RedRocket191
Senior Member
Computer graphics have really come along way, haven't they?
Those renders look like a real photograph...
Though apparently, the Orangeville-Brampton railway has a RDC to supplement its other coaches as its excursions are very popular.
Indeed, I took some of them - and there were others, including Montreal-Trois-Rivieres-Quebec city. And while the Kitchener service was quite heavily used, I remember the Trois-Rivieres and Sherbrooke runs were virtually empty.Yep. VIA had RDCs going all over the place - across the Prairies (including Edmonton-Calgary and Regina-Saskatoon, both would be useful services today), duplicating the most remote sections of the original Canadian (to limit the number of stops that flagship train needed to make), Montreal-Sherbrooke, Toronto-Peterborough-Havelock, Niagara Falls, Toronto-Kitchener-London (at the time Kitchener was a busier station than London!) and several Maritime services, including Halifax-Truro-Cape Breton and Halifax-Kentville-Yarmouth.
and i reckon the best time to present a long term solution for the YYZ and georgetown corridors is september 26, 2008 (RTP draft is tabled, scheduled approval by november 28, 2008)
http://www.metrolinx.com/default.aspx
any reason why it should be later than that?
Because I highly doubt Metrolinx will be able to put together a long term, forward thinking plan in a short amount of time given that they are a new agency with so many projects they have to try to juggle right now. Even a delay of 6 months could be just enough time to develop a plan that actually makes sense.
In the end I don't see anything changing about Blue 22. I suspect at this point SNC-Lavalin will get its windfall and it will take 15-20 years before a GO train ever pulls into a station that is actually on airport lands. It is unfortunate but it really seems like politicians don't see a problem with Blue 22, Metrolinx just doesn't have enough time, and GO seems totally clueless as too what is going on.
JFK has ICTS to the subway.
Vancouver has (will have) a light metro line.
Everyone: I still find it interesting that Toronto wants to run this Airport Link rail service using rebuilt RDCs-take a look at this link:
www.industrialrail.ca from Moncton,New Brunswick-this company is offering used and rebuilt Via Rail Canada rail equipment for sale-look at the slideshows to take a closer look at what they do. Some rail services have purchased used RDCs for service-like the Dallas,Texas area's Trinity Railway Express-and perhaps this is where these RDCs will come from also.
But I do agree that a good Airport rail link would need something better then just RDCs...LI MIKE
Toronto will have that soon enough. Get a Pickering Airport and an SRT extension to Durham and you will have your wish.