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Yeah my point was just that it's not good to act incredulous in response to a post that is totally reasonable (regardless of who the post is from). That's good to hear. It applies to the entire trip to Ottawa, and most of the trip to Montreal. And those are those trains' first trips of the...

It was very obviously train 50/60 or 52/62 given that the original post stated that it was an Ottawa-bound train attached behind a Montreal-bound train. If the Siemens set were a deadhead the passengers wouldn't know where it's heading. The CN speed restrictions are decimating Via's on-time...

Yes I did some concepts to see what the effects would be of cancelling the Scarborough Grade Separation and thus constraining LSE to 2 tracks from Scarborough Junction to Union

It doesn't need to be a major change though. The changes can be implemented incrementally as additional crews finish training. It would be weird to leave newly-trained crews sitting idle just to save some paperwork. These trains are mostly added during peak periods, when there are already 8...

With the new second track between Kennedy and Agincourt finally being completed soon, I thought I'd take a look at what additional service it would enable. The passing track enables 30-minute bidirectional service, but during peak periods we probably want service more frequent than that. This...

I don't think it's hard to understand why the distinction regional rail (transit) intercity rail (not transit) would be unclear to most citizens in a country with very little rail service per capita. People generally agree that a subway train is "transit" but an airplane is not. But between a...

Yeah I was also talking about 2 trains/day to Sarnia, which is why I've been talking about increasing the London-Brantford-Toronto frequency from 5/day to 7/day. Regardless of how much background transport demand there is from Sarnia to London and Toronto, the train would capture a much...

How many through trains to Chicago via Sarnia were there in 1979?

Rob's experience of deteriorating Via service to/from Sarnia is indisputably supported by Via's schedules over the past few decades. Since Via took over passenger operations, Toronto-Sarnia service has experienced far more severe decline than any other Corridor service.

Yes they can load from the further track from the platform, across the other track. Installing an actual second platform with a tunnel/bridge increases capacity and reduces delays because it eliminates the conflict between trains in opposite directions. This is the same effect as double tracking...

Official? No, because they're not public yet. All we can do is hope they reveal them in or before September when ONxpress officially takes over. Yeah I figure they'd need to add a track in London. There does seem to be enough space. Yeah I just threw that in there because the GTAA proposed...

Given that there's not much between Peterborough and Toronto, it would definitely be more of a Regional Express style service if GO does run anything on the line. The status quo is that the Feds would build what they need for Intercity rail and ignore potential GO services, similarly to how...

I showed all off peak services, so based on that doc I should have drawn a thin line as far as Bowmanville

I agree that the north mainline has better bones for passenger rail, I think it's just a question of timelines. In the 10-15 year timeframe during the contracted scope for the current GO Expansion project it seems most palatable for Via to leave the north mainline to GO, with GO adding all day...

Bowmanville is peak only as far as I'm aware. It is if the flyunder is removed, which is an option being considered at the moment. Local transit stations typically omit the city name. For example Via current says "Toronto Union Station" while TTC says "Union". GO is planning to say "Kitchener...

The north mainline is definitely promising for medium-distance travel, but based on the penny-pinching rhetoric coming from Metrolinx's latest GO Expansion announcements it's safe to assume they will spend just enough on the line between Kitchener and Bramalea to accommodate the planned GO...

Never forget what they promised before the 2022 election in which they were re-elected with a majority of seats in Legislature.

If they want more baggage space in the Ventures they could potentially replace some or all of the seats that don't have any windows. These seats are not bookable by the public (thankfully), they're reserved for Via employees. I'm not sure under what conditions they would actually sit there, on...

Last time I took Via from Union, I saw my train to Ottawa sitting directly across the platform from the GO Train I arrived on. The doors were open so I could have just walked on, but I wanted to grab something to eat. So I went down the food court in the York Concourse, bought some food, and...

Kennedy to Rouge Hill is pretty much the only station pair where that would make any sense. Anywhere north of Kennedy or east of Rouge Hill it would be faster to take a 407/401 GO bus. And from Kennedy to Eglinton or Guildwood you're better off taking a TTC express bus. Is it really worth adding...