06-23-2019, 01:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2019, 01:26 AM by Bureaucromancer.)
(06-23-2019, 12:25 AM)jwilliamson Wrote:(06-22-2019, 11:54 PM)Bureaucromancer Wrote: If re-building lines is in the picture my hope is that we can reuse the Cambridge to Paris Rail Trail and on to Brantford. Create a DMU service running Guelph - Cambridge - Paris - Brantford - Hamilton with the obvious connections to Kitchener and Lakeshore trains.
If it's a newly built line and not being shared with a freight company, wouldn't it make more sense to build an electrified line and run EMUs?
It would be nice, yes, but on the one hand I suspect ridership will be on the low end, and on the other I would prefer not to have to build new from Brantford into Hamilton. I like the concept of the corridor, but realistically if such a project is to have any chance of actually being built reducing the initial captial expenditure is going to have to be a very high priority,
Even ignroing that, this doesn't seem like a place that fighting CN over electrification of a shared line is worthwhile to me given the demand and frequency that would seem reasonable, which also suggests to me that experimenting with battery electric or Hydrogen could be appropriate.