04-04-2021, 05:18 PM
(04-04-2021, 03:54 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:What i was getting at is there is no way GO can get to Toronto in 60 minutes with the current number of stops, even if it was sped up. If it could get to Toronto in 60 minutes it would absolutely be a worthwhile substitute, but I'll believe it when I see it.(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.
Now obviously improving the existing GO routes don’t cover everybody; but they don’t have to cover everybody to be a better option than adding a lane to the 401, they just have to be a more efficient way to move one lane’s worth of people.
Having an express route with limited stops would be ideal, and there's the psychological component, no matter how illogical, that if you are moving the whole time, even at a slower pace, you feel like the route is faster/more efficient than if you are moving super fast but constantly stopping.