Dan416
Senior Member
If Milton went to all-day service then I wouldn't care so much about getting a subway to Square One.
If Milton went to all-day service then I wouldn't care so much about getting a subway to Square One.
At the rate progress is being made, you will be able to stop caring in about 3-5 years.
Doesn't it feel good to have that stress off your shoulders?
Is that a joke? Because service on Milton hasn't increased since I was taking the train in to Toronto for school and that was back in 2001/2. So the current rate of progress would be 0.
And yes I'm referring only to the trains, because the trains are what I'm talking about.
The whole point of the EA is to build the extra tracks so that CP won't have any more objections to increased service.
As for the Lakeshore East section, the new track just went into service a few weeks ago. I think a bit of patience is appropriate.
As for the cash, that's what the investment strategy due out in a month is for.
We know what the point of the EA is thanks. But the EA is just the very first step. There has to be a total change in the mindset of our politicians for us to get all-day both-way service on all GO rail lines. Not to mention dealing with all the NIMBYs who might live along those lines and who'll be horrified at the prospect of trains running every 15 minutes to half hour every day all day.
And if we expect 15-30 minute off-peak service, we need to buy something a little smaller than the bilevels we're using now. Massive 12-car bilevel trains are NOT going to be running down the Milton line all-day every-day. There's just NO way. The thought is ridiculous. We need to electrify the GO lines and buy new trains. We're many, many, many years away from that.
I'd be more optimistic if all mentions of service increases any time soon didn't seem to have vanished from both GO, and our politicians, in the last year or two. And a shame - I saw standing room only 10-car trains over the weekend.As for the Lakeshore East section, the new track just went into service a few weeks ago. I think a bit of patience is appropriate.
I'd be more optimistic if all mentions of service increases any time soon didn't seem to have vanished from both GO, and our politicians, in the last year or two. And a shame - I saw standing room only 10-car trains over the weekend.
If they add more track, then the trains can operate more frequently. It was a simple matter for them to add more cars to the trains, and it will be simple for them to take cars away.
And also, if I am not mistaken, two more trips in each direction have been added to Milton line since 2001/2002, so it is not accurate to say the service hasn't increased.
I'm well aware of the EA and happy about it, but what good is an EA without the money to do it and the willpower to force CP to allow it? Not to mention that EAs take forever and then the years of construction for additional tracks? I don't count on all-day service along the Milton line for a long time to come.
Did you read the article about EA's only taking months rather than years now?