nfitz
Superstar
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The Liberals promised all-day Go service by 2020 on several occasions during their previous term - and they've been spending a lot of money on infrastructure upgrades to be able to do this.
I fail to see why this is news.
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Oh man...
Its all about buying votes, talk is so cheap.
That number makes no sense ... is it a typo? There's only about 70 or so engineers currently, so I hear. Obviously more engineers are necessary - but 6 times as many?Lets get him to tell us where he plan on getting 450+ new engineers to run this all day service as well move to 20 minute service.
How is it anywhere near comparable. There's no new promises. What was promised today, is word-for-word out of a 3-month old Infrastructure Ontario release. And it's the same thing that appears in various planning documents over the last 3-4 years. There's nothing dramatic or sudden here ... I'm not sure what you are reacting to.He doing the same thing as Ford did on Subway.
Lets get him to tell us where he plan on getting 450+ new engineers to run this all day service as well move to 20 minute service.
Oh man...
Its all about buying votes, talk is so cheap.
15 new engineers is not that hard at all.
This is really a commitment to put another $2B into GO capital to continue buying/building corridors. Training engineers is both fast and cheap compared to the capital expansion necessary.
Why is there a need for all day GO service?
Morning questions:
How many people would travel from Union to Richmond Hill in the morning?
Why would people be traveling from Union to Milton in the morning?
Evening questions:
How many people would travel from Richmond Hill to Union in the evening?
Why would people be traveling from Milton to Union in the evening?
No not at all, except for the part where it takes about 3 years to become one.
About 2 month initial training, then 6 weeks conductor observation, then at least 2 years on the job as a conductor, then waiting until the previous group is finished or until there is enough people to form a class for the next one, and finally 6-7 months engineer training.
Yup, in comparison training should be just about the easiest part of it. Too bad they've been going as slow as molasses. The current rate has been about a dozen a year, minus the loses and the net increase is minimal.
As for the corridors, only the Bala & part of the Oakville left to buy and maybe the Guelph sub if they want that.
I hope nobody gets me wrong, all day service IS coming. Just not as soon as we all expect. (which actually was a year or two ago)
5 crews for 60 minutes. 10 for 30 on the Lake shore.
15 new engineers is not that hard at all.