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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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Krypto98
Active Member
All day to Milton is unlikely to happen without a 4th/3rd track and grade separation near Humber. Although word is that one of my friends waited all day to see a single cp freight to go by erindale go...
Allandale25
Senior Member
Bowmanville GO extension construction RFP.
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ and the PDBC. Written in 2020 but only published now
Re GM spur:
Re GM spur:
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SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Excellent service envisioned, from PDBC:^ and the PDBC. Written in 2020 but only published now
Re GM spur:
More on the GM spur/new 401 bridge alignment from the other doc:
crs1026
Superstar
^Three percent grade at Oshawa, diesel operation possibly requiring shorter trainsets and/or two units.
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jamincan
Active Member
7 New is too useful as a reelection tool for governing parties to actual finish the project. I predict it will remain in-progress for another 50 years at least. I just find it unbelievable that voters actual fall for this continual bate-and-switch.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
The business case states the plan to run diesel bi-levels in 6-12 car trains - i.e., normal GO Trains.
crs1026
Superstar
I read the text to imply that they have doubts whether even with 2 units, they can manage 12 cars.
If these are to be over and above the Oshawa-Toronto LSE service, that’s not a problem. If these are part of that peak service, they will need the full 12 cars…. not necessarily for Bowmanville ridership, but to absorb the Oshawa-Pickering riders wanting an express ride to Union.
- Paul
smallspy
Senior Member
Those are pretty crappy exports to the PDF so we can't zoom in on the numbers, but those curve radii look awfully tight, too.
Also note that the grades seem to mostly be on curves, which is greatly going to increase resistance and drag. 2 units can do it, but will have a tough time of it.
So all-in-all, that's going to be over a mile of track to traverse at 10-15mph.
Dan
ARG1
Senior Member
I've yet to see anything from the feds other than a campaign promise...
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ technically they made the offer outside of the campaign period last year and I believe repeated it in a meeting with Mulroney this year.
ARG1
Senior Member
They key word here being "technically"
crs1026
Superstar
^Just part of the gamesmanship between Ford and Ottawa. Ford takes plenty of shots at Ottawa for things he feels they ought to be doing. In this case, Ontario is clearly not ready to move on Milton, so Ottawa announces they are already to go and postures that it's Ontario holding things up.
Pure theatre, and likely aimed at making Ford's life difficult on the campaign trail.
- Paul
Pure theatre, and likely aimed at making Ford's life difficult on the campaign trail.
- Paul
nfitz
Superstar
Every 2 hours on weekends isn't good. It's every 30 minutes now for Oshawa; and they've promised every 15 minutes. I wonder where the other 7 trains per 2 hours will stop.