nfitz
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I'd assume so.
Though previously the crew ended their day in Kitchener. If they now end their day in London ... taxi? Who pays?
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Though previously the crew ended their day in Kitchener. If they now end their day in London ... taxi? Who pays?
Allandale25
Senior Member
I assume this doesn't imply VIA is about to start stopping at Pickering...
dullturtle06
Active Member
hahaha.... looks like IF HFR gets off the ground one day it will just be a single track milk run. ALL STOPS TO OTTAWA
lenaitch
Senior Member
The employer I would assume. Using taxis to deliver and retrieve crews isn't unheard of.
Krypto98
Active Member
I've seen crews drive off at Kitchener in a alstom or GO branded mini-van
Allandale25
Senior Member
smallspy
Senior Member
They are.
The morning crew piles into a company van in Kitchener and drives it to London. The evening crew takes that same van back to Kitchener.
Dan
nfitz
Superstar
That doesn't sound like much fun every day. I've found London to Kitchener a tough drive when the lake effect snow takes over - on an otherwise beautiful day (today would be a good example, looking at the weather radar!)
Krypto98
Active Member
For some reason this train is scheduled 6 minutes later to leave Kitchener but the arrival time to Union is the same.
I notice EB is scheduled at 15 minutes between Kitchener and Guelph for just today instead of 21
And WB is scheduled at 20 minutes instead of 24 for just today.
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Krypto98
Active Member
Looks like the schedules on the trip planner have been updated to reflect the Guelph speed increases with
Kitchener- Guelph Eastbound taking 17 minutes instead of 21 minutes and Westbound taking 20 minutes instead of 24
Eastbound The departure time at Kitchener is 6 minutes later. At Guelph 2 minutes later and Acton is 2 minutes later with Georgetown onwards being at the old times
Going westbound Mount Pleasant to Georgetown is 1 minute faster with
Georgetown-Acton being 1 minute faster and Acton- Guelph also being 1 minute faster but with Kitchener having a 7 minute earlier arrival.
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JasonParis
Moderator
Although, as someone that spent their teens and very early 20s in Brampton, I'd say the GO bus services from Bramalea to Yorkdale/York Mills are well known and used by Brampton youth. The rush-hour only GO trains, and frankly, the location of Bramalea (rail) station, didn't make it attractive for many unless they already had some downtown office job or university classes that matched that.
ARG1
Senior Member
Service Cuts for GO:
www.gotransit.com
Highlights (or I guess Lowlights):
Train Schedule Changes | Service Updates | GO Transit
We’re making time changes to some weekday Lakeshore East and Lakeshore West train trips, some weekday and weekend Barrie line trips, and to some GO bus trips.
www.gotransit.com
Highlights (or I guess Lowlights):
- Weekend Service on Barrie and Stouffville Lines now only served by busses
- LSE and LSW weekend service now hourly
- Weekend service to Niagara Falls Discontinued
- Weekday Service on LSW and LSE now half hourly, service to West Harbour still Hourly
- London Line train now departs 8 minutes later (now there's a silver lining, I assume this is due to the Guelph Speed upgrades)
- Stouffville and Barrie Line trains retain most midday service, however evening service after 9pm now replaced by busses. To compensate, extra trains to Allandale and Old Elm are provided.
- There were a few schedule changes to trains to Kitchener, but I don't know enough about those services to comment on them
Krypto98
Active Member
It's mostly the last train from Kitchener being canceled, a early morning wb being replaced by busses and the Guelph speed changes now reflected on the schedule.
Northern Light
Superstar
Observations on timing in the new K-W schedule.
Time from K-W to Guelph consistently reduced by 4 minutes.
The London Trip is reduced by 6 minutes total; they also shaved 2 minutes on the London-St. Mary segment.
Time from K-W to Guelph consistently reduced by 4 minutes.
The London Trip is reduced by 6 minutes total; they also shaved 2 minutes on the London-St. Mary segment.
TOareaFan
Superstar
I do wonder, though, if that whole rezoning on the NW side of Steeles/Bramalea goes through and the residential/mixed use community replaces the current old industrial land if we can 'soften" the walk/connection to the train station with some sort of pathway under Steeles at the west end (roughly where I draw in red here.Yes, it will never a "nice" walk across Steeles and through the lot....but i get the sense that people are just trying to make the best of a situation that we inherited (region wide not just Brampton) of commuter train stations in industrial areas served by wide roads. It is what it is...and if we don't do this kind of rezoning because it is not perfect...we might as well just give up here and build a couple more parking garages and tell people to just drive to the station.