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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

^ very helpful chart.

Just out of curiosity why did this pre-covid-19 decrease happen? I'm sure it was discussed here at the time but I can't remember.

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Allandale25 said:
^ very helpful chart.

Just out of curiosity why did this pre-covid-19 decrease happen? I'm sure it was discussed here at the time but I can't remember.

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That's litterally one less train every two weeks(to and from TO-MON), probably wasn't even noticed if discussed at all and especially not in the GO service thread.
 
Allandale25 said:
^ very helpful chart.

Just out of curiosity why did this pre-covid-19 decrease happen? I'm sure it was discussed here at the time but I can't remember.

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SkylineHorizon said:
That's litterally one less train every two weeks(to and from TO-MON), probably wasn't even noticed if discussed at all and especially not in the GO service thread.
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The decrease in corridor mileage as of 2019-12-01 resulted from train 69 terminating in Toronto rather than Aldershot (56 km * 6 days/week = 336 timetable-km per week). See my detailed response in the "VIA Rail" thread.
 
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Due to a incident on the Dundas sub the London GO train got short turned at st marys. A friend of mine talked to the locomotive engineer and he said that 106 people were on board going to London. They sent a double decker go bus to st marys to shuttle the passengers to London.


Now I'm sure the TorontoStar and Ben Spurr will try to say this is low because it's only 106 out of the 600 available seats!!!!!
 
Krypto98 said:
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Due to a fatality on thr Dundas sub the London GO train got short turned at st marys. A friend of mine talked to the locomotive engineer and he said that 106 people were on board going to London. They sent a double decker go bus to st marys to shuttle the passengers to London.


Now I'm sure the TorontoStar and Ben Spurr will try to say this is low because it's only 106 out of the 600 available seats!!!!!
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I think anything more than one single level bus is pretty good. If only they could improve the train times and have weekend trips.
 
Bordercollie said:
I think anything more than one single level bus is pretty good. If only they could improve the train times and have weekend trips.
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I do think a Niagara style express weekend train could be a big hit. I do think the train times aren't optimal but I would like to see maybe GO replacing the former VIA 85,88, trips and then adjusting the current trips
 
Krypto98 said:
I do think a Niagara style express weekend train could be a big hit. I do think the train times aren't optimal but I would like to see maybe GO replacing the former VIA 85,88, trips and then adjusting the current trips
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If you can time it for trains to meet at Kitchener you can run them in each direction?

Leave Toronto and London in the morning and leave Toronto and London in the evening? But you would need 4x F59'S for this to work. Not sure how many are left in active roster.
 
Krypto98 said:
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Due to a incident on the Dundas sub the London GO train got short turned at st marys. A friend of mine talked to the locomotive engineer and he said that 106 people were on board going to London. They sent a double decker go bus to st marys to shuttle the passengers to London.


Now I'm sure the TorontoStar and Ben Spurr will try to say this is low because it's only 106 out of the 600 available seats!!!!!
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Big if true: Really Really Big
 
Krypto98 said:
I do think a Niagara style express weekend train could be a big hit. I do think the train times aren't optimal but I would like to see maybe GO replacing the former VIA 85,88, trips and then adjusting the current trips
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No, no, no!

London-Toronto is not at all comfortable for GO trains. Instead, VIA should be more inventive and sell cheap seats on its own trains, especially on Saturdays (the least busy day) or by adding another car. But VIA has its own challenges.

Also, London is not Niagara Falls. Where would you take the kids after getting of at London?
 
ShonTron said:
Also, London is not Niagara Falls. Where would you take the kids after getting of at London?
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There are a number of things to do in London, including but not limited to:
  • Budweiser Gardens/London Knights Game
  • Covent Garden Market
  • Storybook Gardens
  • Fanshawe Pioneer Village
  • 100 Kellogg Lane
  • East Park
  • Jet Aircraft Museum
  • Various Parks (TVP, Sifton Bog, etc)
  • Boler Mountain
Don't pretend that London is a complete entertainment wasteland. Not all of these things are immediately downtown, but all of them can be accessed by bus. There would be plenty of weekend demand for GO service to London. Also consider there would be a lot of weekend demand in the other direction too.
 
Bordercollie said:
If you can time it for trains to meet at Kitchener you can run them in each direction?

Leave Toronto and London in the morning and leave Toronto and London in the evening? But you would need 4x F59'S for this to work. Not sure how many are left in active roster.
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There are 8 currently in the roster. Last i checked there are at least 2 or 3 double header sets that are cycled. These are 557,559,560,561,563,564
Currently
557,560 together
564 563 together
559,561 together

562 has been doing L6 runs on various lines. Last I saw 558 it was doing L4 runs on RH
 
Krypto98 said:
There are 8 currently in the roster. Last i checked there are at least 2 or 3 double header sets that are cycled. These are 557,559,560,561,563,564
Currently
557,560 together
564 563 together
559,561 together

562 has been doing L6 runs on various lines. Last I saw 558 it was doing L4 runs on RH
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If they can make them exclusive for London and Kitchener it's possible to add runs.

How about upgrading the track on the st Mary's bridge to accommodate MP40's?
 
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