05-04-2016, 01:41 PM
(05-04-2016, 01:13 PM)clasher Wrote: I think once King Street re-opens the need for grade separation on Park will diminish, especially since the GO trains don't cross there. The trains that cross Victoria at Walnut don't seem to run during busy hours of the day that often and they are usually pretty short. They are also slow so the risk of collisions isn't as high.
I used to take the first 7 of the morning from Kitchener heading north, and the issue for it was that the grade separation at King means that the GO trains have to back out over Park to get onto the mainline, and can then reverse and move forward. The worst morning it was about a 20 minute delay, and another was ~30 minutes due to gates that wouldn't go up (most cars just drove between the gates, GRT obviously not, eventually doing a multi-point turn).