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Cheers to a good leak!

The highly anticipated 18th VIA Charger/Venture trainset:

Some updates! Phase 1 seemingly advancing, Phase 2 (the station passenger waiting area) awaiting ICIP funding confirmation. The project has been re-named to the Kitchener Central Transit Hub. Article: Region unveils preferred Victoria Street redesign for future transit hub Phase 1 renderings...

Good points above. Also new condos are not selling, so might be a while before they can start on Phase 1.

Expand option 2B east to UTSC?

Consultation docs are up here. They are proposing a mixed-grade subway (underground and elevated) and four route options. Some highlights below.

Yup nothing is set in stone yet. Will be exciting when we eventually get renderings of the various different models of trains we may be getting from Alstom in the future.

Build it and run the service**

Agree with you 100%. There are things we can do to improve the speed on the southern Richmond Hill Corridor, such as banking the curves. Today, Oriole (roughly Sheppard) to Union is 34 mins on the RH GO Line. It’s about 26 mins from Sheppard-Yonge to Union via TTC Line 1, and 39 minutes from...

Thank you!

I would be surprised, as I've never seen half hourly quoted publicly anywhere, nor in GO's long-term service plans. Can you point me to where you saw that? The official MX site says: "Confederation GO Station will bring us one step closer to a more connected Greater Toronto and Hamilton...

I would say hourly is a safe bet for opening day. Until West Harbour jumps to half hourly I am being cautious. There should be sufficient capacity on the Canadian National (CN) tracks for half hourly, but who knows with the freight railways. FYI CN doesn’t speed limit the tracks for no reason...

Build it and they will come! Did you see how the tie-in track was coming along?

Agree. And it might not be the only electric product we get from Alstom either.

We know that Alstom will be providing the new electric locomotives, and this quick peek slipped out in an Alstom video last year. Still looks like an early design. Unsure if the order has been put through officially yet, because I would assume that Alstom would want to announce it.

Not that it matters now, but:

No pictures because I was driving, but the girders have been installed for the LRT-only bridge over the 403, over the eastbound highway lanes. Exciting to see.

Is the above picture of the bypass tracks or for final tracks?

There is an upcoming 10-day closure of Burloak, which I hope they get tons of work done during. Notice here.

New website launched for Beltline Yards. Looks amazing.