09-24-2014, 03:05 PM
I'm just getting this from the Tritag twitter feed. The latest tweet (https://twitter.com/TriTAG/status/514847658729811970) suggested there will be double tracking and grade separations.
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09-24-2014, 03:05 PM
I'm just getting this from the Tritag twitter feed. The latest tweet (https://twitter.com/TriTAG/status/514847658729811970) suggested there will be double tracking and grade separations.
09-24-2014, 03:35 PM
panamaniac Wrote:That's it? What a letdown!GO[SLO] Transit expands its service at about the same speed as they run their trains :cry: Metrolinx buys 53-km track section, touts Kitchener GO upgrades Quote:A section of the Kitchener line between Bramalea and Georgetown is still owned by CN, however.
09-24-2014, 04:04 PM
panamaniac Wrote:That's it? What a letdown! It's not very exciting but I'm sure it will help trains run more on-time. I was taking the Via train to Toronto on Saturday and it was delayed an hour by freight outside Sarnia (so, not fixed by this announcement, but relevant in general).
Track purchase is next step to two-way, full-day Kitchener-Toronto GO service, government says
Ontario announced today that it has purchased, for $76 million, the privately owned rail line between Kitchener and Georgetown. This will eventually allow for all day, two way rail services connecting Kitchener and downtown Toronto. Ontario purchases GO line Georgetown to Kitchener
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09-24-2014, 05:52 PM
Didn't we already know they'd bought the line?
I'd love to know how they're going to double track the trestle in Guelph.
09-24-2014, 10:35 PM
DHLawrence Wrote:Didn't we already know they'd bought the line? We knew that they were going to buy the line, and now we know that the sale has been completed.
09-25-2014, 08:37 AM
Step by step. It’s to read each and every time that two new trains will be added by 2016. That will be big. Speed (lackthereof) is a barrier to ridership, but so is a lack of flexibility. More frequent trains are sure to attract riders.
09-27-2014, 09:31 AM
DHLawrence Wrote:Didn't we already know they'd bought the line? If you're talking about the bridge over the Speed river the piers seem to be built with double tracks in mind. There looks to be enough room on the tops of the beams to lay down new trusses. I imagine they'd rework the bridge so that it's ballasted as well. The hard part of a job like that is staging for all the cranes and trucks unloading the new steel. I imagine they'd do it at night and build most of the south section of new bridge first and then be able to to work in the middle on tying it together with the existing bridge. Closing that intersection would really bung up traffic in that part of Guelph too. Won't be cheap that's for sure.
09-27-2014, 10:24 AM
I rarely agree with Outhit but this time his negative assessment of "progress" of regular GO Transit between here and Toronto is, sadly, warranted. It may happen. But it won't likely be in my lifetime.
Road Ahead: We’re a long way from two-way GO trains Quote:Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency, still won't promise two-way, all-day service within a decade...
Pre-Oktoberfest visit promises by Premier Wynne
Wynne says two-way, full-day GO service is on the way to Kitchener October 10, 2014 | Chris Herhalt | Waterloo Region Record | Link Quote:WATERLOO — When it comes to the needs of growing Waterloo Region firms and their employees, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne knows there's one request from the province that stands above all others.
10-11-2014, 07:56 AM
(10-10-2014, 10:36 PM)MacBerry Wrote: October 10, 2014 The most important part of her non-promise, "But when pressed by a reporter in the audience, she still would not disclose a firm timeline for frequent GO train service in both directions throughout the day." Looks like this will be part of the standard Liberal platform for the next 30 years.
10-11-2014, 09:51 AM
(10-11-2014, 07:56 AM)ookpik Wrote:(10-10-2014, 10:36 PM)MacBerry Wrote: October 10, 2014 You mean the new highway 7??
10-11-2014, 10:03 AM
I think there is a lot of work ahead for GO/Metrolinx. Running all-day two-way service all along the line probably needs two tracks and a lot of other infrastructure to get built first along with scheduling and space at Union Station for all the trains. GO might as well electrify at the same time and if they are actually going to electrify the entire GO system at the same time it's going to take a lot of work and time.
I was glad to see support for the Cambridge LRT being mentioned.
10-11-2014, 12:10 PM
I've heard people talk about the "electrification" of the tracks a number of times, but I'm still unclear what it means. Can someone shed some light on that.
10-11-2014, 01:45 PM
The plan it to eventually replace all diesel on the GO network with overhead electric wiring and pantograph on the train. This will speed up acceleration out of the stations, as each car will be motive, and allow GO to increase frequencies because of the faster speeds of the trains and less need for large headways between them. The first phase is expected to be an upgraded Union Pearson Express (which shares the Kitchener line through Toronto).
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