Voltz
Senior Member
If you are not going to the main terminal with the train....then why not just amend/extend the link to Malton?
Yes I would rather have that, or some other form of a shuttle between the railway corridor and the terminals.
If you are not going to the main terminal with the train....then why not just amend/extend the link to Malton?
As far as I know, there is no way to get a train from Malton onto the spur and no way to get a train off the spur to Malton.
pretty sure if you were on the way to the airport you want the least amount of transfers as possible.
Mostly true. However, Newark has a peoplemover that brings you to the NJT, which takes you into Manhattan in no time flat. It's my favourite way to get into New York City. The inconvenience is minor. So it can be done. Extending Link to Malton to connect with GO and VIA would benefit a great many people.
Rather than trying to redesign UP into anything, ML needs to get focussed on expediting full RER on this line, to Brampton at least. Nice little three car EMU's to Pearson is fine. When we get RER built, no one will care which they ride. By that point, UP might even have grown its ridership as we want it to, and the market might even bear notching the UP fare up a little. This was a botched implementation, but the underlying design might work out over the longer term if we set some things right.
- Paul
How about just let the system run as it is instead of forcing passengers to transfer between Union and Pearson? The current infrastructure works as it is for those wanting a direct service from any of the 3 stations to Pearson Terminal 1. As feasible as the Newark people mover may be, personally it'd make me think twice about taking UPX if I had to make an additional transfer before I can reach the terminal building, however expedient that may be. The beauty of the current UPX is that for those working or living around the 3 stations, UPX guarantees high predictability from the moment you walk out your office or apartment to the moment you walk into Terminal 1 with no fuss in between. For anyone working in the Financial District, it's guaranteed 5-10 min walk from your office building to the Union platform regardless of weather, traffic, track, or train schedule conditions.
How about just let the system run as it is instead of forcing passengers to transfer between Union and Pearson?
Confused....a post that ends with the bolded words proposes to build a new station as opposed to using one that already exists within easy reach of the airport.Rather than extend the people mover to Malton, would it not be better to build a new "Etobicoke North" GO station at Highway 27? Convert UPX to an actual express service between Pearson and Union with one station at Highway 27, and have GO RER pick up the local trips. More frequent (free, subsudized by GTAA) shuttles could connect Pearson to Highway 27 along the UPX spur in order to connect with local service coming from both East and West. It would be less expensive to make use of the existing infrastructure than to build more.
Which fare structure change? The one next March?Since the fare structure change, is anyone aware if ridership has increased? I guess you would either be using UPX or know someone who has used it to know whether there has been an increase.