ShonTron
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It's not easy to add extra mid-day trains in 2 directions in sections of track where there are no signals. There's lots of ways to get from Guelph and Kitchener.
Indeed. The addition of the two peak round trips was totally half-assed. No new infrastructure apart from mini-platforms at Guelph and Kitchener and Presto machines, no CTC, no Acton Station, no track upgrades. It's a slow, rough ride, with RailAmerica's GEXR proving that yes, there's a railway that's as hostile to passenger rail as CP.
It's one thing to run two trains, an hour apart from each other, in the same direction in dark territory. Another to schedule special runs when you have no control over inferior, OCS, tracks.