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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

^ Ah I see. Does 'bad track' in that area imply that it's a key area that needs to be upgraded? I assume Metrolinx is looking at this as part of their 12-18 month timeframe (starting from December 2018 per the Minister) for more news on all-day, two-way GO to Kitchener?
 
Allandale25 said:
^ Ah I see. Does 'bad track' in that area imply that it's a key area that needs to be upgraded? I assume Metrolinx is looking at this as part of their 12-18 month timeframe (starting from December 2018 per the Minister) for more news on all-day, two-way GO to Kitchener?
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"Bad track" is a bit of a catch-all term that can mean any number of different things - broken rail, bad joints, soft ballast or ties or structure, poor drainage, etc. It's generally more attributable to a maintenance problem than an ongoing infrastructure or design issue. If a crew hits a spot where the unit bottoms out or may otherwise ride differently than it should, they'll call it in, and the RTCs will send out a maintenance foreman to check it.

Dan
 
Latest media coverage from Durham on the Bowmanville Extension:

www.durhamregion.com

Durham pushing Metrolinx to stick to original plan for Bowmanville GO extension via Oshawa

The Issue: Options for the Bowmanville GO extension via Oshawa The Impact: A cheaper transit extension may cost jobs and economic development opportunities
www.durhamregion.com www.durhamregion.com

oshawaexpress.ca

Four options on the table for GO expansion | The Oshawa Express

This map shows the four options under consideration by Metrolinx for the expansion of GO train service into Bowmanville. (image courtesy of Metrolinx) By Dave Flaherty/The Oshawa Express Metrolinx has laid its cards on the table, but it appears only one is enticing to local residents and...
oshawaexpress.ca oshawaexpress.ca

A few details in the Oshawa Express article:
- the timeline for the updated business case for the new options is either the summer or fall;
- Metrolinx is saying that the benefits to cost ratio is only .56 to 1 for the EA original route when they want it to be at least 1:1 [and they implied during the town hall that all-day, two-way service on a different route could get it closer or above 1:1];- CP Rail apparently (and as discussed here) has new asks but don't detail what they are. Some discussion here has noted CP probably wants more or complete separation from the GO tracks/the GO tracks further to the south.
- one Oshawa Councillor, seems to fully back the Ford gov:

Ward 1 city councillor Rosemary McConkey believes most residents aren’t overly worried about the particulars of the route, they just want the service.
“If [Metrolinx] is giving us the option to get it cheaper or faster…how many residents are worried about the location? They want to get on the train and off the train,” she added.
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Allandale25 said:
Latest from Niagara.
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From the article:
[...]
Metrolinx reported in its first week, on average 12 people were boarding in Niagara Falls and another 20 in St. Catharines.

Ridership appears to have fallen, though.

This week, a spokesman said the current daily average sees six people board at Niagara Falls and 10 exiting at night. In St. Catharines, the average is 11 people getting on the train and 18 returning.
[...]
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Phil and Jeff will be along shortly to explain the "business case"...not.

Addendum: Bingo!
[...]
Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster said both the municipalities and the region are frustrated with Metrolinx.

“We are happy that, finally, some dialogue is starting again, because there’s been complete and utter radio silence. We were shocked when we looked at Metrolinx’s website and it went from a project with a dollar amount attached in funding and a project in progress to one under investigation while Niagara — which was done in exactly the same fashion — moved ahead. And there was no heads-up to the stakeholders.” [...]
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https://www.durhamregion.com/news-s...plan-for-bowmanville-go-extension-via-oshawa/

But hang on Adrian! Niagara Falls makes a "business case"...and you don't. Nosirreee...there's no way you can match "six people board at Niagara Falls and 10 exiting at night. In St. Catharines, the average is 11 people getting on the train and 18 returning."

There aren't even that many people in Durham Region according to Metrolinx studies. The "Yurek Philosophy" says so!
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Metrolinx is looking to achieve a benefit-cost ratio of 1:1, Pedrosa adds.

Under the original plan, he said Metrolinx would have only received 56 cents of benefit for every dollar invested. [...]
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Obviously Durham is going to have to match the Niagara model to get special treats.

And the reason it's not going to be electrified is because the model train Metrolinx that Wynne bought to have running around in circles at Choo-Choo- HQ didn't come with batteries. It's Wynn's fault.
 
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Cute logo/branding idea.
 
The Raps would likely charge an arm and a leg for their logo to be used like that
 
Neutrino said:
The Raps would likely charge an arm and a leg for their logo to be used like that
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Probably not too much as long as Metrolinx isn't expecting the Raptors or MLSE to promote them back, or have their logo displayed in-game, or reserve them tickets to games. Usually those are the drivers of the high cost of sponsorships. Maybe $5k allows them use on Twitter, and it get re-tweets from the official Raptors account?
 
So, I'm guessing the modest June service improvement is up.....

There's a new schedule, effective June 29th from the LSE corridor.

I haven't studied it to determine what changed.

Nothing announced yet.

Error | GO Transit

www.gotransit.com www.gotransit.com
 
^ A few trains were added to the Lakeshore East line. Maybe that' where they were showing up? What did that chart look like again and what was it measuring?
 
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