innsertnamehere
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They say 2 additional trips as if there are 16 existing trips, 8 in the morning and 8 in the afternoon.
One thing about the increased service frequency to Milton that ought to get more profile: this line is clearly well used, but it's inherently uneconomic, because every one of the nine (and soon to be ten) trainsets make only a single round trip each day.
With this intensity of service, one would hope that GO could double back two or three trainsets each rush hour for a second run. The problem, obviously, is track capacity: the Milton line is mostly a two track railroad, and the existing one-way GO service ties up one track completely. If GO trains were doubled back, there would be no capacity remaining for freight trains at rush hour. CP is unlikely to find that acceptable.
Consider this, however - a single GO trainset is a capital investment of somewhere around $15M-$20M, plus maintenance costs. If GO could double back three trainsets each morning and afternoon, the ten trips could be operated with three fewer trains. This would free up close to $60M in capital. That money might be better spent adding track capacity instead of just buying trains. The yard in Milton is maxxed out too....if GO has to stick with 10 single-trip trains, perhaps one or two ought to carry on to Cambridge, if for no reason other than to find space to park them overnight.
- Paul
Today another pedestrian has been fatally struck by a GO train on the Lakeshore line, this time at Lorne Park Rd. A service suspension has been going on for hours now while police investigate. I understand that this particular road is not grade separated, but I wonder if Metrolinx is doing enough to prevent people from getting onto the tracks given that several people have been killed over the past few months, causing huge service disruptions. It will only get worse with the increasing number of trains coming in the near future.
I am not sure what the problem is (lighting, visibility, ?), and what the solution could be (short of grade-separating everything). Maybe we need to accept this and find a way of investigating while the railway remains open.
I recall 3 people were killed on St. Clair in Aug/Sept during the mayoralty campaign.
Maybe its wrong, but I assume that all subway accidents are suicide and all Streetcar accidents are accidents (I think all 3 in Aug/Sept were elderly). I am not sure where GO fits in.
I am not sure what the problem is (lighting, visibility, ?), and what the solution could be (short of grade-separating everything). Maybe we need to accept this and find a way of investigating while the railway remains open.
I recall 3 people were killed on St. Clair in Aug/Sept during the mayoralty campaign.
Maybe its wrong, but I assume that all subway accidents are suicide and all Streetcar accidents are accidents (I think all 3 in Aug/Sept were elderly). I am not sure where GO fits in.
That stretch of lakeshore east is full of people cutting across the rails. People often hop the fence and walk across the rails at Pape instead of using the bridge that is literally right there. Idk how you would fix it really.
Ya, if people are not familiar with the part of Mississauga in today's accident; between Port Credit and Clarkson; it's a mix of new and old subrbia, some it very old, dating back to the times before even the QEW existed. People's backyards literally end at the tracks. A few people even plant vegetable gardens in places that likely stray on to the railway property. The back of some houses appear to be only 20 metres from the passing trains. The railway has no fences of it's own here and there may not even be space for them.
Because of the limited routes to cross the corridor, people take lots of shortcuts in between and also use it as a quick way to walk somewhere east or west (psychogeographically) because the rail corridor is straight vs. the windy suburban roads. I recall not long ago a teenager was killed by a train just outside Port Credit walking toward Lorne Park. I bet today's accident was caused by someone waiting for a train to pass and then walking across the tracks without checking for a second train coming in the other direction.
Today another pedestrian has been fatally struck by a GO train on the Lakeshore line, this time at Lorne Park Rd. A service suspension has been going on for hours now while police investigate. I understand that this particular road is not grade separated, but I wonder if Metrolinx is doing enough to prevent people from getting onto the tracks given that several people have been killed over the past few months, causing huge service disruptions. It will only get worse with the increasing number of trains coming in the near future.
Are there any plans to extend rail service to Brantford or Cambridge?