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This is a good question, though it's 64 coaches since you need to add 2 coaches to each of the 32 trainsets. I don't think Via's order cost was broken down into coaches and locomotives, but CalTrans' order for 137 coaches cost $371M USD in 2017. Which is $512M CAD in 2017, or $646M CAD in...

I'm not sure they would be able to sell it on a fully financial basis based on Via's own operating budget, but they could probably sell it if they take into account the public benefit of getting more people onto the rails and off the roads. The challenge there is that the associated financial...

No it wouldn't force the trains to go non stop. Nor did I ever suggest Kitchener trains would be running non-stop from Malton (or anywhere). I clearly showed Kitchener Line platforms in my diagram of Mount Dennis so clearly I'm not talking about all Kitchener line trains going non-stop. Why do...

Well despite all that infrastructure, the Spadina Streetcar only averages 10 km/h. The Finch West LRT averages a blazing... *Checks notes* 14 km/h. Oh no.

Well then we might as well cancel what remains of GO Expansion because apparently we have no way of becoming competent in rail operations. What are you talking about? There are 4 tracks. 2 tracks for a local service (Line 3) and 2 tracks for an express service (Kitchener Line). This is not...

If you think it's impossible to reliably run 12 trains per hour on a double-track line with ETCS, despite the fact that we currently reliably run 8 tph with old-school signalling, and despite the fact that countless systems do that around the world, then we might as well give up on GO expansion...

Well if you want a limited stop service that's still possible with metro technology. It's not like stations magically appear when you convert a line to a metro, that's a choice you make during the planning process. And besides, even with a bunch of stops on the Ontario line, it's only 3 stops...

The capacity of a double-track railway is upwards of 12 trains per hour with ETCS. As I illustrated above, the average speed of GO trains and Alto trains would be about the same between Kennedy and Union, so that's an achievable number in this case. Even with their old-school signalling system...

It makes sense to protect for it. But the only way it would make sense to actually build if we already exhausted all reasonable alternatives. A much more reasonable way to create capacity for Alto at Union is to build a 1.5 km subway tunnel from Exhibition to near Queen & Dufferin, to extend...

It's worth noting that there's a big difference between including a small battery on an EMU to cover short unelectrified stretches like the USRC and yards, and using batteries to avoid electrifying railways. EMU with small battery - Only slightly heavier than normal EMU, with similar...

What is the frequency of the high speed line? Because if it's less than 4 trains per hour, Metrolinx's planned configuration is already enough for both GO and Alto. The original GO Expansion plans were calling for 8+ trains per hour on Stouffville but now the plans have been cut back to 4. So...

Yes I have explained that in detail several times before. The station at Lawrence East is irrelevant to reason I'm sharing the diagram. I doubt that station would ever get built anyway since they're now building a subway station further east along Lawrence.

I believe the Kennedy routing is superior to the Leaside routing, because in addition to being far cheaper to build it provides vastly better connectivity. The Toronto suburban station in the Leaside routing option is a station a short walk east of Sunnybrook Park station on Line 5. It has...

I'll take "GO Transit construction" for $100 please. What is "Caledonia station on the Barrie line"?

Maybe Alto is part of the reason they're in no hurry to get the Highland Creek bridge unstuck, given that that's the location where Alto would be joining the corridor. But I don't think Alto can be an excuse to delay the other projects in the pipeline. The Mount Joy second platform is necessary...