02-01-2016, 04:35 PM
(01-14-2016, 05:11 PM)zanate Wrote: Great to find this out! Living behind Mount Hope cemetery, I'd given up on the 200 (Weber/Union just too far) but Weber/Guelph is viable. In fact, it's just a few steps further away from my place than the old GRH stop was/future ION stop will be.
It's also a few hundred metres closer to the hospital than Weber/Union. Good. Still over a km, though.
I did e-mail GRT about this, and received the response:
"The challenge with providing express service is balancing accessibility for residents with the intended express limited-stop nature of the route to connect major destinations—the detour has already added unavoidable run time to the iXpress service. As such, we will not continue to service these detour stops when the detour changes. We have, however, noted your concerns and will consider options to better service residents as planning for the area moves forward."
However, updates to the 'Detours' page now seem to me to be saying that these stops will be serviced so long as King below William is closed- up to nine months, or longer. I think that's what I'm reading, anyway. If so, good news, and maybe they'll find that the stops are well-used during that time.