11-30-2017, 12:55 PM
(11-30-2017, 12:21 PM)taylortbb Wrote: Previously the line between Kitchener and Toronto was owned by CN. The province has purchased as much of the line as they can from CN, but the part that goes through Brampton they won't sell. The reason being that the part through Brampton is a part of their core freight network, and if they couldn't run trains on it they wouldn't be in business. That line is also close to capacity, so the province can't just add a bunch of GO trains without removing some freight or expanding.
Natural solution is just to add more tracks through Brampton, except the corridor isn't wide enough for this, and no one wants to tear down half of downtown Brampton. So the next best solution is to build CN a new corridor (the "missing link") and have them run their freight there. Once freight is on the missing link they won't need the part through downtown Brampton for freight, and there will be capacity on the tracks for more trains. The negotiation is over a proposed plan to have the province build the missing link, and then swap it with CN so the province gets the part through downtown Brampton.
Well said!
...K