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I guess there is no improvement in speed to west harbour?

I guess that the stresses of the curves cause the track gauge to become out of alignment. I thought that they designed new plates that don't move as much? Would slowing the train down help the situation?

I believe that when the line did run with RDC'S there were a lot of vehicle collisions which was a pain. Are they mostly unprotected crossings? The Chatham sub has unprotected crossings and trains travel at 90+ mph.

The floor is dirty. Garbage everywhere.

After riding a refurbished GO cab car I believe that the Venture Cab cars are louder inside. Could it be how or where the horn is Mounted?

Has anyone noticed how dirty the line 5 stations are? I don't think they are cleaning them.

In Japan they build high speed train networks within the same network even where they use the same tracks. They could build smaller stations and build passing sidings so that express trains could pass slower trains. Ideally the Lakeshore line would be perfect for this but CN owns the...

So isn't it good that there are more available than required?

Lol. This is a perfect example of how people don't understand the benefits of good public transportation systems because everyone who doesn't live in an urban area drives their cars everywhere.

You have to remember that most of the time they do nothing but one emergency with two full trains worth of people requires a lot of manpower. They are there in case of an emergency.

The Chinese didn't use ballast for their HSR and they found it difficult to repair, resulting in vibrations being felt by customers. With ballast you can use a tamper to adjust the rocks and make the track straight but when the tracks are bolted into the concrete it's harder to make minute...

That's still better than when it opened.

Alto high-speed rail: Protesters in Hawkesbury oppose train https://share.google/aj0mFXYGGvu9p6c0m The land that they need is such a small corridor. People imagine it to be some huge concrete structure. Compared to building a highway, this is much less Intrusive.

So it seems that trains get a green light before the left turn light which is good. But they still travel at 30kmph which is bizzare. Meanwhile on line 5 the train's are much faster. Anyone know why?

I find that the body on these keep their paint brighter for years after they are painted vs the MP36's have more dull looking paint.