08-10-2021, 12:10 AM
In a perfect world, there would be various "Regions" with the ultimate goal that not every train terminates in Toronto. This dream ignores any existing geographic conditions or the existence (or lack thereof) of suitable rights-of-way. Years ago I attended a Transport 2000 seminar where the host asked, "Where would you like to go by train, and not limiting yourself to places that currently have a railway running through it?"
We could call this plan "GO Beyond" with the idea to connect every town in Ontario with 5000 people, plus a few places inbetween. I know, a person can dream...
GO Central: A radius roughly Hamilton, Georgetown, Oshawa, centered at Union Station
GO West: A wedge from Georgetown to Stratford
GO Huron: Stratford to London to the shores of Lake Huron
GO Georgian: Owen Sound, Collingwood...
GO Simcoe: Everything around Lake Simcoe
GO North: Everything North of Lake Simcoe up to North Bay?
GO Kawartha: Peterborough...
GO East: Oshawa to Kingston
We could call this plan "GO Beyond" with the idea to connect every town in Ontario with 5000 people, plus a few places inbetween. I know, a person can dream...
GO Central: A radius roughly Hamilton, Georgetown, Oshawa, centered at Union Station
GO West: A wedge from Georgetown to Stratford
GO Huron: Stratford to London to the shores of Lake Huron
GO Georgian: Owen Sound, Collingwood...
GO Simcoe: Everything around Lake Simcoe
GO North: Everything North of Lake Simcoe up to North Bay?
GO Kawartha: Peterborough...
GO East: Oshawa to Kingston