GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[Dan416]

It’s bad enough we have so few trains and no expansion in site. Now we have constant delayed trains due to “track speed reductions” whatever that means.

And the train has seriously been crawling most of the way at least a week now.

 

[Jonny5]

It’s bad enough we have so few trains and no expansion in site. Now we have constant delayed trains due to “track speed reductions” whatever that means.

And the train has seriously been crawling most of the way at least a week now.

It's leaves on the tracks season, but I bet they learned not to publicly say that anymore.

 

[Allandale25]

^ I could be wrong but I thought I saw somewhere CPKC is doing some switch replacement or maintenance. cc @smallspy

 

[SaugeenJunction]

City of Brantford has started a push for GO Train service:

• News Article: Brantford on Track: Paving the Way for GO Rail Extension
• Report: Brantford on Track: Paving the way for GO Rail Extension

 

[Sunnyside]

City of Brantford has started a push for GO Train service:

• News Article: Brantford on Track: Paving the Way for GO Rail Extension
• Report: Brantford on Track: Paving the way for GO Rail Extension

Hmm… to Hamilton or Toronto? Probably a foregone conclusion, though the former (or a mix) would be nice. If there were ever a VIA route that could easily be absorbed by GO, it’s Toronto-London via Brantford. Way more proven as viable than the now-cancelled route.

 

[innsertnamehere]

I wouldn't mind a couple of peak hour trains to Brantford - not the worst idea, for sure.

I do wonder if a train to Hamiton GO Centre would be just as busy as one to Toronto though. Maybe 2 trains to GO Centre and 2 to Toronto in each rush hour period. The two to Hamilton could then turn around and become 2 additional peak hour trains to Toronto out of Hamilton GO.

 

[Sunnyside]

I wouldn't mind a couple of peak hour trains to Brantford - not the worst idea, for sure.

I do wonder if a train to Hamiton GO Centre would be just as busy as one to Toronto though. Maybe 2 trains to GO Centre and 2 to Toronto in each rush hour period. The two to Hamilton could then turn around and become 2 additional peak hour trains to Toronto out of Hamilton GO.

If you used West Harbour you could even continue on to Niagara in the off-peak. I have a feeling a Hamilton-bound train won’t be very full coming from Brantford alone, so it might be better suited to DMUs or shorter consists on a through-service to elsewhere.

 

[WB62]

 

[Allandale25]

City of Brantford has started a push for GO Train service:

• News Article: Brantford on Track: Paving the Way for GO Rail Extension
• Report: Brantford on Track: Paving the way for GO Rail Extension

Re-purpose the UPX trainsets when they are retired for GO Expansion and use them for a Brantford-Aldershto shuttle?

 

[smallspy]

City of Brantford has started a push for GO Train service:

• News Article: Brantford on Track: Paving the Way for GO Rail Extension
• Report: Brantford on Track: Paving the way for GO Rail Extension

Everything that is old is new again.

Brantford almost had train service in the late 1980s - GO even built a service design and schedules for it. But ultimately it didn't go through due to funding pressures.

Dan

 

[WB62]

Everything that is old is new again.

Brantford almost had train service in the late 1980s - GO even built a service design and schedules for it. But ultimately it didn't go through due to funding pressures.

Dan

Had no idea about this, is there any documents we can read about it?

 

[Fritter]

Everything that is old is new again.

Brantford almost had train service in the late 1980s - GO even built a service design and schedules for it. But ultimately it didn't go through due to funding pressures.

Dan

I could be mistaken, but I thought the service did exist briefly before the Bob Rae cuts. There was GO service to Barrie, Guelph and Brantford that was cut by the NDP government of the time.

 

[WB62]

I could be mistaken, but I thought the service did exist briefly before the Bob Rae cuts. There was GO service to Barrie, Guelph and Brantford that was cut by the NDP government of the time.

Definitely not to Brantford, you might be thinking of Bradford but that was never cut in the first place

 

[Metroscapes]

I could be mistaken, but I thought the service did exist briefly before the Bob Rae cuts. There was GO service to Barrie, Guelph and Brantford that was cut by the NDP government of the time.

Definitely not to Brantford, you might be thinking of Bradford but that was never cut in the first place

I think the GO Transit Rail Services wikipedia article has a pretty complete history of the network.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Brantford GO... kinda not really (VIA was borrowing GO equipment).