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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

Northern Light said:
https://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2017/06/minister-of-transportation-to-make-an-announcement-6.html

Announcement Monday morning at Barrie South station.
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Maybe the "20 Weekday" trains projected for 2017-2018 fiscal?

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Allandale25 said:
Maybe the "20 Weekday" trains projected for 2017-2018 fiscal?
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Doubt it. "They will be joined by ... Chief Capital Officer of Metrolinx.". An operations change usually doesn't involve the guy in charge of capital.

Last event he went to they killed the James Street North LRT spur in Hamilton and partially funded A-line as BRT. I'm expecting a construction announcement of some type but it might be as simple as a Parking lot expansion or Second exit via St. Pauls Crescent.

Perhaps Innisfil station tender announcement? That's a long way from Barrie though and nobody from Innisfil is in the speakers list.
 
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rbt said:
I'm expecting a construction announcement of some type but it might be as simple as a Parking lot expansion or Second exit via St. Pauls Crescent.
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My gut instinct was to laugh at the notion of the Minister of Transportation doing a press event for a second exit at a GO station in Barrie, then I remembered who we're dealing with.

Edit: on a slightly more serious note, given that it's at Barrie South and the Mayor and MPP of Barrie are present, rather than holding it at the Minister's riding-proximate stations of Rutherford or Maple, I suspect this might be news about the construction of the Bradford passing track/storage yard so that hourly service can be extended all the way up to Barrie, rather than stopping at Aurora.

Or, yes, it could be the weekday trains.

Innisfil GO would absolutely have the Mayor of Innisfil, at minimum, present.
 
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From the point of view of the residents of Stouffville, the new GO schedule is a big inconvenience. Please consider the following:

1. We used to have connections to downtown Toronto every 30 minutes. Now, we will have connection every 60 minutes.

2. The bus trips at 10:06 and 10:36 used to take 59 minutes to Union Station. Now, using the trains that replaced these buses (at awkward times of 9:24 and 10:21 -- which will inconvenience people to change their morning schedules), the trips will take 71 and 66 minutes, respectively.

3. The bus trips past 10:21 used to take 59 minutes. Now, the new bus trips that require changeover at Unionville take an incredible 93 minutes!!! That's over half an hour wasted commuting each way!

4. The buses at Stouffville would collect people along 10th Line, Main St. and 48th, so most Stouffville residents could just walk to take Go Transit. Now, in order to use the new Go Trains, residents of Stouffville will need to buy cars just to get to the Go Station. And even if they do that, the parking lot there is going to be full after 8:00am, so there is no way to park anyways. Please note that we don't have local YRT buses in Stouffville, so the new changes cut-off most of residents of Stouffville from using Go service.

And to add insult to injury, it will cost much more to operate and maintain the new trains, comparing to the cost of operating buses. So more of our tax dollars is going to be spent in order to provide worse service.

Here is the original announcement:
http://www.gotransit.com/Public/en/n...e/Default.aspx
 
cad said:
From the point of view of the residents of Stouffville, the new GO schedule is a big inconvenience. Please consider the following:

1. We used to have connections to downtown Toronto every 30 minutes. Now, we will have connection every 60 minutes.

2. The bus trips at 10:06 and 10:36 used to take 59 minutes to Union Station. Now, using the trains that replaced these buses (at awkward times of 9:24 and 10:21 -- which will inconvenience people to change their morning schedules), the trips will take 71 and 66 minutes, respectively.

3. The bus trips past 10:21 used to take 59 minutes. Now, the new bus trips that require changeover at Unionville take an incredible 93 minutes!!! That's over half an hour wasted commuting each way!

4. The buses at Stouffville would collect people along 10th Line, Main St. and 48th, so most Stouffville residents could just walk to take Go Transit. Now, in order to use the new Go Trains, residents of Stouffville will need to buy cars just to get to the Go Station. And even if they do that, the parking lot there is going to be full after 8:00am, so there is no way to park anyways. Please note that we don't have local YRT buses in Stouffville, so the new changes cut-off most of residents of Stouffville from using Go service.

And to add insult to injury, it will cost much more to operate and maintain the new trains, comparing to the cost of operating buses. So more of our tax dollars is going to be spent in order to provide worse service.

Here is the original announcement:
http://www.gotransit.com/Public/en/n...e/Default.aspx
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Logic doesn't matter to the majority of people. Trains > Buses. Everyday.

More will take the train simply because its not a bus.
 
Ontario Bringing All-Day, Evening and Weekend GO Service to Barrie Families and Commuters
Ontario is making major upgrades to the Barrie GO Line to bring all-day, evening and weekend GO service to Barrie residents, helping to manage congestion and make it easier for commuters to take transit.
Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation, was joined by Ann Hoggarth, MPP for Barrie, to announce major new upgrades coming to the Barrie Line to accommodate more frequent trains.

Planned upgrades include:

▪ Double track expansion on the Barrie GO Line, including grading between Union Station and Aurora GO Station

▪ Track and signals upgrades to support double track expansion

▪ Noise and retaining walls

▪ Bridge expansions at Sheppard Avenue West, Major Mackenzie Drive and Yonge Street.

To accommodate additional service, the province will also build a new layover facility and make modifications to Barrie's two existing stations, including 139 new parking spots at the Barrie South GO station.

The Barrie Rail Corridor Expansion - Grading Project supports Ontario.ca/Build ON.

Building better public transit to improve commuting is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.


QUICK FACTS
  • Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for interested parties to build and finance the Barrie Rail Corridor Expansion – Grading Project.
  • The RFQ is the first step in the procurement process to select a team to deliver the project. IO and Metrolinx will evaluate submissions to prequalify project teams with the relevant construction experience. Teams that qualify will be invited to respond to a request for proposals in the fall of 2017.
  • By 2025, planned service levels on the Barrie GO line under the GO RER program includes two-way service every 15 minutes between Union Station and Aurora Station, two-way service every 60 minutes between Union Station and Allandale Waterfront Station during the midday and evening periods of weekdays as well as on weekends, and peak-period, peak-direction service on weekdays, at frequencies of every 30 minutes, between Union Station and Allandale Waterfront Station. The entire line will also be electrified.
 
From: http://www.infrastructureontario.ca...ssued-Barrie-Rail-Corridor-Expansion-Project/
It is confirmed that the following upgrades are included in the RFQ:
  • Double track expansion on the Barrie Corridor Line, including grading, between Union Station and Aurora GO Station
  • Track and signals upgrades to support double track expansion
  • Noise and retaining walls
  • Bridge expansions at Sheppard Avenue West, Major Mackenzie Drive and Yonge Street
 
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