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If I remember from the last time I went through Oshawa... there's plenty of space to place a pair of tracks between the station building and the existing bridge structure. Between them right now are only pavement and a temporary-looking canopy. The bridge can be extended over this space to a...

How about that stand that sold the giant soft pretzels? :)

I never understood why they didn't plug the 407 directly into the freeway part of the 115 at Hwy 35. That way, the existing RIRO section of the 115 could simply be part of Hwy 35 only, and the 407 could extend to Hwy 7 east of Peterborough. Hwy 115 itself would vanish as a designation. As it...

Yes. Every time you change buses, you tap off and on (unless there's a breakdown and they bring up another bus).

I believe the Ontario building code was recently updated to require the green "running person" type of exit sign.

Don't forget OCAD U, a mere hop, skip, and jump from St Patrick Station!

It's in the metal-walled section of the south wall of the Skywalk, directly over York St. There's a decorative canopy with the GO logo over it, but the door matches the surrounding wall very closely, and is surprisingly-hard to see.

I notice that there are concrete ties under the switches. However, on the GO tracks between Pickering and Oshawa, the areas around the switches have wooden ties even though the rest of the track has concrete ties. Is there some reason that switches on concrete ties are more...

What about long-distance trucks? Do they tend to avoid the 407 now?

I went on a little excursion today, from Peterborough to Niagara Falls via GO. (Is this the longest journey you can take on GO?) I went there via bus to Oshawa, then train, then bus from Burlington. Presto cost was just under $30 one way. I left Peterborough at 9:09 and got to Niagara Falls bus...

Yes, when I was at Durham College a couple of years ago, I had a post- secondary concession put on my Presto card. I had my student card and its U-Pass during the school year for riding the DRT buses, but during the summer when that wasn't available, I got an (adult) monthly pass put on the...

I got out to the Distillery District today, riding the 514 one way and taking the 121 back. Now that I've seen the place with my own eyes, I am wondering.... why not extend the 121's loop one block east to the edge of Corktown Common? The trip down Cherry street was pretty short, as I expected...

Google Maps now shows the 412 and the 407 extension, though the base photographs seem to be from last summer.

In Bowmanville? AFAIK, the opening phase of the 407E only goes as far as Harmony Rd in Oshawa.

Cool. Did the other road open as well? Is South Hopkins St now closed?

Minor update... I was in Whitby on the long weekend, and it looks like the South Blair Street underpass is almost open, just west of the East Rail Maintenance Facility (ERMF). The bridge has been done for a while, and the road underneath is paved. The ERMF itself is forging ahead. The main...

The Peterborough-Oshawa run is around a twelve-dollar fare, so they should care about it. People got on at the intermediate park-and-ride stops as well.

For the second time in a month, I boarded a GO bus in Peterborough on a Saturday morning, only to discover that the Presto machine wasn't working. The driver was just waving passengers on; he couldn't read Presto cards or print tickets for those boarding with cash. (The ticket window in the...

Anyone know when the 412 and the first part of the 407 East opens?

Wow! I had no idea the Nippon Sharyo trains were so problematic! Maybe they should speed up the electrification, and if necessary lease other trains to keep things going.