GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[crs1026]

So if a 10-car train is to be used on a weekend, it will have to be from a set that is 10-cars during the week. And that might mean bring trains in from Georgetown, instead of from Willowbrook.

All quite true, but perhaps with 7-day RER approaching for more routes, ML will need to review its practices for how and when it builds trains. GO was founded on its Monday to Friday peak service, with weekends and holidays sometimes appearing like a bit of an unstaffed inconvenience (as when two MP40's are placed on trains for the holiday weekends, because.....). Shifting things around on the weekends seems like normal business to me, perhaps more costly than at present but part of doing business.

- Paul

 

[Allandale25]

Well......yes and no.

Since well before Metrolinx was ever a gleam in any politician's eye, GO has been quite allergic to changing train sizes. They would only do it if they absolutely needed to - and under no circumstances would they do so just to satisfy a one- or two-day need.

(I will add the caveat that they did for a while with the bike trains to Niagara Falls, but even then they would do some funny tricks like putting together a 6-car sub-set of equipment that they would then remove from a train and leave aside for the entirety of the work week. But towards the end of pre-COVID they were going way from this model too, and had just set aside full 10- and 12-car trainsets of equipment in the yard for the week.)

So if a 10-car train is to be used on a weekend, it will have to be from a set that is 10-cars during the week. And that might mean bring trains in from Georgetown, instead of from Willowbrook.

Dan

So based on this, for the Kitchener Line weekend service, it will be easier once the Heritage Road layover is open to have 10-coach or 12-coach weekend trains for the line?

 

[urbancog]

So based on this, for the Kitchener Line weekend service, it will be easier once the Heritage Road layover is open to have 10-coach or 12-coach weekend trains for the line?

Timetable 31 indicates that all weekend services on the Kitchener line (Mt Pleasant to Union) are delivered using the two trains stored overnight in the Georgetown layover.

 

[APTA-2048]

This might be dumber than Oshawa GO’s name.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

 

[Northern Light]

This might be dumber than Oshawa GO’s name.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

Bringing that forward for the click-averse:

This is the taxpayers money at work? Really?

 

[ericmacm]

This might be dumber than Oshawa GO’s name.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

This is beyond stupid. Full stop.

I find it really funny that the intention of selling naming rights was supposed to be an additional revenue generating tool for the province, yet the only naming rights deals in place so far are from other public entities.

 

[EnviroTO]

Maybe Markham will go next buying the naming rights to Unionville naming it Markham Ultimate Metropolitan Centre, Richmond Hill will name Langstaff as Langstaff Super High Tech, and Barrie The City Above Vaughan station.

 

[JordanHo2782]

This might be dumber than Oshawa GO’s name.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

Y

 

[vic]

Toronto should buy the naming rights to Bloor GO and rename it Dundas West.

 

[Northern Light]

Toronto should buy the naming rights to Bloor GO and rename it Dundas West.

Rather in conflict w/the standing plan to rid the City of the name Dundas.........but funny.

 

[WB62]

This might be dumber than Oshawa GO’s name.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

I think this is a good time and place to leave my new Future System Network GO map:

 

[Sandpit]

This is beyond stupid. Full stop.

I find it really funny that the intention of selling naming rights was supposed to be an additional revenue generating tool for the province, yet the only naming rights deals in place so far are from other public entities.

Could be OTU admin, and now Patrick Brown/Brampton Council trying to curry favour with the Province.

 

[Sandpit]

I think this is a good time and place to leave my new Future System Network GO map:
View attachment 488801

"The Home Depot Brad Bradford"

 

[EnviroTO]

It's crazy that the same agency that had a naming standard that had issue with Eglinton West being confused is now selling station names. Metrolinx sponsored by Depends.

 

[Islington Express Bus]

It's "the same agency" but the name rights initiative was obviously directed by the Premier and Metrolinx had little choice in the matter.