04-04-2021, 05:17 PM
(04-04-2021, 03:54 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(04-04-2021, 02:25 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: The problem now for example, is that the only efficient way of commuting to toronto is via the 401. Increasing the speed of GO trains dosen't solve this problem. My dad would drive from kitchener to brantford to catch the GO train there cuz it had less stops.
I don’t understand what you’re getting at here. If GO took 60 minutes to get from Kitchener to Union, it wouldn’t be an efficient way of commuting to Toronto? And that’s not some pie-in-the-sky number; as far as I can tell if it were electrified and all the track were improved, plus additional tracks built and schedules organized to avoid waiting for other trains, that could be easily achieved since it’s only about 101km along the track from Kitchener to Union.
I expect Bjays is referring to the stops (and level crossings!) slowing the trains down, even if the top speed is improved.
Today's GO running stock could do a non-stop trip within 45 minutes, I think, without any electrification, assuming track availability and elimination of level crossings. That's a theoretical best-case scenario, but the point is that it's not really the top speed that's driving the trip times.