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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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chrisw
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From the Go Construction Thread, Go Expansion Interim Service Milestones.
SaugeenJunction
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To the surprise of no one, weekend service to/from Kitchener is popular.
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Metroscapes
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Yeah, even I was surprised though. I expected a couple hundred, not a few hundred. A few notes form my short jaunt to Mount Pleasant / from Georgetown:
- Quite a few parents with younger kids as well, which is shocking when it means getting their butts up before 7 to make the train, pack, dress and go.
- Someone was walking on the tracks just before it rolled into Guelph. Luckily between me hollering at them and the train blasting them with the horn, they got off the track in time, but it was close, too close. The tracks bend there, and the train's still going at a good clip at that point.
- The doors being restricted west of the accessibility coach at Guelph is getting really annoying. I totally forgot too. Coming back, there was a huge queue of people lined up west of the accessibility coach to get off. They need to extent that platform or start using the south platform ASAP.
- The first westbound train back to Kitchener was slightly delayed by a CN train (a single loco hauling a long line of car carriers).
- I still can't believe how slow it is pulling in and out of Georgetown. That mainline platform can't come soon enough.
Allandale25
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Not sure if this train was going all the way to Kitchener.
Voltz
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That cancelled train goes to Mount Pleasant according to the schedule. The train an hour later goes to Kitchener.
anb
Active Member
Today was a great first day for the weekend Kitchener/Bramalea trains (despite the small equipment delays)... but unfortunately it gets cut short for next weekend. Least there will still be some train service.
kalis0490
New Member
Local Waterloo Region transportation advocacy organization Tritag - which has done an great job advocating for night buses and ion stage 2 - has published an informative article summarizing issues affecting the implementation of 2WAD GO train service to Kitchener. I think it nicely summarizes some of the key points discussed in in this chat for a general audience.
ssiguy2
Senior Member
I know GO just improved service on the Kitchener so with that in mind.........
If I was just an average person who wanted to go from Bramalea to Union and back but not in rush hour, how frequent is the service and what about Saturday/Sunday? Also what about service at 10PM or later?
If I was just an average person who wanted to go from Bramalea to Union and back but not in rush hour, how frequent is the service and what about Saturday/Sunday? Also what about service at 10PM or later?
PShells
New Member
Several projects pushed out to late 2026, including the Mount Joy passing track and Stouffville GO turnback signal, or removed all together from the latest Dec 1 CPG file.
crs1026
Superstar
This is why we don't believe you, Metrolinx.... and why we save your old documents, so we know when you have descoped things without announcing it.
Procurement on Georgetown Station - not until 2027.
Looks like Danforth Station is also set for procurement but not until late 2027. What does that say about express service on the LSE ?
PS - the Guelph Sub improvements were mentioned in the same preview document - in 2019.
- Paul
PShells
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I thought I originally posted this in the GO Construction thread, so I'm moving my comparison of the CPG file over there.
urbantoronto.ca
GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)
I have seen documents which suggest otherwise…. It is theoretically possible to build a train that can cover 23 km in 25 minutes while making 7 intermediate stops. However, that requires more than just switching rolling stock. It also requires improving track speeds (e.g. in the USRC), and...
Metroscapes
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We should start tracking this in a spreadsheet.
cbrown2009
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Outside of rush hour, Bramalea receives consistent 30 minute westbound service at 4 & 34 minutes after the hour. First train west 6:34am, last at 30 minutes at 10:34pm. There is also an 11:34pm departure, usually the last of the night. Eastbound trips depart Bramalea at 00 and 24-28 minutes past each hour up until 10:26pm. There is a final departure at 11:26pm arriving at Union after midnight.. Not quite consistent 30 minute service but consistent nonetheless. There is still a counter peak quirk where eastbound service goes to hourly (but you asked about outside rush hour..) In total, rush hour & express service in, there are now 78 daily trips to/from Bramalea
Weekend service is hourly eastbound 8am-2pm, then goes 2 tph from 2:28pm till last train at 11pm. Westbound starts at 8:48am hourly, adding half hourly departures at 3:18pm until last train at 11:48pm. Total 50 trips both ways daily. From Bramalea. Service and frequencies thin out the further west you go..
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cbrown2009
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Screen shots are mine..