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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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robmausser
Senior Member
Only thing holding weekend service back are line upgrades that need time on weekends to do work. Sucks but at least its for a good reason, all day service in the near future.
Garuda
Active Member
I already built one of those in LegoI’m sure Doug Ford would love to have one of these attached to the consist
crs1026
Superstar
Do you have evidence that any such work is actually in process?
Sure looks likenothing is getting done.
I'm told that contrary to ML's board report, the new siding at Breslau still isn''t cut in, and the new platform at Guelph has no track at the west end. Plus, no counter peak service is possibleuntil these and the Acton passing track is completed.
- Paul
Metroscapes
Active Member
Can confirm (as of today) that the west end of track 2 at Guelph is not tied in. There's track laid over the rehabbed bridges at Gordon / Wilson, but it's disconnected for ~100 metres behind City Hall. And then there's been no progress west of all that for years.
guavadelic
Active Member
Would the in-progress work allow for future two-way all-day service at 30min frequencies to Kitchener/Guelph? Or would a freight bypass be required for that service level?
Krypto98
Active Member
Probably hourly to Kitchener
crs1026
Superstar
To reach 30 mins in both directions, ML needs to add passing capability near Georgetown and between Georgetown and Guelph.
A passing track at Acton is in procurement, but the passing space at Georgetown may not happen until the Flyover is built and the third track bridge over the Credit is put in.. That's still years away.
In its current state, ML still can't run counter peak service. IIRC the original completion date promised was 2019.
- Paul
robmausser
Senior Member
Hourly to Kitchener as the other person stated.
Right now as it stands I dont know if there is demand for 30 minutes. Probably need to wait and see how hourly generates interest.
Bojaxs
Senior Member
I wonder how many people will actually use this service to go to Oktoberfest versus people who just want to get to & from Guelph/ Kitchener on a Saturday.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Other than the GO bus, guessing no GO trains from Hamilton to Kitchener during Oktoberfest.
robmausser
Senior Member
Majority of people come to Oktoberfest friday night, and now there are scheduled trains then.
Some people will use it for the event, Kitchener doubles in size during Oktoberfest, the attendance is 700,000 people and kitchener is 242,000. Ill assume 2/3rds the 700,000 are from the greater Waterloo region, so thats like 200,000 people from other areas.
KevinT
Senior Member
Honestly, a bi-directional service every 2 hours on weekends would still be uber appreciated.
robmausser
Senior Member
Totally, but I think they were asking about 30 minute weekday service
Miltonrider
New Member
Hi everybody. I’m a long-time reader paying attention to any Milon news. I understand that CP owns the line, not Metrolinx and my question is not related to all day service. As a Milton resident, I was wondering if any of the knowledgeable posters on here may be able to answer if or why there can not be partial weekend/holiday service on the Milton line. In the past, Metrolinx puts on train service for New Years Eve, Caribbean Carnival, and the Santa Claus parade. For example, this year Milton had the following service for Caribbean carnival (from the GO transit website).
The additional GO train trips on Aug. 3 are:
Eastbound trips departing from Milton GO at 9:28 a.m., 11:58 a.m., and 2:28 p.m., making all station stops to Union Station.
Westbound trips departing from Union Station at 3:55 p.m., 5:55 p.m., and 8:55 p.m., making all station stops to Milton GO.
So, weekend service is possible with the current track infrastructure. Why can’t this schedule be every weekend?
Subsequently, if partial weekend service to Milton is not possible, then what about reinstating the existing 3rd track from Kipling to Erindale. Then run weekend service Toronto to Erindale, then GO bus from Erindale to Milton via the 403-transit way, Trafalgar, Derry, Thompson & Milton Go.
This would allow Milton customers access to not only Union station, but the Kipling TTC station as well.
During the summer, if I want to visit Toronto for entertainment or cycling, I need to go down to Bronte GO. However, during the summer (especially if the Jays are playing or there is a concert or event), then the train is generally full by the time it gets there from Burlington. Good luck getting a bike on. There where times this year, by the time the train got to Clarkson or Port Credit the train was so full that passengers at Long Branch or Mimico couldn’t get on. Coming back, I had to let a few trains leave Exhibition before I could get on with my bike.
I have sent an email to Metrolinx asking about this, but figured I would get better information here then from Metrolinx. Thanks for reading and you can now return to your regular scheduled programming.
The additional GO train trips on Aug. 3 are:
Eastbound trips departing from Milton GO at 9:28 a.m., 11:58 a.m., and 2:28 p.m., making all station stops to Union Station.
Westbound trips departing from Union Station at 3:55 p.m., 5:55 p.m., and 8:55 p.m., making all station stops to Milton GO.
So, weekend service is possible with the current track infrastructure. Why can’t this schedule be every weekend?
Subsequently, if partial weekend service to Milton is not possible, then what about reinstating the existing 3rd track from Kipling to Erindale. Then run weekend service Toronto to Erindale, then GO bus from Erindale to Milton via the 403-transit way, Trafalgar, Derry, Thompson & Milton Go.
This would allow Milton customers access to not only Union station, but the Kipling TTC station as well.
During the summer, if I want to visit Toronto for entertainment or cycling, I need to go down to Bronte GO. However, during the summer (especially if the Jays are playing or there is a concert or event), then the train is generally full by the time it gets there from Burlington. Good luck getting a bike on. There where times this year, by the time the train got to Clarkson or Port Credit the train was so full that passengers at Long Branch or Mimico couldn’t get on. Coming back, I had to let a few trains leave Exhibition before I could get on with my bike.
I have sent an email to Metrolinx asking about this, but figured I would get better information here then from Metrolinx. Thanks for reading and you can now return to your regular scheduled programming.