GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[smallspy]

GO Train running on the Canpa Sub today. Anyone here have an idea why? The picture is near Kipling Station and the train seems to be heading towards the old CP Obico Yard tracks rather than the Canpa “mainline”.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575159780343250944

Training. A new class of conductors was going through their paces.

Dan

 

[Fritter]

Would GO be able to do what Greyhound used to do and charter extra sections from private coach operators, at least temporarily?

The Greyhound service between KW and Toronto was always busy and it wasn't uncommon to see quadruple and even quintuple sections on certain schedules. I'd assume a lot of that demand has shifted onto the 25 which doesn't help.

I believe GO would like to do this, however the Union sees this as a slippery slope towards full contracting out of bus services and it is one of the issues in the current contract negotiations between the ATU and Metrolinx.

 

[APTA-2048]

I believe GO would like to do this, however the Union sees this as a slippery slope towards full contracting out of bus services and it is one of the issues in the current contract negotiations between the ATU and Metrolinx.

Metrolinx has actually chartered buses recently. When the LSE and LSW were shut down, they supplemented their fleet with Coach Canada buses and drivers. But that was only a shuttle instead of a regular route.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

This is most likely crew training. The Canpa Sub is close to Willowbrook and mostly unused.

Correct according to this tweet I saw:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575217609951174656

 

[Bordercollie]

Correct according to this tweet I saw:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575217609951174656

Someone needs to put that locomotive through the washtrack.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Hopefully that means improved service soon

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Interesting new tender on MERX. The “new stations” part has me intrigued.

SQ-2022-ERNA-122: Prequalified Contractors for Existing Stations Renovations and New Stations Construction.

 

[ShonTron]

There are a few stations that we know are in the pipeline but left unstarted: Confederation, Casablanca, Breslau, not to mention the Bowmanville extension.

 

[innsertnamehere]

interesting if they are issuing it as a single larger package. I wonder what the thought there would be.

 

[Northern Light]

There are a few stations that we know are in the pipeline but left unstarted: Confederation, Casablanca, Breslau, not to mention the Bowmanville extension.

Are all the Smarttrak infill stations tendered yet? If not, then one or more of those could be included.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Are all the Smarttrak infill stations tendered yet? If not, then one or more of those could be included.

I believe they had been tendered out already.

 

[nfitz]

There's also Caledonia station - or has that also been bid?

 

[SaugeenJunction]

There are a few stations that we know are in the pipeline but left unstarted: Confederation, Casablanca, Breslau, not to mention the Bowmanville extension.

Grimsby-Casablanca really needs to get built. There is a ton of growth nearby and would be a logical semi-frequent service extension from Confederation which we assume will get the same half hourly service that West Harbour will soon.

According to updates recently from MX, Confederation GO was supposed to start construction this summer. Hopefully that means an announcement is imminent.

For Bowmanville, it entered tendering before the election. Hopefully it moves fast.

There's also Caledonia station - or has that also been bid?

The update from Metrolinx from earlier this week says construction starts summer 2023.

I believe they had been tendered out already.

Tenders went out last fall and closed in early 2022 (I believe). Hopefully we get contract winners soon.

There are also two stations which had business cases released at random intervals which are Milton-Trafalgar on the Milton Line and Beamsville on the LSW/Niagara Line. I’d assume that MX is working with a developer on these. Will be interesting to see if they advance and how fast.

 

[Allandale25]

 

[crs1026]

^ Also the Heritage Road station west of Mount Pleasant.

- Paul