It will be great; Highway 11 is so bad that I'll take any decline in traffic on it

Mind you, I don’t have the documents handy. But documents (specifically the transport master plan) did show the county was interested in the idea of running service between Barrie and Collingwood via Angus, New Lowell, Stayner, and Batteaux. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like it went anywhere...

Yes, I posted a statement previously from the City of Barrie that it’ll use the BCRY. As well, surveys show Industrial spurs entering the property. I’ll post links to them when I get home

It’s beginning to rise up out of the ground

I went to see it for myself, and sure enough; it is all but gone.

Yes, you’d need to do a lot of work through downtown Barrie to get it to Orillia. It’s likely just not worth it to do so

There’s definitely merit to the idea of reactivation in the near future. Collingwood alone is supposed to double in population over the next just under 20 years. Same with Barrie. Not to mention with tourism being the biggest industry in the area having more people and thus potential visitors...

An interesting detail from this old Toronto Star article (archived via Transit Toronto): https://transittoronto.ca/archives/data/200106091037.shtml "In addition, Collenette is expected to reveal that the federal government hopes to restore commuter rail service to Peterborough and Barrie. As a...

If this was something new I could understand the concerns. But this corridor has been around for longer than anyone currently alive today. You don't get to move next to an active rail corridor and act shocked when trains are using it, or that we may *gasp* need more capacity to meet the demands...

From Google streetview it looks to be a siding

Okay, get your tinfoil hat on. Orangeville is entirely within greenbelt land. While not impossible that they can annex some land just beyond it. I imagine their mayor who was previously a realtor (not saying that necessarily means much, but it could result in a bias towards a certain POV or...

$4.7 million is the cheapest? And people still say the operational section should become a trail

Around Islington Ave. and Steeles/Highway 407 if I recall correctly

LET'S GO! WOOHOO!

Apologies for the poor quality.