11-05-2015, 01:28 PM
(11-05-2015, 11:44 AM)ookpik Wrote: Two different needs here. Our region needs a viable "fast" rail infrastructure that serves commuters and general passengers (including users of YYZ) far more than we need "high speed" service to Detroit or Montreal. The current 2+ hours on SLO Transit, even if trains ran hourly, is laughable. It's also embarrassing for a G-7 country and a region with pretensions of becoming Silicon Valley North. This requirement needs to get satisfied ASAP. Even 10 years is too long.
Can anyone here offer a realistic estimate of what the Kitchener-Toronto travel time could be with GO assuming no level crossings and a dedicated track? Maybe with fewer stops (an express service similar to the Lakeshore line). The MP40 should have a top speed of 175 km/h but I don't know how realistic that is with the car sets that GO uses.