I don't know if I'm more or less cynical than most on this string, but my hunch is that nothing will ever come of that, as nothing ever has with VIA being screwed over the years. The default answer is to just own your own track. Whether Metrolinx then screw themselves (read us) instead is another matter.
As to electrification...huge sigh...interesting theory. I remain highly cynical. We keep getting sold dreams, and willingly buy them. If Metrolinx committed to using what is now or imminently surplus stock to cobble together a conventional diesel service on the Bramalea to Union stretch, I'd have faith that even greater utilization will come with time, but every time I look out my window and walk or ride the West Toronto Trail, the incredible wasted capacity of the corridor strikes me.
Effective political leadership in this province is almost completely missing. Looking on the upside, the corridor does host many crickets, and I hear them chirping in the silence.
