crs1026
Superstar
I sure hope the City of Oshawa Council looked at a map before passing its resolution in support of HSR. It's hard to see what benefit they will get from HSR - even if it stops once or twice at somebody's dream of a north Durham stop, that won't be particularly helpful service.
The elephant of the room that everyone is sidestepping (and, the axe that I keep grinding) is just how to serve the Lakeshore communities from Oshawa over to Cornwall. Given that there is no change proposed in the relationship between CN and VIA or its P3 partner, service on that route will always be at CN's mercy - and even if track slots are available, the financial picture for the route absent the through T-O-M business will push towards reduction in service, not improvement. I can't imagine that a HSR-focussed proponent would want to retain the local business in their operation, whereas a HFR-focussed proponent might swallow hard and accept it.
- Paul
The elephant of the room that everyone is sidestepping (and, the axe that I keep grinding) is just how to serve the Lakeshore communities from Oshawa over to Cornwall. Given that there is no change proposed in the relationship between CN and VIA or its P3 partner, service on that route will always be at CN's mercy - and even if track slots are available, the financial picture for the route absent the through T-O-M business will push towards reduction in service, not improvement. I can't imagine that a HSR-focussed proponent would want to retain the local business in their operation, whereas a HFR-focussed proponent might swallow hard and accept it.
- Paul