 km/h (I believe) on sections between Guelph and Kitchener. Using that line would add a half an hour to your commute. It makes no sense going north to Guelph and Brampton, then back south into Union instead of getting directly on the LSW line (Especially considering the fact that LSW has express tracks in many sections).