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I haven't been following this discussion so apologies in advance if any of this has already been discussed. The corner islands are a defining characteristic of the Protected Intersection design, which has been the standard layout of Dutch intersections for a few decades now. The main...

They were filming a Hallmark christmas movie in my office building a few weeks ago. Could even be the same one but there's no way to know since the Hallmark Christmas movies are all the same

12 minutes was already the headway before the line closed for reconstruction. The frequency isn't changing.

Ottawa's line 2 is single tracked and it runs every 12 minutes. More frequent passing tracks enable more frequent service. The number of km of track added according to the press release indicates that the corridor will have a considerable amount of quad track (i.e. 2 tracks for GO and 2 tracks...

Yes that is what we discovered last time we discussed the track layout under the 401 in this thread. Extract from Metrolinx OnCorridor Public Information Centre #3 Draft conceptual design roll plans, November 2020: Here's a site plan of the EMU facility from this earlier post in this thread...

To be fair, the 56-minute number includes a transfer at Aberfoyle. If they ran a direct bus route it would probably be scheduled to take about 25-35 minutes. The problem with a bus is of course that it would be a lot less predictable than the train due to potential traffic, which would...

Most of Ontario Northland's Toronto bus services terminate at Yorkdale without continuing to Union. Because it's faster to take the subway from Hwy 407 station than it would be to stay on the bus anyway. Here's the current schedule: My proposal is to simply swap Yorkdale for Pearson. It only...

Yeah and they also have an ONTC sign at Pearson directing passengers to Route 40. But passengers heading to/from the airport are disproportionately likely to be discouraged by transfers because they are more likely to have luggage, and more likely to be people who don't have any experience...

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But if people are walking east on Bloor they can still avoid that crossing by using the new connection to the GO station. If they're going south on Dundas an entrance in Crossways wouldn't help them anyway.

Most of the people crossing midblock (there's no such thing as jaywalking in Ontario) are connecting between the subway/streetcar and GO stations. The project is already providing a direct underground connection from the subway platform to the GO station so it will already eliminate most of the...

I've been saying for a while that Barrie-Pearson seems like an underserved market. I thought Ontario Northland would be the easiest operator to run it since they could simply serve Pearson instead of Yorkdale. It's already faster to take the subway from VMC to Yorkdale than the ONTC bus anyway...

The problem with the UPX Nippon Sharyo DMUs is the Great Platform Height Debate™. If GO decides on 1220mm level boarding then that would work, but if they settle on 610mm (as appears to be the case) then the Nippon Sharyo trains wouldn't be able to share platforms with GO trains at Guelph...

I'm simply frustrated about how you actively ignore all of the evidence and arguments that contradict your claims, and immediately proceed just repeat them unchanged. If you deny the existance of GO's expansion plans why didn't you say so? How am I supposed to know why you keep repeating your...

I think this serves at a reminder that a basic rail service such as this doesn't need to be overengineered. Just fix up the tracks, build a basic station in Cambridge and buy a couple of cheap trains. It's not just a branch line shuttle, though. It's a service that connects a city of 138,000...

What train station in southern Ontario doesn't have a direct connection to downtown Toronto? And the word "soon" is pretty misleading considering that there is isn't even an official proposal, let alone a construction timeline.

I don't know how you are managing to ignore all of the information provided to you. We are not converting a regional service into a subway-like service. We are making the regional service FASTER by eliminating stops like Long Branch and Mimico from all-day diesel services to Aldershot...

REPEAT AFTER ME: THERE WILL BE FREQUENT ALL-DAY EXPRESS SERVICE. How hard is this to understand??? Even if they put shovels in the ground immediately (which is unlikely given the lack of official press release), there would already be significantly improved all-day frequency by the time the...

So? It doesn't affect people coming further away. People from Oakville, Burlington and west would need to get off their express train and transfer to a local train to even get to the new station. Complaining about this station slowing down trips from beyond Burlington is like complaining about...

Repeat after me: There will be frequent all day express service. People from Burlington and beyond are not going to be stopping at this station because the local service will only go as far as Burlington Station anyway. If you don't want to stop at a lot of stations, then don't take a local train.