11-04-2015, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2015, 09:32 PM by BuildingScout.)
(11-04-2015, 02:19 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I question the commuter type demand for a London-Toronto train, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if there were demand for a daily trip.
We used to hear this all the time whenever people asked for GO service to Toronto. Today we have 20 runs in each way from the University, one bus run from Kitchener and two trains.
In fact, the way I heard it is that GO Transit higher ups were still insisting there was no demand and bus runs were started as a personal favour from the premier at the request of RIM execs. Service started tentatively at two runs in the morning and two in the afternoon and has grown continuously ever since: first more and more runs and then double deckers.
p.s. ... and even on the face of all this we just recently had our resident idiot (J.O). questioning in the pages of the Record if there would be enough demand for a fast train to Toronto from Waterloo.
p.p.s. demand for fast train service in Germany has exceeded all expectations over the many years it's been available. Demand continues to grow with ever more frequent runs of ever longer trains.