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The Federal Government's thought process seems to have been: Neither Via Rail nor our civil service has the expertise to plan, design, build. and operate a high frequency intercity railway so we'll need to bring in expertise from places that already have these skills. We need to provide an...

WRT the Global News article: The scope of the current RfP is Toronto - Peterborough - Ottawa - Dorval - Montreal - Trois Riviere - Quebec City. There was a commitment to look at improving rail services in SW Ontario but nothing was added to the RfP scope. https://hfr-tgf.ca/faq/ Also, it is...

Before amalgamation, each of the former municipalities {York, East York, North York, Toronto, Etobicoke, Scarborough} had their own electric utility and their own way to assign an ID to assets. With amalgamation these were combined into the current THESL but asset IDs were not changed /...

This is from Metrolinx's Toronto West newsletter, of Aug 13, 2024. With work starting on all of the logistics hubs, one could be forgiven for concluding that ONxpress' plan for GO Train Expansion was approved at the June Metrolinx Board meeting...

Great find! The approval document includes a construction sequence for the bridge using the balanced cantilever method:

Classic. Let's build car-centric developments and when traffic becomes untenable try to overlay some transit a extraordinarily high cost. Or... let's start planning now for appropriate transit infrastructure to support Halton's 75% increase in population over 30 years...

The FBC was used to get approval for the GO Expansion On-Corridor RfP. The team that's been awarded that work proposed not deploying EMUs but reusing the existing GO 2-deck rail cars in smaller consists and with electric locomotives to achieve similar benefits. They should now have completed...

To me there are three sections of the old OBRY: Mississauga to downtown Brampton, downtown Brampton to Old School Rd, & north of Old School Rd. The first and last sections may never generate enough demand to justify a rail based mobility system but the second (downtown Brampton north to Old...

Metrolinx is looking for a Zero Emissions Bus - Preliminary Design Business Case to be created. https://www.metrolinx.merx.com/public/solicitations/3016154016/abstract?origin=0 Can't see the scope of services, so don't know if this is to begin replacing the diesel GO Transit bus fleet or for...

Today, the market capitalizations for the 2 railway companies are: CN $97B CPKC $107B That covers asset in the Canada, USA, and Mexico for CPKC and Canada & USA for CN. Nationalizing either (or both) would be tough.

Remember that we're not talking about Metrolinx imposing dates, the position has been that Metrolinx did not believe the substantial completion date being provided by Crosslinx. So we'd be moving to a position where Metrolinx has accepted Crosslinx's latest proposed date and informed TTC to...

I don't see how Ford taking away the pressure on Crosslinx of a committed opening date is unfaultable political logic.

I was going to write a snarky post about how Metrolinx's 2019 IBC for Kitchener Line expansion made negotiating with CN sound easy but there's been no progress.... But on reflection, there must be at least the framework of an agreement in place now because Metrolinx is expropriating land for...

Yes, it's defined as quite a large area, with a potential 2051 population of ~14,900,000. Although a small area in comparison to the extent of the Province:

In south-central Ontario, the 'Growth plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe' policy document includes the following specific guidance on the form urban expansion should take, which specifically encourages urban development where there are transit and transportation corridors. I'd interpret that...

I hope we're not stepping into the Capacity Minefield again! That wasn't my intention. I'm all for the proposed technology, having grown up in a city that's been well-served by a light weight metro system for the last 45 years. Where the vehicles were a direct copy of the German Stadtbahnwagen.

The Ontario Line trains are really high-floor LRTs / Stadtbahn vehicles. The Provincial Govt calls the line a Subway for it's own reasons.

The summary of the HFR draft RfP included a requirement for a Financial Plan with a "Debt competition plan, financial structure and financial model." Not a conclusive statement that the project will be financed using debt (bonds?) but an indication that at least some of the money should be...

Project team has issued a survey on navigable waterways intersected by the 413’s route: https://www.highway413.ca/theenvironment-2/#NW Email from the project claims it’s been open for 30 days but they only sent out an email today, the final day.

This crew would be happy I guess: