04-01-2022, 08:54 AM
(04-01-2022, 07:13 AM)ac3r Wrote: No plans yet to resume pre-pandemic levels of GO train service between Kitchener and Toronto: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.6403752
I feel like that's exactly the sort of dumb statement I expect from Metrolinx, which despite what they claim remains almost 100% focused on commuters into downtown Toronto.
Commuting from KW into downtown Toronto wasn't popular before the pandemic, and it's only going to be less popular now that remote work is firmly established. But the trains CBC was asking about weren't the commuter trains, they were the afternoon and evening trains. Why does Metrolinx think commuter demand is indicative of non-commuter demand? Of course the morning trains are lower ridership than pre-pandemic, but the afternoon might be just as popular.