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  1. blaixx

    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    There are plenty of "technical" differences but in terms of less technical stuff that the average subway map reader would notice, I would say: No on-board fare payment on Finch West Wider stop spacing on Finch West (~600m compared to ~250m on St. Clair)
  2. blaixx

    Hamilton Toronto | Confederation GO Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx

    From the Service Updates page on GO Transit:
  3. blaixx

    General railway discussions

    On the route to NYC, you have to get off the train with all of your baggage and go through customs which is a 1-2 hour delay. Even though you get back on the same train, it's not exactly "direct".
  4. blaixx

    Hamilton Toronto | Confederation GO Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx

    It's only 9 km between stations so hopefully it's even quicker than 15 minutes for a non-stop service. If the train can average 55 km/h, that trip would be 10 minutes.
  5. blaixx

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    Those numbers are about the floor space of the house, not the area of the lot.
  6. blaixx

    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    Apple Maps arial imagery shows this very clearly. I think this data is from early/mid 2023 because the gap between the south two tracks (where the platform will go) has been filled in for a quite a while now..
  7. blaixx

    Hamilton Toronto | Hamilton Line B LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    I completely agree. These arguments tend to be made either in bad faith or due to a lack of understanding. Glossing over all of the intermediate stops in a line is pretty egregious. McMaster students travelling downtown is an obvious trip, as is McMaster staff travelling from their homes in...
  8. blaixx

    GTHA Transit Fare Integration

    It's more or less the exact same fare integration system we've had for a decade plus. Half a dozen local agencies have been integrated with each other and GO since at least 2014. It's never been "confusion" or technical limitations that's kept the TTC out of it for so long.
  9. blaixx

    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    If this construction notice is accurate, the third track would connect near the Mary Street pedestrian bridge, about 500 metres from the end of the platform.
  10. blaixx

    Hamilton Toronto | Hamilton Line B LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Looking at the RapidReady report from 2013, speed (as in end-to-end travel time) is not really mentioned at all. On page 1, the report defines rapid transit as a "high frequency transit service operating in a dedicated corridor". The mission on the same page states: Rapid Transit is more than...
  11. blaixx

    Hamilton Toronto | Hamilton Line B LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    It seems like for either alignment, the Longwood Bridge, the Main over CP bridge (EOL) and the highway ramps (2-way conversion) need to be reconstructed. With the redesign, Metrolinx is trading off building a longer LRT-only bridge in favour of re-building the shorter Main over 403 bridge for...
  12. blaixx

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    I think you mean 10–25 minutes longer, since they currently have to wait up to 15 minutes for the train to the airport too.
  13. blaixx

    Hamilton Toronto | Hamilton Line B LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    If we look at Waterloo's LRT as a comparable, here's how it went. Utility relocation: late 2013 Financial close: May 2014 Groundbreaking: August 2014 "90% completion": End of 2016 Open to the public: June 2019 The first announced completion date was late 2017 but by December 2017, only 3 of...
  14. blaixx

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    The groundbreaking ceremony was itself propaganda, ahead of the June election. I would not say that construction began anywhere close to then.
  15. blaixx

    TTC Cartography, Signage, and Wayfinding

    The TTC have updated their maps following the closure of Line 3 😥

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