micheal_can
Senior Member
I will ask it a different way....
You want to put a frequent passenger service on a mainline owned by a company that is very much against passenger service on their line?
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SmartTrack (Proposed)
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You want to put a frequent passenger service on a mainline owned by a company that is very much against passenger service on their line?
crs1026
Senior Member
That same company is adding trackage on the other side of the GTA to do exactly that.
Bolton is certainly achievable provided ML will pay to add track.
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micheal_can
Senior Member
Which Subdivision?
crs1026
Senior Member
micheal_can
Senior Member
I remember hearing about that. Is it approved yet?
Also, RER is more frequent than this GO extension will be.
Coolstar
Senior Member
milkycontent
New Member
Very good! Just a dead link then... Thought they were trying to pull a fast one.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Considering Confederation GO was in procurement for almost 3 years, I expect the SmartTrack stations to take a chunk longer before the contract is awarded.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Confederation GO got caught in a mess of changing priorities from the PC government which lead to it's delays, including a massive scaling down of the station and multiple years of delayed funding.
SmartTrack stations from what I recall are mostly expected to start construction this year.
SmartTrack stations from what I recall are mostly expected to start construction this year.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
My 3 year procurement stat is actually after the PC switches and re-scoping etc. Procurement for this iteration of the station ran from early 2020 to late 2022, so just under 3 years. I believe the station was initially supposed to start construction in 2017, under the Wynne Government.
robmausser
Senior Member
Curious if anyone has any knowledge or theories on how safe the Smarttrack Stations are?
I really do like this part of GO-RER. Smarttrack was a flawed goal but the 5 or so stations we have planned on GO-RER will benefit Torontonians greatly, I believe.
With Tory out, how safe are these stations? How easily could an incoming mayor cancel these stations? Or has the ink dried on the contracts and it would be a really bad move.
I really do like this part of GO-RER. Smarttrack was a flawed goal but the 5 or so stations we have planned on GO-RER will benefit Torontonians greatly, I believe.
With Tory out, how safe are these stations? How easily could an incoming mayor cancel these stations? Or has the ink dried on the contracts and it would be a really bad move.
sunnyside
Active Member
I don’t see these stations going anywhere. King-Liberty appears to basically be under construction.
facepalming_brooklynite
Active Member
Yes, the prospect of a Bloor-Lansdowne GO station in the not-too-distant future is the only thing that makes me tolerate my current commute
Northern Light
Superstar
As a side note, there is a possibility (not a given) that the cycle tracks here will be raised to sidewalk level as part of the station project.