GO Transit

[danbrotherston]

I was thinking quick wins in terms of feasible grade separations.

Closures might be ok in Guelph where there are many crossings in a short distance.

Yes, but … in the countryside, where crossings are further apart, eliminating (or grade-separating) a crossing may improve the speed substantially. In a city, if there are three crossings within 500m, if you eliminate the middle one, it doesn't help as the train will have to go slow for the other two anyway.

Adding gates to the remaining uncontrolled crossings might help, too. I don't know enough detail about rail safety, though.

I did ask this already, but I'm still curious, I was under the impression trains were not slowing for crossings at all?  What is the speed limit through level crossings for trains, compared with the top speed of GO Trains?