JasonParis
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It seems like the site of the demolished station is still vacant too.
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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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micheal_can
Senior Member
Which means that if it were to come back, GO could build as they saw fit.
Garuda
Active Member
Announcements like this make me wish beach towns on Lake Erie such as Port Dover still had rail service. I know Port Stanley does but it's not connected to the greater network.
With the desire for more car free weekends escapes having train service would have been really convenient for Eclipse trains instead of them all going to Niagara. Niagara is going to be a gong show. A special boat cruise just south of Toronto into the middle of Lake Ontario would have been a better idea with less chaos.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Port Stanley does.
lenaitch
Senior Member
That is, quite literally, what the quote you linked said.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Sorry,I did not see that.
And it is connected to the Via network by a single line. It'd be no worse than extending a train to Fort Erie.
And... Port Dover does have rail near enough to it.
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allengeorge
Senior Member
Interesting. I don’t see specific mention of OnCorr in the budget (https://budget.ontario.ca/2024/chapter-1a.html#s-8)
Should I read anything into that?
Should I read anything into that?
Northern Light
Superstar
No.
The mention of Milton lacks any specificity or timelines though, and that I would make note of........
Allandale25
Senior Member
My understanding is that it's always been considered separate from the 'On Corr' budget. It's considered 'off-corridor' just like work that happens between Aldershot-Niagara, the Bowmanville Extension, Bramalea-Kitchener, Richmond Hill Line, and the Milton Line. Maybe one day a Bolton Line, too. You can see 'off-corridor' references over the years in the Capital Projects Group reports to Metrolinx board meetings cc @crs1026
crs1026
Senior Member
Most definitely, OnCorr was a specific bundle of routes and functions, and some projects especially things that were added to ML's mandate after procurement began are not included, for now.
Yesterday's budget has only one dollar line for transit, and it's not discernible what is in that number, but I don't see any indication that there is any less commitment to OnCorr. The verbiage is politically driven and clearly there were other things that Ford wanted to highlight more.... especially highway projects.
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Chris R.
Senior Member
Has anyone heard a y updates on West Harbor 30 minute GO service? I had heard it was coming this year, but I wonder if it may be pushed to the completion of Confederation GO.
Dan416
Senior Member
I love when they say they added 2 trains to Milton but it's really just 1 extra trip in the morning and an extra trip in the evening. Even if they doubled that, it's not much and not back to pre-Covid service.
Metroscapes
Active Member
I believe they did that a few months back, quoting weekly additional trains along the Kitchener corridor to make it sound enormous.
Metroscapes
Active Member
‘Vivienne loved who she was’: Mom mourns teen killed by UP Express — and has a warning for others
The family of a teen killed by a UP Express train is pleading Metrolinx to upgrade barricades in their neighbourhood, where kids continue visiting accessible hangout spots next to open train tracks.
www.thestar.com
Confirmed misadventure. Train time is anytime folks. A heartbreaking story nonetheless. As a father, it's stuff like this that keeps me up at night. Kids screw up, and we sometimes just have to pray we've given them all the tools and advice to not screw up in a life-altering way.
Looping back to our conversation about noise walls, this article seems to confirm my suspicion that noise walls against people's backyards would not have done the trick. The access was gained from open space areas adjacent to the creek and/or roads. Perhaps that will lead to better fencing / barriers in these spots.
But ultimately, there's going to always be gaps, and I think the most practical remedy to this kind of incident is continued investment in safety talks at schools (Operation Lifesaver). This is one of the WORST corridors in the GTA to be playing on, and they should not have set foot on the tracks.
afransen
Senior Member
I feel for the parents, but these kids are old enough to have been informed several times of the danger of walking on tracks. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.