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RE: GO Transit - Markster - 03-13-2015 They are still around. I rode one in February (and I really wanted to ride a double decker...). They tend to be more obvious on Thursdays and Fridays when they've got more trips running. RE: GO Transit - MacBerry - 03-15-2015 (03-13-2015, 10:00 AM)KevinL Wrote: I can't recall the last time I saw a single deck GO bus in town. Most likely to see a single level GO bus in early parts of the weekend ... Saturday and Sundays (my "unconfirmed guess") until about 15:00 hours on Sunday. In the late Sunday afternoon students are returning and leaving as are the "DoubleDecker" buses. RE: GO Transit - KevinL - 03-19-2015 I was on Victoria North earlier today and happened to end up across the tracks from the location of the Shirley Avenue yard that Metrolinx has purchased. Here's how it looks right now: RE: GO Transit - MidTowner - 04-17-2015 There's an interesting post on Skyscraper Pages on Go's ten-year plan. I haven't seen this before, and am not sure where it's from. It identifies thirty-minute frequency during peak periods between Kitchener and Union Station. RE: GO Transit - ookpik - 04-17-2015 Pretty thin gruel and no gravy on the GO train between Waterloo/Guelph and the center of the universe for the next two decades: GO train expansion leaves little for Kitchener, Guelph Quote:Kitchener and Guelph will eventually see boosted GO train service and express trains to downtown Toronto as part of a planned rail service expansion announced by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in Barrie on Friday morning. Note that when the province says "Kitchener GO train line" they want to think Waterloo region but they really mean only the section between Brampton and Union Station. RE: GO Transit - MidTowner - 04-17-2015 30 minute peak frequency between Kitchener and Toronto is a big improvement. And hopefully (and even more importantly, in my opinion) electrification means the travel time is trimmed. RE: GO Transit - DHLawrence - 04-17-2015 The best way to reduce travel times is to set up an express-local network. Have Kitchener trains make all stops to Brampton (for example) and run express beyond (maybe a stop at Malton for the airport) while local trains handle the others. RE: GO Transit - innsertnamehere - 04-17-2015 The trains are apparently going to run express past Bramalea. It strikes me as odd that they are not proposing some kind of counter peak service to Kitchener in any form, but yet seem happy to provide hourly service to Barrie.. Makes me think there is more to this, especially given how huge of a local issue all day service to Kitchener was during the election. RE: GO Transit - jamincan - 04-17-2015 I'm wondering if there might be a HSR announcement in the future that would essentially cover two-way all-day service. The outside GTA fund doesn't have enough drawing out of it and 30-min peak service seems essentially pointless to me. RE: GO Transit - YKF - 04-17-2015 (04-17-2015, 04:35 PM)innsertnamehere Wrote: The trains are apparently going to run express past Bramalea.One of the benefits of the Barrie line is that Metrolinx owns it in its entirety, whereas CN owns a good portion of the Kitchener line between Bramalea and just west of Georgetown. Their proposal to operate regional express rail to Aurora on the Barrie line also fits in with their phased approach of serving their core, inner network before expanding outward. (04-17-2015, 06:04 PM)jamincan Wrote: I'm wondering if there might be a HSR announcement in the future that would essentially cover two-way all-day service. The outside GTA fund doesn't have enough drawing out of it and 30-min peak service seems essentially pointless to me.This. The talk at Urban Toronto is about how upgrades to the Kitchener line (everything west of Brampton) will likely be funded from the non-GTA pot and that true service expansion to Kitchener will come in the form of a high-speed rail EA. Essentially, true expansion to Kitchener is its own beast and excluded from today's phase 1 RER announcement. RE: GO Transit - mpd618 - 04-17-2015 (04-17-2015, 04:01 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: The best way to reduce travel times is to set up an express-local network. Have Kitchener trains make all stops to Brampton (for example) and run express beyond (maybe a stop at Malton for the airport) while local trains handle the others. Very relevant quote: Quote:In addition to the services outlined above, communities between Oakville and Hamilton on the Lakeshore West line, between Bramalea and Kitchener on the Kitchener line, and between Pickering and Oshawa on the Lakeshore East line would benefit from express services to-and-from Union Station. RE: GO Transit - YKF - 04-17-2015 ^The quickest and easiest way of making that happen is by extending the 07:05 train out of Georgetown (express from Bramalea) in 2016, when we get the 2 additional peak period trains. RE: GO Transit - ookpik - 05-11-2015 What 15-minute GO service might mean for your house price Quote:...this year’s Ontario budget will be such a huge energizer. Its 10-year transit plan includes gradually increasing GO service to every 15 minutes along core lines, making travel around the Golden Horseshoe easier, reducing congestion and improving movement between regions. 15-minute GO train service between K-W and Union? Imagine what even hourly service would do to "energize" the region and boost real estate prices. RE: GO Transit - willow - 05-13-2015 When should we expect announcements for the non-GTA pot of the transit funding? It's been nearly a month now. RE: GO Transit - BuildingScout - 05-13-2015 According to Wynne municipalities will have to apply for it. One month is very little time when mass is traveling at government speeds, if I remember basic theory of relativity correctly. |