doady
Senior Member
When the Kitchener line gets all day service, Mississauga will be the only 905 municipality with two or more GO Train lines with all-day service. Mississaugans shouldn't complain.
I think what makes it harder for Mississauga is that it's much less oriented around the Lakeshore GO line than either Halton or Durham is. When you look at either of those regions, so many of the bus routes are GO-centric (starting at, terminating at, or passing through a GO station). The development pattern is also lengthwise parallel to the Lakeshore line (doesn't go north of Dundas except in a few spots), where as Mississauga is largely perpendicular to the Lakeshore line.
When the Kitchener line gets all day service, Mississauga will be the only 905 municipality with two or more GO Train lines with all-day service. Mississaugans shouldn't complain.
South Mississauga has hourly GO Service as well. Brampton has nothing.
That's interesting. So are you suggesting that the bus schedules that GO puts on their website are fake and that they don't actually run any buses?
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
That's interesting. So are you suggesting that the bus schedules that GO puts on their website are fake and that they don't actually run any buses?
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
When the Kitchener line gets all day service, Mississauga will be the only 905 municipality with two or more GO Train lines with all-day service. Mississaugans shouldn't complain.
As a side note, I'm peeved that only lakeshore is getting more service after the Jays' home opener. Even after regular Jays games last year we had a lot of people standing in bus aisles.
And will likely remain so for years, given the obstacles of dealing with a CP and the freight on that line.While technically true (Kitchener serves Malton), the line that serves that most populated areas of the city is without all-day service: Dixie, Cooksville, Erindale, Streetsville, Lisgar and Meadowvale are all without all-day GO Train service.
Milton Line is already has a third track from Erindale to Cooksville, so i wonder how much more third track they need for all day train service from Erindale to Union at least. Erindale and Cooksville are most important train stations on the line (other than Union of course), so if they had all-day service first it would be great, even if it was 45 minute or hourly frequency.
As a side note, I'm peeved that only lakeshore is getting more service after the Jays' home opener. Even after regular Jays games last year we had a lot of people standing in bus aisles.
Hopefully they'll continue this for additional Jays games, especially weekend games. I'll be going to the Red Sox game the 1st Saturday of the season, and I'm dreading how full the 11:10 out of Burlington is going to be. An 11:40 train would be very well received I think.
Milton Line is already has a third track from Erindale to Cooksville, so i wonder how much more third track they need for all day train service from Erindale to Union at least.
As they had been running service on all lines for some recent events, perhaps they have learned something from the ridership levels on those trains?I have never understood why the only line that has regular service is always the first (and quite often the only) one to get special service for events.
I have never understood why the only line that has regular service is always the first (and quite often the only) one to get special service for events.
I am going to assume the part you want continued is the Lakeshore additional trains not the fact that Canrob was peeved about (ie. that no one else is getting them ).
I have never understood why the only line that has regular service is always the first (and quite often the only) one to get special service for events.
As for the crowding, as the summer sports season progresses and sports fans from all around the GTA are headed to Jays and TFC matches those of us not served by the Lakeshore line can only apologize for not contributing enough to ease your crowded situation....an apology we will, I am sure, repeat as we sit in traffic (either or in our cars or in the buses we have become so grateful for ) as your crowded train goes by.
NOTE: turn on your sarcasm detectors before reading.