innsertnamehere
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Idk why they wanted it, but I know they did buy it.
We discussed in the GO Service thread back in November.Why would GO want the Canpa sub?
I am just curious and cannot seem to find an answer anywhere:
The Georgetown south project is supposed to be (mostly) completed by 2015 for Pan Am, but when will we likely see 2 way all day GO train service on the Georgetown Corridor to Bramalea?
GO seems to be very tight lipped on development of the Big Move projects.
There are no plans to introduce all day service after this project. There will be a few additional trains but no all day service and no plans for weekend service.
• Prior to the commencement of the work in the corridor, there were 19 GO Train trips per day (10 one way and 9 the other);
• To allow construction to proceed at speed, 6 trips (3 each way) were removed, leaving the line with 13 trips
• 1 trip (an additional morning eastbound trip) was added in when the line was extended to Kitchener bringing us to 14 an additional return trip was recently added bringing us to 16
• On opening day, the number will increase to "up to" 29 trips (10 one way and 9 the other)…..essentially, the return of the cancelled trip plus 5 return trips
http://goweb02.gotransit.com/gts/en/faqs/default.aspx (click on the Kitchener line "tab")
No one knows how seriously (if at all) the recent Golden Panel's recommendations will be taken but they suggested that this should be the last of the current GO lines with AD2W service with a delivery date of 2022/2023
http://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Project-Costing-Jan-13-2014.pdf
Why the Richmond Hill line first? Its the least used line...
Why the Richmond Hill line first? Its the least used line...
Why the Richmond Hill line first? Its the least used line...
It's also the shortest and fastest to prepare.
How does the cost compare? Per km? Per rider? The Golden Panel shows, yes, it being done over 2 years but at a cost of $780 million. The KW line is more absolute dollars $1.13 billion, but may serve more people and do more to relieve congestion. Yes, something has to go first and something has to go last but I don't understand how they could recommend waiting till a year after RH was done to start the 5 years they say it will take to get KW ready for all day service (I also don't understand how KW needs another 5 years and $1.13 billion after the GTS is done....the line will be, at least, double tracked all the way to Mt. Pleasant in 2015 and it really seems like all day bidirectional service ran reasonably smoothly on Lakeshore under similar conditions for 40+ years).
They still need lay down track north of Mount Pleasant.
Yes I think they are using absolute cost. Remember Milton will cost even more then that. And they still have to buy more track to bring service to Hamilton.
According the Golden Panel, the cost for Milton is $901 million.
A big chunk of the capital costs for AD2W is for expanded peak service as well, which requires building expensive yards. The track itself is very cheap from my understanding. Even then I feel Metrolinx has overestimated on the AD2W services, unless they are planning to add a lot of grade separations.