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Any reason why the Finch West line didn’t employ grass tracks?

I’m a bit confused over the use of the T symbol….and why it’s not universal. Some stations have them….some don’t.

Unrelated but in the Toronto City Island Airport thread I mentioned wanting to build a thousand bridges to the islands just to stick it to the islanders and using the ferries to create a commuter ferry system along lakeshore. But hovercrafts….I didn’t realise it was 1989 already!

Well that is just silly.

I feel like GO was trying to become Ontario’s own VIA…the London expansion was an attempt as that. But I think with Amtrak announcing the return of the Chicago-Detroit-Toronto train (at some point), GO just gave up on the idea.

Faye Jordan has been on Ward’s Island for four years after spending 26 years on the waiting list for potential homebuyers. Out for a walk on Sunday, she said she couldn’t picture a bridge in the channel, funneling thousands of people through the narrow streets of her neighbourhood. “Look at...

Interesting discussion

Haven’t heard much from Ontario, but Quebec is interested in this as well. The difference is they don’t have any rail connections to the north, which Ontario already has. In 2020, Quebec and the James Bay Cree made a deal to extend road and rail infrastructure into the James Bay/Hudson’s Bay...

People often forget that Ontario has a direct connection to the sea via Hudson’s Bay. Before the St. Lawrence Seaway was constructed, Ontario was seriously considering building a seasonal deep sea port at Moosanee. Here’s a New York Times article from 1960 outlining the details...

UPDATE: They now have automatic messages playing whenever the trains approach a slow zone. Basically states this is a slow zone and we apologise. It’s been almost two months and the slow zones haven’t gotten any smaller. I’m beginning to think are they actually fixing the tracks or is this...

The entire section Western arm of Line 1 from Sheppard West to St George is a complete cluster you know what. How does TTC expect people to use this?

Could be worse Ottawa….you could be Calgary with no train station at all. :D I throw “Ottawa Capital Station” into the pot. Sounds unique and makes kind of sense.

Before and after: 2009 vs present

Not sure how old some folks are here, but the majority of young people (ie. late millennials after that) view Hamilton no different than how the older generations viewed Mississauga/Pickering. It’s pretty much one big urban area now. Even places like Waterloo and Peterborough are increasingly...

Random question. Any idea why they’re calling this Line 10? Do they consider this part of the GTHA/Metrolinx system? Nothing wrong with it, just found it interesting. What are the remaining lines going to be? Line 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are already known. Leaves us with Line 3, 7, 8 and 9. Line...

Sure ok, but the passenger volumes speak for themselves. Let’s stop lying and pretending the island folks are angry about an airport, when they’ve been actively protesting against a footbridge to the islands for decades.

This was very much overdue….the return of the Northlander to Timmins and the eventual completion of Highway 400 to Sudbury gives Northern Ontario a direct smooth connection to the GTA and Southern Ontario. Many people are unaware of just how important this is for the region. Northern Ontario is...

Toronto Bishop Airport is literally the ninth busiest airport in Canada and it’s passenger numbers (minus the COVID years) have shown growth every year. The 2023 numbers for the airport haven’t even been published but its expected to overtake Ottawa in move into 8th. It’s also overwhelmingly...

Absolutely they should be. They are incredibly rude people, especially to folks who are from out of town and accidentally stroll onto home lawns. Reeks of entitlement and privilage.