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Good to hear that West Harbour will get better bus connections given that it is Hamilton's all-day train station. Here's a City of Hamilton map from March 2023 showing a concept for HSR bus network reorganization that includes an increased focus on West Harbour station. Weirdly they show the...

It's nice that the second platform seems to be done, but unfortunately it is completely useless until they connect the west end of the second track back to the mainline. And in my construction update from a couple weeks ago it seems that little to no work has been done on the second track west...

Yes, it is extremely common for trains to operate through territory with different signalling systems. Even in North America there are numerous different systems in different regions so longer-distance companies such as CN operate through several different systems. The most signal system...

That's not the question. The question is 'can we go from 2 locomotive engineers per train to 1'. And the answer is yes, if we implement a signalling system with automatic train protection, such as ETCS. Most high-speed trains are automated (they use Automatic Train Operation), but they still...

Notable quote from the article:

Pretty sure the concept of an express train that only saves 2 minutes wouldn't have passed any quantitative analysis. The reversal is also clearly done without data analysis given that it all happened within 24h.

I don't think it means anything. The Bramalea service likely would have departed 4 min behind the UP train and fallen gradually further back due to slower acceleration and lack of level boarding. By Weston it may be 6 min back which is totally fine. Although GO service will now only be half as...

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-not-proceeding-with-planned-up-express-changes-minister-1.6849432 I particularly enjoy the residents' description of Weston as being underserved while it has literally the most train service of any suburban station in Canada.

see these posts from the previous two pages of this thread:

I wonder how severe the crowding has been since the introduction of free transfers, given that it applies to GO trips but not UP Express trips. Trips from Weston to Union would probably benefit a lot from a free transfer to a TTC bus (e.g. at Weston) or subway (e.g. at Union), which may have...

Indeed, the metric for service to Weston should be its use to get to the airport (not only for travel but also for work). From what I've seen there are very few boardings toward the airport at Weston, it's almost entirely to/from Union. Once Mount Dennis opens, I think it would be best to just...

It is very relevant to the story that the GO service during weekday off-peak periods is being doubled at the same time that the UP Express service is being cut in half. Service during peak periods (peak direction) is already frequent enough that alternating with UP every half hour still provides...

Also as expected, the Start "forgets" to mention that GO service to Weston and Bloor is being doubled at the same time during weekday off-peak periods. I'm in no way in favour of the change to the UP Express service pattern (the time savings are too small to be worthwhile) but that doesn't mean...

Very impressive that they managed to make a map that's so legible considering what an inconsistent mess the GO bus network is. I personally wouldn't have used the faded lines to represent "rail support" routes since the colour already does that. I would have used the faded lines to represent...

Dynamic envelope is the stated reason (UP Express trains have a metal step sticking out that gets close to the high-level platforms) but as Dan noted, the validity of that rationale seems dubious. The platform edges already have a tearaway edge so if there ever were to be contact it wouldn't...