04-04-2021, 07:20 PM
(04-04-2021, 07:12 PM)jwilliamson Wrote:But it will never take a mere 45 seconds to decelerate and accelerate, nor will it only ever stop for a single minute. Also it cannot feasibly run at top speed through the whole track anyway, even if stops were optimized, significant upgrades would be needed for the train to go at its top speed the whole way. I'd love to see the province invest in those upgrades but they aren't.(04-04-2021, 05:18 PM)Bjays93 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.
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.
Let's say any rolling stock can run at 160 km/h the whole way if there are no stops. That gives us 38 minutes from Kitchener to Union Station. If it takes 45 seconds to decelerate and then accelerate back to speed and a 1 minute dwell at each station, we could keep every existing station and make the run in 56 minutes.
Theres a reason it takes ~2 hours to get there right now, its not simply fixable by running the trains faster or that would be done