Neil
Active Member
Does anyone thing that when they step onto their first GO EMU that John Tory will still be mayor? I doubt Metrolinx does.
and what will Metrolinx come up with that will allow Tory to say its SmartTrack? Tory is not stupid
SmartTrack = "I built a new station at the Unilever site which was inevitably gonna happen anyway". Please re-elect me.
ST should look just the same as regular subway cars so people can both understand the route and the fare.
That said, the chance of (roughly) route specific RER trains isn't zero. My prediction is Bramalea-Stoufville (+route variants like possible spurs) is probably more likely to use EMUs while LSE-LSW would more likely use electric locomotive driven bilevels for longer. The Weston sub is resignalled in a way to favour EMUs now (shorter headway capable route, and requiring faster acceleration from stops to maintain short headways).
This, though, may be "spun" as a ST influence on RER by Tory. Count on it.
The chance of ST specific trains is zero.
Maybe if the new ST stations should have side tracks so other trains can bypass them without having to wait behind a stopping ST train.
I think SmartTrack is going to wind up as "The act of riding a GO train with a TTC fare."