06-14-2016, 12:17 PM
So there are actually two parts to the agreement in principle, the second one being the separate freight corridor. From the government press release:
But what exactly is the meaning of the first one? Some improvement for the existing freight+GO corridor? I thought the existing GO service to Kitchener was already classified as "Go Regional Express Rail."
Quote:Through its agency Metrolinx, the regional transportation authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, the province has secured an agreement-in-principle with CN that will allow GO Regional Express Rail to be built along the Kitchener GO corridor.
The agreement-in-principle also begins the planning and technical analysis to build a new freight corridor that will allow CN to shift most of its freight traffic from the section of the Kitchener corridor the company owns -- roughly between Georgetown and Bramalea -- to the new corridor. That will free up capacity for more GO service through Brampton to Kitchener.
But what exactly is the meaning of the first one? Some improvement for the existing freight+GO corridor? I thought the existing GO service to Kitchener was already classified as "Go Regional Express Rail."