03-18-2021, 02:49 PM
(03-18-2021, 01:20 PM)KevinL Wrote: So CBC is talking about Cambridge-Guelph service, it seems the idea is a shuttle with dedicated smaller trains that would connect to Toronto service in Guelph.
I'm completely in favour of this so long as it maintains good connections; hooking it up to Ion service at Hespeler/Pinebush seems to be the idea, and I think having GO buses stop there as well could tie all that together. An intermediate stop on Guelph Ave just north of the river in Hespeler would also be a good move.
The trickiest part, I think, is Guelph station itself. It's being built with two tracks and platforms for through trains; this service would terminate. I suppose a third track and platform could be squeezed in just to the south, but it could get crowded with the Chamber of Commerce building.
Apparently more details are due in May.
Guelph Station is down in Galt, on the CP tracks Malcom and Water.
This article is talking about the CN Fergus Subdivision Which comes down from Guelph, goes under the 401, and then crosses Eagle near Concession. It then parallels the CP line from Kitchener (on witch the Toyota spur sits) down to the Jaffrey yard. ION Stage 2 proposes to use the spur that splits off by Industrial Rd.
Personally, I think a station should be roughed in at Speedsville Rd. where the abandoned line they want to use crosses it. The catchment area reaches all the way down to Langs Dr., and an LRT station that backs onto the parkland along the Speed River right there, with the Kin community & childrens centre, a public school and the seniors all with walking distance could be come quite the community node spurring redevelopment along Eagle and Concession.