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the price was 100-150M just 3 years a ago. certainly a victim of the recent cost expansion hitting all forms of transit in Canada. I agree that a basic bus service is the best way to begin. Someone I know at ML has already flagged the route for better bus service so we should see some updates...

I was thinking something like this with Sbahn service on the Guelph and Fergus sub supplemented by frequent buses(light blue) and the LRT (dark blue)

Usually when I hear rail proposals I say: 1) rail banking is key (buy the ROW) 2) Run a basic bus service In this case there is also high support for this project in Cambridge (which usually is very NIMBY) The selecton of Pinebush as a terminus may seem odd but, there are many significant high...

There does seem to be some signaling glitches with the ATP - we should be able to hit 70 on the Waterloo Spur. Places with an up arrow or down arrow seem to be the places where the ATP kicks in. I was talking to a signaling engineer (who did not work on this project) and they think that the ATP...

Even if you include the, layover time (6-7 min) depending on direction, the overall story does not change much For 10 min peak frequency: we need 2*(43 m+6m)/10m = 9.8 train (rounded to 10 ) [prev 8.6 trains (rounded to 9 )] For 7.5 min peak frequency: we need 2*(43 m+6m)/7.5m = 13.0666666667...

It takes 43 minutes to go from Conestoga to Fairway station [google maps]. There are 15 trains available. if we take 3 trains for spares (roughly 20% spare ratio), roughly speaking: For 10 min peak frequency: we need 2*(43 m)/10m = 8.6 trains (rounded to 9 trains) For 7.5 min peak frequency...

Hi All, I started the 'Ontarian Transit Plan Database' (found here). I will upload the Bolton and Cambridge GO justification reports on that drive. I've decided to expanded the scope to included all transit projects in Ontario - There are a lot of ION and Otrain documents that got taken down...

An observant member of WaterlooRegionConnected noticed a document where Metrolinx confirmed some rail inforrmation for a condo development. Highlights include: Metrolinx confirming that the Kitchener Expansion Project will be completed in 2025 (page 12) Metrolinx anticipating that, on a...

Hi There, we are looking to create a general transportation (including local transit and regional transit) advocacy organization (TriTag) for Waterloo Region (similar to TTCRiders). Hopefully this group can bring awareness to transportation issues facing Waterloo Region. Please DM me on...

Definitely- I do think there is a real value in archiving these studies, even beyond the scope of Metrolinx . I would say that there are a lot of project documents outside of the GTA in Ottawa, London or Waterloo which ought to be saved. You cant find many of the ION engineering documents online...

Definitely, there are a lot of "serious" proposals. As you said they are poorly documented in the public domain. For example, Some of the older Cambridge GO studies are located here: https://www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/cambridge-on-the-go.aspx and the old Bolton docs are here...

Inspired by @Willybru21 's maps of yesteryear GO's proposals, and @dowlingm's post earlier today, I have created a thread to discuss GO Projects which have formally been studied or are listed in long term Metrolinx planning documents but haven't been funded. Examples of these projects include...

Hi, this is a timeline of Ontarian tram and trolleybus systems using data from this source. Its neat to see the transition from horse tramways to electric tramways and then to trolleybuses. I am working on a project to create an interactive map of Ontarian tramways by year

Another article advocating for trains to Cambridge: the Mayor of Cambridge supports the advocacy https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cambridge-go-trains-advocacy-1.7060368

Relevant new article https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/buy-the-track-and-go-cambridge-wants-to-see-action-on-passenger-rail-service/article_12961ebf-5bfb-567c-8e2c-93d06bb71747.html "A study for the preliminary design of a GO connection between Cambridge and Guelph is underway...

Not to mention the funded Hamilton LRT, the proposed Ottawa stage 3 LRT, and the Gatineau and Quebec city trams. All of which are at least in the 4 billion range. Just last week Quebec paused work on their tramway after costs were projected to reach $8 billion ! ION's cost of $868 million/19 km...

ION will not be cut to 30 minute frequencies!

I have been working on a technical document outlining the reasons why ion is slow (snippet below) (note this is non-official)

https://www.youtube.com/live/3g8EhYtZ6fE?si=MW24Kr3FQtRveJqv Interesting tidbit - A ROW report will be released in March 2024 about the Cambridge-Guelph expansion

Someone made a new Video on Youtube about London GO. Seems like a decent number of people got off at Stratford.