GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[ShonTron]

All day service will stop at mount pleasant.

Mount Pleasant makes the most sense, but it's not yet decided, so don't make it sound like fact. Let's even see if the Kitchener Line gets all-day, two-way service anytime soon.

 

[nfitz]

All day service will stop at mount pleasant.

Province has promised Kitchener ultimately. Day 1 I thought they'd just restore it to Bramalea.

What's the Mount Pleasant timeframe?

All I really want in Kitchener is a 9am departure, and a single set of counter-peak runs.

Works for me. Though I'm sure a couple more weekend runs would be nice. I'd be thrilled by just an AM train TO Kitchener, and a PM train back!

Mount Pleasant makes the most sense, but it's not yet decided, so don't make it sound like fact. Let's even see if the Kitchener Line gets all-day, two-way service anytime soon.

I can't see why the mid-day two-way service wouldn't be restored as promised in 2015.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

Prior to the election announcement that all GO lines would have bi-directional 15 minute service within 10 years, there was no commitment to all day service on this line at all.....so I am not sure where that comes from. Now that the goal is get to that 15 minute/10 year plan, I suspect that if/when this line gets AD2W service it will stop in Kitchener.

Mount Pleasant makes the most sense, but it's not yet decided, so don't make it sound like fact. Let's even see if the Kitchener Line gets all-day, two-way service anytime soon.

Province has promised Kitchener ultimately. Day 1 I thought they'd just restore it to Bramalea.

What's the Mount Pleasant timeframe?

Metolinx's next wave

This was also what I was told by an official at the DRL meetings earlier this year.

 

[nfitz]

Metolinx's next wave

Ah, but that's ultimate, and years away. And predates the government's promise just before the election of 2-way all-day to Kitchener.

I'd guess we start seeing some 2-way service to Bramalea next year - as originally announced.

 

[TOareaFan]

Province has promised Kitchener ultimately. Day 1 I thought they'd just restore it to Bramalea.

I can't see why the mid-day two-way service wouldn't be restored as promised in 2015.

careful with the word "restore"...even though there was some mid-day service to Bramalea it was never all day 2 way.

All that has been promised in 2015 was "up to" 10 additional train trips (presumably 5 each way...but who knows) with no indication of times or end points.

 

[nfitz]

I can't see why the mid-day two-way service wouldn't be restored as promised in 2015.

careful with the word "restore"...even though there was some mid-day service to Bramalea it was never all day 2 way.

I never said it was all-day. Which is why I said mid-day two-way service.

 

[TOareaFan]

I never said it was all-day. Which is why I said mid-day two-way service.

Not to quibble but your line

Province has promised Kitchener ultimately. Day 1 I thought they'd just restore it to Bramalea.

was in direct response to:

All day service will stop at mount pleasant.

where it was all day service.

 

[gweed123]

Drove along the 401 on Wednesday and I saw a lot of action at the East Maintenance and Storage Facility site in Whitby. Does anybody know when they're actually going to start construction on the new bridge over the 401 to connect to the Belleville Sub, and all of the associated works with bringing GO service to the Belleville Sub through Oshawa and on to Bowmanville? I just looked through the EA and the info on the MSF, but couldn't find any kind of updated timeline on the track/bridge work. Thanks!

 

[innsertnamehere]

That is part of the bowmanville GO extension, which is unfunded. Only ERMF is funded right now.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Does anyone know if Metrolinx plan to add additional GO stop within Toronto once GO RER is complete?

 

[innsertnamehere]

That all comes in September at the board meeting, those plans are being made as we speak.

There will likely be new stops though, yes.

 

[gweed123]

That is part of the bowmanville GO extension, which is unfunded. Only ERMF is funded right now.

Gotcha. Thanks! Hopefully funding for that gets announced this September when they announce all of the electrification stuff too.

 

[TOareaFan]

Does anyone know if Metrolinx plan to add additional GO stop within Toronto once GO RER is complete?

One for sure (Mt. Dennis) hopefully more.

 

[nfitz]

Not to quibble but your line was in direct response to: where it was all day service.

Good grief. I only had two sentences in my response. And I noted that the previous service was mid-day in the one of them!

It's a discussion, not legal filing FFS!

 

[nfitz]

One for sure (Mt. Dennis) hopefully more.

I think Mount Dennis comes with or without GO RER. As does Downsview Park and Caledonia on the Barrie line.