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In the end, all of these suggestions are stop gap measures because the primary solution (evening & weekend trains from Mount Pleasant-Union) is already overdue and the freight bypass still at least 8 years away. So the question is: is the current status quo satisfactory for that long? Or can...

Well that service was nowhere near as frequent as it would be now, especially building off of the midday service. Even with service to MP, Bramalea is the #1 stop within Brampton and the train bus can bring Mp and Brampton passengers to Bramalea & vies versa. And, like I said, I only suggest...

Not saying it shouldn't. But if it's taking this long to "negotiate" 4-5 hourly round trips between Bramalea and Mount Pleasant in the evenings, and hourly weekend trips, is there merit to running to Bramalea in the short term? Is no trains a better option than trains that at least get to...

Hmmm... nothing new for a while yet. As for "negotiations" with CN concerning the Kitchener corridor. Wondering if it makes sense to run evening & weekend trains Bramalea to Union instead of Mount Pleasant, at least for now, since it seems to be proving more difficult than anticipated to get...

I find that very frustrating and annoying but we take what we can get... For now. Ok granted. But ML/CN managed to put in the midday hourly service to Mount Pleasant. So what's the difference for evenings and weekends?

Well, they already have weekday midday hourly, which has been great for me. Just need to add in the evenings & weekends. Edit to add: To the point about evenings & weekends, I know ML is still "negotiating every day" with CN on track use between Bramalea and Mount Pleasant, but I just don't see...

RER on all lines isn't going to happen before the next election, or the next few elections, for that matter. Hourly all day, 2 way, every day, on Kitchener & Barrie, and Stouffville weekday services are, however, scheduled to be up and operating. They're already late on some aspects. That may or...

If the bank would back me, I would. Too much debt though. :( Like the 7 little guys once said, "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go... (whistle, whistle) I owe, I owe!" o_O

No mention of Cinnabon or Michel's Bakery, my two favourite stops in the old Bay Concourse. Disappointing but not giving up hope

This project isn't why ML delayed the additional train service. Apparently they and CN are still 'negotiating' for track usage.

I used to live in that area once upon a time (30 years or so ago... Wow!). I've always wondered why McMurchy wasn't extended north over the tracks to meet Pleasantvie. As a young BMX rider/walker who used to cross those tracks almost every day that would have made way more sense than going...

You forgot "latte sipping" :cool:

I think if there were some solid food options available down there like, for example: a full Timmies, full McD's, Cinnabon, even a Michel's Baguette (one of my favourites from the old concourse) and maybe some seating & tables, might be good business.

So in 2015, the Kitchener Line got only 14 midday trains, not 18. And on New Years Eve, the Barrie Line got only 19 weekend daily trips, not 24

I recently read somewhere that it might be opened in Q1 2018. Currently trying to dig that source up. Torontounion.ca holds some info including a link to the Toronto.ca Union Station page with a timeline of completion for some of the major works...

Hopefully the first "x" is a 2 at least. :cool:

If and when they reopen Platform 4 at Bramalea, that much, at least, could become easier as that Platform is on a siding track. Been closed for two years now for the simple task of installing an ice melt system and a shed.

ML definitely needs to do more advertising. Outside the transit system. Posters, billboards, street signs, whatever it takes. I know people who still don't know about the existence of midday trains to/from Brampton after almost two years.

No problem. :)