Metroscapes
Active Member
I'm just glad we're far past that ugly pale yellow 1990s MSPaint-looking map.
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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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Metroscapes
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cplchanb
Senior Member
The 8:09 stoufville train got totally jammed up for a mysterious reason at unionville... they claim it's for a northbound train but there's no scheduled train going north until 940.... it finally started moving 30 min later. See.... this is what happens when they lag on finishing double tracking and trains need to go zig zag across eachother....
PShells
Active Member
The “well will run express from Milliken to Union” doesn’t materially change much given the slow order at Finch, crawling through Agincourt, slow order at Progress and crawling through Kennedy before getting into queue to crawl into a platform at Union because we missed our original slot.
cplchanb
Senior Member
Didnt help my cause since I had to get kicked off to the next train for agincourt.....
JasonParis
Moderator
That said, the nomenclature isn’t always consistent. Many lines aren’t named after their terminal stations at all—Lakeshore East and West, Barrie, Richmond Hill, and Stouffville among them. Kitchener is the main exception. You could argue that Lakeshore West should be the Niagara Line and Lakeshore East the Oshawa Line. The apparent logic seems to be naming lines after what they’re best known for, but the result is uneven.
I’m not religious about this, but I do think lettered designations still make sense, especially when GO appears on other system maps. A simple lettered emblem at a TTC–GO interchange is far cleaner and more legible than a long line name.
Branching introduces another layer of complexity. Do you designate an A1 to Hamilton Centre and an A2 to Niagara Falls? That could also apply to Kitchener, with a C1 to Kitchener and a C2 to Pearson. It’s workable, but it opens up a lot of edge cases.
Interlining complicates things further—and some lines already effectively interline today. If you’re travelling from Hamilton Centre to Oshawa, is that an A1–F service? Is a Malton to Unionville train a C1–E? At that point, the system risks becoming more confusing than helpful.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Article is paywalled so not sure of the details.
Northern Light
Superstar
The issue, as I understand it, is that Presto has been charging people the cash fare rather than the Presto fare when they tap their cards, in some/all circumstances. (one person's account was this experience on GO)
Mx/Presto have been rather quiet about this........
Hmmmm.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Michael Lindsay, speaking this morning at the Mx Board meeting very thoroughly went over what happened in the USRC incident last week.
Discussion begins at ~24M in to the video.
Short version, a number of lag screws failed and were sheered off due to fatigue, the rail was out by 1 and 1/8th inches causing the derailment. Lots more detail to be had though, including info on a problematic finding that the number of screws required at some locations to keeps the rails working as they should was 1/2 what it was supposed to be.
Discussion begins at ~24M in to the video.
Short version, a number of lag screws failed and were sheered off due to fatigue, the rail was out by 1 and 1/8th inches causing the derailment. Lots more detail to be had though, including info on a problematic finding that the number of screws required at some locations to keeps the rails working as they should was 1/2 what it was supposed to be.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Refunds coming:
Metrolinx issuing refunds following GO train disruption
Refunds coming for GO train customers who travelled Feb. 2-4.
www.metrolinx.com
nfitz
Superstar
I couldn't find anything out about this anywhere, and tough even to find the URL of the paywalled article - which is https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-...zes-for-overcharging-riders-on-feb-1-11862958
They want $750 for me to read the article? It's a bit rich that it's Metrolinx they think has been overcharging!
I frequently check what I'm charged, especially when doing something out-of-the-ordinary. I've never noticed an issue of charging the cash vs Presto fare. Is there any information on when and where?