reaperexpress
Senior Member
"The third track will be taken out of service"
RIP Via
"The third track will be taken out of service"
"The third track will be taken out of service"
RIP Via
I guess they might as well stop all Via trains at Guildwood because they're going to be stuck in traffic anyway.Oh no! But that will also plug up the CN Kingston Sub-CN York Sub as VIA trains sit and wait for a clear signal just to crawl behind a local GO train.
Metrolinx has covered the Sept service changes on their blog.
Link here: https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/08/...eekday-service-across-the-go-transit-network/
Excerpts Below:
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Also:
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Over on the K-W corridor:
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Lots of other stuff if you follow the link.
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To me, the key enhancement for rail service is the new express option for K-W passengers.
While the big negative is the absence of express service for LSE customers.
Looks like service levels have returned to pre pandemic levels and then some on the Kitchener line. The mid day service is great.Metrolinx has covered the Sept service changes on their blog.
Link here: https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/08/...eekday-service-across-the-go-transit-network/
Excerpts Below:
View attachment 344172
Also:
View attachment 344174
and
View attachment 344173
Over on the K-W corridor:
View attachment 344175
Finally:
View attachment 344178
Lots of other stuff if you follow the link.
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To me, the key enhancement for rail service is the new express option for K-W passengers.
While the big negative is the absence of express service for LSE customers.
Looks like service levels have returned to pre pandemic levels and then some on the Kitchener line. The mid day service is great.
the extension of 29 to Kipling is a much needed no brainer. I feel bad for KW residents who still have to transfer on weekends.
The lack of weekend service is disappointing. I know it makes no sense at the moment with the bridge replacements in Guelph but that line deserves it soon.
I wonder if GO will go (pun intended) the slow death route with Etobicoke North and run fewer trains to stop to discourage usage just like York U station?
Good to see some express services return on Lakeshore West. Ditto for early morning weekend train service to West Harbour - getting service increases already, less than a month after launching!
It'll be interesting to see if the faster run times stick around as ridership returns - The September schedules still have Lakeshore West express trains running 5 minutes faster from Hamilton Centre to downtown over pre-pandemic.
While I'm waiting for the full Kitchener schedule to get published, the introduction of new express trains is encouraging. A quick look at those travel times and it doesn't appear that the schedules are yet reflecting the higher track speeds west of Guelph.
This is the first schedule change since COVID where GO service seems to be of a generally similar quality compared to pre-pandemic. Which is great to see.
It's still erroring out for me?Table 31-33 is now online.
What really surprises me are the number of counter-peak trains now going as far as Bramalea. The transfer to bus to get to Brampton, Mount Pleasant and beyond is annoying, especially with a 15 minute wait between bus arrival and train departure going eastbound, but that's only during the peak times at least, when traffic on the 401-427-Gardiner is at its worst.
It would be nice to see the return of Route 39, which was the express bus between Bramalea and Guelph that was cut a few years ago, even just for a few counter-peak train-meets.
It's still erroring out for me?
Yea, travel time savings from express services are fairly modest, but better than nothing. Lakeshore west saves I believe 12 minutes with an express service, but I also believe it skips more stations.