TOareaFan
Superstar
^Or VIA could just stop their EB trains in the corridor at Weston as well and let people coming from KW to transfer to the airport.
^Or VIA could just stop their EB trains in the corridor at Weston as well and let people coming from KW to transfer to the airport.
One would hope that the new CTC that recently went into operation on the Weston Sub (and, for that matter, the fairly recent installations on the Richmond Hill, Barrie, and Uxbridge lines) will be PTC-compatible....but so far there is no outward indication of this.
- Paul
PTC has been installed on the Weston Sub, but has not been made fully active yet. That is one of the requirements of going to one-man operation, which the union is currently in the midst of fighting.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
What form of PTC was installed on the Weston Sub? I'm unaware of a common standard for PTC in North America, so it would be interesting to know what method or technology was implemented.
Interesting. Hopefully they made a good choice, since unlike other PTC implementations that are either not mainline rail (subway) or are isolated (Capital Railway Indusi system) this system will likely have to expand and be compatible with multiple operators and future plans.There isn't a standard of installation that I'm aware of either, and at this point I don't know who's installation they've gone with. All I know is that the system is there and physically installed in the signal bungalows and onboard the UPX equipment.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
I'm not sure, but I assume he goes past Pearson to Union and then UPE to the airport. Looking at the map I see what you mean. I've never understood why GO just didn't move the Malton rail station to the airport, it's almost within walking distance now.
What form of PTC was installed on the Weston Sub? I'm unaware of a common standard for PTC in North America, so it would be interesting to know what method or technology was implemented.
The very shitty kind apparently, if its indeed the same system that they installed on the Pearson sub. The kind that stops a train going more than 5mphs under the maximum speed limit .
GO would obviously be slower though. It does make me wonder though if there would be sense in a VIA Station (along with the coming GO one) at Eglinton Crosstown (Black Creek) to better accommodate such trips.Does he use VIA all the way to Union then backtrack? Does it not work just as well to take GO to Weston and backtrack?
GO would obviously be slower though. It does make me wonder though if there would be sense in a VIA Station (along with the coming GO one) at Eglinton Crosstown (Black Creek) to better accommodate such trips.
The original poster on this discussion said that the person in question selects/tailors their flights around the VIA/UP schedule...so it would be just as easy to select/tailor flights around the shorter/less expensive GO/UP combination....no?Re: Kitchener to Pearson
The main determining factor is when.
GO <-> Weston <-> UPX only works at very specific times.
The last GO in the morning leaves shortly after 7am, which means an early morning.
When leaving Pearson to go to Kitchener, you're getting on one of two rather full GO trains at Weston, while carrying luggage.
I suspect that someone using VIA is doing so because it fits better into their schedule, despite being a longer, more expensive trip.
From Kitchener, there are only 4 trains to Toronto on an average weekday:
5:49 am (GO)
7:10 am (GO)
9:18 am (VIA)
9:42 pm (VIA)
If your flight is after 11am, GO is of no use to you.
That it would.The original poster on this discussion said that the person in question selects/tailors their flights around the VIA/UP schedule...so it would be just as easy to select/tailor flights around the shorter/less expensive GO/UP combination....no?