drum118
Superstar
Since the line upgrades are happening prior to any new revenue tools....the question I ask (and I am not sure why I am having a hard time making it clearl what I am asking) is why this all day service is reliant on the revenue tools....the line will be, at least, double tracked all the way to Mt Pleasant...the population is there....the density is there.....so why not the service.
You need funds to put more service on the lines as well maintain the current service. That funding is part of the revenue tools.
Capital cost and operation cost are 2 different things with Metrolinx/GO Transit only seeing capital cost with their blinders on.
How can GO put service out there if they don't have the manpower in the first place??? Engineers don't fall off trees like bus drivers.
Engineers are not moving over from CN & CP as they near their retirement time as GO was hoping for, considering they still have year of service in them.
The next big batch of engineers to be train will be for the UP line, since its about 18 months away from starting up. Doesn't leave much for new services on other lines.
You can cry all you want for more service, but without crews and funding, not going to happen like you want it.
Once the real numbers are factor in for capital cost, replacement cost, operation cost, supporting local transit, that $50B is only a drop in the bucket as to what the final cost will be. Metrolinx first proposed $90B for the Big Move and was told to do it for $50B that is currently being used.