03-07-2016, 12:08 PM
(03-07-2016, 11:50 AM)KevinL Wrote: One think I would like to see GO implement, as they get us more trains, is more of an express service. Many of their trains terminate in Georgetown; I would think letting trains from Kitchener skip most stations in Brampton, as well as low-use stations in Toronto like Malton and Etobicoke North, would save a lot of time.
The run that starts from Georgetown right after the first Kitchener run is express from Bramalea; it cuts about fifteen minutes off the travel time. I don’t know why the Kitchener run isn’t made express instead, to give some relief to further-out commuters, but presumably there must be a reason.
The morning trains don’t really start filling up until after Brampton, but as more and more riders come express services will make more sense. On the Lakeshore line, some runs skip all stops from as far out as Oakville. If there could one day be enough riders to justify an express train from as far as Mount Pleasant, that would probably be some real time savings. Who knows how long it will take for ridership to justify that, though.