GO Transit

[danbrotherston]

I mean, while it's not impossible, the problem remains that for almost every purpose except a job where I am literally ON THE CLOCK for a 9 - 5 day, I'd rather take the Via train.

I dunno. I guess we'll have to wait and see, but I find it very frustrating, I can see far better options that were not taken.

Right. For "commuters" who "commute" to a job in K-W (in the usual sense of the word), this might work. And, given the number of tech jobs in the region, this might actually attract some reasonable number of regular commuters, at least post-COVID.

For an occasional trip for a few hours, you are correct, though, it's not very convenient. But if GO wants service on this route (or any route, for that matter) to be viable, the regular weekday commuters will understandably be their #1 target.

Yes, that is the usual meaning of the word "commuter" but when it comes to a ~2 hour trip, it doesn't seem like the kind of thing people are going to do on a daily basis.  And there is one possible schedule that *COULD* work without adding trips in Kitchener.


But that's the point, with the length of the trips, they aren't going to gain daily commuters (especially since London->KW is pretty uncongested and a much shorter drive).