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But returning three tracks into service would make shifting the tracks for Ontario Line construction much harder. Having only two tracks in service in the future 6-track corridor gives them more room to have a buffer between the construction zone and the active tracks. So I would assume that...

Grading work for the second track has been completed in the vicinity of Downsview Park station, but it is positioned in a way that makes it unusable. The station is designed for 3 tracks with two side platforms, so in the interim 2-track configuration there needs to be a gap between the...

They don't need to. The existing express track between Danforth and Guildwood is long enough for an express train to overtake a local already.

The speed limit on the southern part of the Richmond Hill line is 35 mph (56 km/h) not 40 km/h.

The cost that VIA incurs is the opportunity cost of people not getting the best ratio of service to price, which could result in marginally lower revenue. Different seats have different value to different passengers, so efficiently allocating resources to match rider preferences will maximize...

The point is not to compare like for like, the point is to look for examples of better railway management and consider whether we should reform our railway management in a similar way. I'd agree that the U.S. is not a great place to look since they do still have a lot of tribalism like we do...

I doubt that using the operating model common in other countries - where the public rail owner gives equal access to all passenger rail operators - would decimate morale, cost people their jobs and end the ability to run reliable service. Somehow every EU country managed to implement impartial...

Your description of "railroading standpoint" is simply a description of a for-profit company, which the Province of Ontario is not. I know that they have no interest in the timelinesss of trains from other organizations. That's exactly what I'm saying. We, as the citizens of Ontario, should be...

The curve halfway between Hurdman and Tremblay stations (the one that constrains speeds the most since it's furthest from a station) is actually far tighter than the curve on the Transitway was. I found a Los Angeles A Line cab ride video where you can see the speed limits in miles per...

I don't know why the train was late arriving from the maintenance centre. Maybe Via screwed up, or maybe Metrolinx failed to give them a slot to exit the yard. Both have happened before. What I do know is that 19 minutes of delay was actively caused by Metrolinx. Eastbound Via trains are...

On Tuesday I rode train 46 from Toronto to Ottawa, and the train was initially delayed departing Union due to "equipment availability". Something about waiting for a train to arrive from the Toronto Maintenance Centre. Staff in the station did keep us informed of the delay, and I received an...

It's possible that ONR is expecting/hoping to also get contracts doing inspections for other railways in the area such as the Ottawa Valley Railway (Sudbury to North Bay and beyond), Huron Central Railway (Sudbury to Sault Ste Marie), and Algoma Central Railway (North from Sault Ste Marie). The...

I did assume at least two minutes between trains, in fact I assumed at least three. Keep in mind that the time shown for stopping trains is the departure time, so for example the train shown departing Maple at 08:04 actually arrived there at 08:02. I'm honestly not sure where the turnback...

But even with 110m curves, the current 25 km/h speed limit is surprisingly slow. For example CLRVs and ALRVs used to take the curve at Bathurst & Queens Quay at 15 km/h and that's only a 20m radius. It would be interesting to hear what the speed limits are around those other curves that...

I've mocked up a timetable for the track configuration where there is double track to Barrie with one 3-track segment through Rutherford and Maple stations and it already accommodates half-hourly express trains from Barrie in both directions in addition to 4 local trains per hour. You only need...

Barrie is 100 kilometres away. It would be absurd for the Barrie trains to make all stops en route given the stations planned at Spadina, Lansdowne (Bloor), Caledonia (Eglinton), Concord (Hwy 7), Mulock, and Innisfil in addition to all the existing stations, and given that there are going to be...

Once the full corridor is double tracked to Bradford, a third (centre) track through Rutherford and Maple stations could be used to allow express trains to overtake locals, with express trains using the track in alternating directions

CalTrain say that their Stadler KISS battery-electric EMU would be the first in the nation, but Metra already ordered some Stadler FLIRT BEMUs for use in Chicago. I guess the race is on to see which train enters service first.

It's also painful how councillors act as if a traffic signal is the only safe way for a pedestrian to cross the street. It's not, but the bureaucracy is not set up to actually redesign unsignalized intersections to make them safer, we just slap a signal on the same crappy intersection design...

Acton is no more important than Breslau, for the reasons you stated. The pairs of sidings need to be 30 min apart so the basic hourly service will either use Breslau and Acton, or Guelph and Georgetown. Acton is useless without Breslau. When I mocked up the two way timetable (for fun in my...