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  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
ac3r Wrote: (05-28-2021, 10:12 AM) -- It'd be a fun idea to do temporarily, to be honest! Pick an anniversary date relating to our regional transit, and wrap a few of the buses or LRVs in the classic...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 05-29-2021, 01:53 AM
  Thread: Inter-region transit
Post: RE: Inter-region transit
plam Wrote: (11-14-2020, 09:43 PM) -- I wonder how hard it was to get to Cambridge before amalgamation of transit (i.e. formation of GRT). I imagine it's political as much as anything. -- It was pesk...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 40 5,541 11-17-2020, 01:17 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
ijmorlan Wrote: (12-14-2019, 10:31 AM) -- I believe that is the old route designation. If I recall correctly, the A actually took one of two streets, either Connaught or Wilson, identified only by “v...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 12-14-2019, 03:05 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
What happened to the documentary?
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 07-05-2019, 04:09 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
KevinL Wrote: (07-02-2019, 10:50 AM) -- eh-cun71 Wrote: (07-02-2019, 09:05 AM) -- They were setting up fencing this morning to prepare to construct the UW transit plaza. I thought they canceled the ...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 07-02-2019, 11:55 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Fairway Station is indeed the only station with a park and ride lot. The region really dropped the ball on this one. I’ve been using the lot next to the Rumpel Felt. Officially, it’s only free for GO...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 06-24-2019, 11:45 PM
  Thread: VIA Rail
Post: RE: VIA Rail
Yawn. Isn’t this an election year? Nothing to see here.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 296 189,643 06-24-2019, 11:37 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
kps Wrote: (06-21-2019, 02:41 PM) -- D40LF Wrote: (06-21-2019, 02:26 PM) -- I drove down to Fairway Station for the opening ceremony, then hopped back in my car and drove up to Conestoga Station wit...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 06-21-2019, 03:14 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
I drove down to Fairway Station for the opening ceremony, then hopped back in my car and drove up to Conestoga Station with my family. It worked out a lot better than expected, and we ended up on the ...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 06-21-2019, 02:26 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
timc Wrote: (05-08-2019, 09:30 AM) -- plam Wrote: (05-08-2019, 08:56 AM) -- I mean, it's kind of a weird stop and there aren't any buses that go down Seagram Dr. There should probably be a shuttle t...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 05-08-2019, 11:26 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
timio Wrote: (01-10-2019, 02:17 PM) -- Seems to be partially caused by storage in Kitchener.  The new train is 12 cars, meaning the formerly express train had to drop from 12-10 so it would fit in th...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 1,996 1,165,935 01-11-2019, 02:19 AM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit
KevinL Wrote: (12-17-2018, 03:36 PM) -- 5:40 AM start, huh? I'd rather have an added train at the other end of the morning schedule. -- That’s what VIA’s for.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 1,996 1,165,935 12-17-2018, 06:04 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
That route 52 feels extremely redundant.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 11-03-2018, 08:03 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Momo26 Wrote: (11-03-2018, 01:37 PM) -- This all means no rapid transit train plan London to KW then KW to union? -- Doug Ford says 'hello'.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 1,143 1,017,875 11-03-2018, 07:54 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
It seems like an LRV has stalled at Northfield Station. As such, Northfield is backed up to Skylark.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 10-12-2018, 03:18 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Fall Schedules are up. http://www.grt.ca/en/schedules-maps/schedules.aspx
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 08-13-2018, 06:31 PM
  Thread: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
Post: RE: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
panamaniac Wrote: (06-19-2018, 09:27 PM) -- Just renovation, or expansion into a Supercentre? -- It's a renovation of the existing space, similar to what was done in Cambridge and is being done at Su...
   D40LF Suburbs 319 185,683 06-19-2018, 09:54 PM
  Thread: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
Post: RE: Fairview Park Mall - Grand Market District
It may be worth mentioning that the Fairview Walmart will be undergoing renovation soon. I don't have a timeline, but I imagine that it would start as early as this summer as The Boardwalk Walmart was...
   D40LF Suburbs 319 185,683 06-19-2018, 08:34 PM
  Thread: VIA Rail
Post: RE: VIA Rail
This may not be the most appropriate place to ask, but why do VIA tickets indicate more cars than to be operated? For instance, the last few trips of mine have been on cars 5 or 6, but there has never...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 296 189,643 05-22-2018, 10:54 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
There's no room for buses to pass each other on King anymore.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 05-16-2018, 12:07 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
lol Was anyone expecting any different?
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 04-25-2018, 12:27 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Thanks, Bombardier.
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 17,478 10,511,165 04-13-2018, 09:18 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Ah yes, the same old tired arguments. Copper Leaf St, Eastbridge, Westcliff Way, Doon South... some things never change...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 04-09-2018, 09:38 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
timc Wrote: (03-16-2018, 03:46 PM) -- I don't understand the unwillingness to connect a bus route to ION at Waterloo Park. Do they think it will be overused? On the other hand, I'm glad I've becom...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 03-16-2018, 08:17 PM
  Thread: VIA Rail
Post: RE: VIA Rail
taylortbb Wrote: (03-01-2018, 12:04 AM) -- Doing the math from Canard's link that's 6040 seats, so seems like this is going to be a capacity upgrade. I just hope it doesn't result in being squished i...
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 296 189,643 03-01-2018, 01:12 AM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
inb4 no 29 or 202 to UW Station
   D40LF Transportation and Infrastructure 4,325 3,227,803 01-22-2018, 09:02 PM

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