Recent content by Sauga89

Metrolinx is doing some repair work on the rail bridge in Guelph over the Speed River, east of Guelph GO station. It might be nothing, but I thought I'd post this in case someone saw the crews and wondered what they were doing.

I posted this in the GO construction thread, but I'll post it here as well. At Bloor GO, the Ernest Avenue entrance is being relocated as of April 20th. Metrolinx previously proposed to close this entrance completely, before it was forced to backtrack. The temporary entrance is intended to be...

At Bloor GO, the Ernest Avenue entrance is being relocated as of April 20th. Metrolinx previously proposed to close this entrance completely, before it was forced to backtrack. The temporary entrance is intended to be open until the new Randolph entrance opens.

Metrolinx says Burloak Drive will close next month for ten days as part of the grade separation work. From the above notice:

Mississauga city council has also received an update from city staff on proposed changes to provincial and federal legislation. It's a big report, with recommendations from city staff, but here is a section about BRTs.

Mississauga city staff have made a report summarizing the provincial and federal governments' recent proposed changes to housing and infrastructure legislation. It's a lot to unpack, but here is a portion related to MiWay. City staff have included recommendations to council and the province.

It's an update to Mississauga city council on the city's rapid transit projects. I've copied the portions that relate to the Dundas BRT.

The CBC says GO train service to Niagara will resume Thursday morning. Here is another article from Niagara This Week, where a rider complains there was no extra bus service during the line closure. Niagara This Week also said it heard about the re-opening from CN before it heard it from...

The City of Mississauga today approved a settlement offer of some kind with the condo boards. The details of the settlement offer were not disclosed. The court case is City of Mississauga v. PSCC No. 1136 et al (Ridgeway Plaza). I think this is related to the court case last year, where the city...

Would it help if you let CN use the line at a steep discount whenever it was not in use by a passenger train? Then that portion of their transcontinental route would effectively be double track most of the time. If CN is running 8 trains each way every day, they could probably use such a route...

Much of the last few pages of discussion have been about what improvements CN might demand to allow additional frequencies. So if CN were to demand, say, 8 km of new sidings, and a grade separation, that would equally be for the same few trains a day. The question I posed is, would the province...

A good chunk of that old route though seems to be forest and bog. It might not be that costly to acquire. I measure the section from Atherley to Brechin at 17 km (15 km if you cut the corner a bit on the Brechin end). Of that 15 km, from looking at a satellite image, I'd say only 4 km or so is...

This may be out on a limb, but does the purchase of track north of Washago make it worthwhile to consider rebuilding the old route between Washago and Brechin via Longford Mills and Atherley? Perhaps it would it be cheaper than paying CN to install multiple sidings with grade separations. (I...

Metrolinx says it is setting up a "laydown site" for storing materials where the Richmond Hill line crosses York Mills Road. The notice is labelled under the GO expansion header. I think there is a layover facility planned here? It sounds like construction is starting. From the notice:

The rail path was mentioned in a Metrolinx construction notice. There have been some notices for individual pieces of work recently, but this notice seems to be looking at the area as a whole, with the rail path in mind.