If the federal government is funding Ontario transit projects such as the Ontario Line, I hope they have a strong voice in demanding how that money is spent, such as reserving the busy rail corridor for future VIA Rail capacity upgrades.
For width comparison,
new Montreal REM Metropolis cars:
2.94 m
TTC Toronto Rocket Subway cars:
3.12 m
Approx 18 cm difference.
https://rem.info/en/rolling-stock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Rocket
I just can't fathom why the insistence in a different smaller rolling stock for the...
Perhaps Line 1 can be shorten on the York University/Vaughan end.
Here is my suggestion:
Line 4 is extended from Sheppard-Yonge, connect to Sheppard West and Downsview Park, and will continue up north to Vaughan Centre.
Line 1 to end at Downsview Park, rather than Vaughan Centre.
Sheppard...
I find that the new black colour design scheme is not as useful compared with the former green.
Especially with the new Presto Ticketing machine at TTC stations or the new Black tap-on / balance check machines, they just don't seem to standout from the surroundings. Where the green machines...
With regards to the UP station at Pearson, it's going to rebuild into a central passenger processing terminal as part of Pearson's Master Plan into the late 2020s, I just hope the ON Gov/Metrolinx can take this rare opportunity and work with Pearson/GTAA to properly integrate the various transit...
I thought the UP Express would encourage the rest of the GO system to adopt the standard high platform. But it looks like it's downgrading the UP Express to match the rest of the system.
:(:mad:
I thought they were looking into adopting high platforms for the entire GO system to help with...