denfromoakvillemilton
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Hourly service is basically is non-existent service, especially for local transit riders. This will make a huge difference for off-peak.
I think it will have huge effect on reverse commuting as well, because reverse trains will now be 30 minutes, right? Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company will no longer need to subsidize MiWay's route 71 Sheridan-Subway (formerly 87/230 Sheridan Express). All those workers can now just take 45A Winston Churcill south to Clarkson.
Or can they? Not everyone in Toronto lives within walking distance to a GO station. Even if the TTC connection was available, would they be willing to pay the full extra fare? This service won't reach it's full potential without GO/TTC integration. And it would also be nice if GO did not force local transit riders and pedestrians to pay for GO parking (and there are a lot of local transit riders and pedestrians in Toronto).
But I'm not sure the 905 will benefit that much either, except people traveling to/from Mississauga, where the stations of the Lakeshore line aren't in such isolated and hostile locations, and so walking, biking and taking local transit to/from the stations is not as difficult. Most of the stations on the Lakeshore line outside of Toronto, Mississauga, and Hamilton are in really inconvenient, inaccessible locations. They are pure park-and-ride commuter rail stations, their location, their design - I don't think this new service will have as much effect as people expect. For example, how many people live or work within walking distance of Oshawa GO Station?
yes, reverse trains as well will be 30 mins