GO Transit

[tomh009]

But it will never take a mere 45 seconds to decelerate and accelerate, nor will it only ever stop for a single minute. Also it cannot feasibly run at top speed through the whole track anyway,  even if stops were optimized, significant upgrades would be needed for the train to go at its top speed the whole way. I'd love to see the province invest in those upgrades but they aren't. 

Theres a reason it takes ~2 hours to get there right now, its not simply fixable by running the trains faster or that would be done

 
The Starter FLIRT can decelerate from 160 to 0 in 22 seconds and accelerate in 24 seconds. 40 seconds is enough time for 20 passengers to disembark from each door and another 20 to embark, and you could add another 10 to open the doors and 10 to close the doors.

But that's forty-SIX seconds to decelerate and accelerate!

More seriously, what's the acceleration/deceleration time for the current GO rolling stock? How much time would we save with all new rolling stock?