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ShonTron reacted to CapitalSeven's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with
Haha.
I do sort of wonder what will happen to that VIA track post-HSR. By 2040 some sort of regional line between Alexandria and Ottawa with... -
ShonTron replied to the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City).Interestingly, the Greber Plan called for the replacement Union Station to be all the way out at Walkley Road outside the 1940s-era city...
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ShonTron replied to the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City).Yeah, I don't see any viable case for the reuse of the old Ottawa Union Station for high speed rail, especially as it won't be a...
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Spotted for the first time on Line 4 today! Previously some of the trains on Sheppard had the same Line 1 map as in the quote. I'm...
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ShonTron reacted to McGillicuddy's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
Frankly, the whole situation reads to me as a sop to the weirdos who inexplicably fantasize about re-using the station someday. They're...
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There is a real possibility that as politicians grasp the actual risk level of transit projects, they will shy away from launching new...
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ShonTron replied to the thread GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various).It’s a lot easier to tunnel through Central Montreal – especially Mount Royal – than it would be to tunnel under the USRC, which is a...
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ShonTron reacted to kotsy's post in the thread Toronto East Harbour GO & Ontario Line Station | 14.35m | 1s | Metrolinx | HDR with Like.
Cut-and-cover tunnel East of Cherry Street: Lower Don Crossing: East Harbour Station: Eastern bridge/Lakeshore East corridor:
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ShonTron reacted to crs1026's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
I'm not for or against the idea, but I would caution that we need to look at the top maps and not take that straight looking line too...
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ShonTron replied to the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City).The corridors are wide enough not to encourage land speculation (in the hopes or fear of expropriation) yet narrow enough in places to...
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ShonTron replied to the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City).Yeah. Michael Schabas can be arrogant and has more than once pulled stuff out of his ass to justify his ideas. But he has a lot of pull...
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ShonTron reacted to Northern Light's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
I will post on the above docs in due course. For now though, I have to say......take anything Michael Schabas says with a very large...
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ShonTron reacted to kEiThZ's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
30 minute headways at certain peak hours. Rest of the time would probably be hourly or every 45 mins. Let's say there are 8 hrs per...
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ShonTron reacted to micheal_can's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
I am thinking that they are planning to have peak times be around a 30minute service, not 30minute service from the first and last...
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ShonTron replied to the thread GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various).That cut fence also provides the shortest walk to the streetcar and the 64 and 135 bus routes. It’s really bad how poorly Metrolinx...
