Pretty sure the concept of an express train that only saves 2 minutes wouldn't have passed any quantitative analysis. The reversal is also clearly done without data analysis given that it all happened within 24h.

I don't think it means anything. The Bramalea service likely would have departed 4 min behind the UP train and fallen gradually further back due to slower acceleration and lack of level boarding. By Weston it may be 6 min back which is totally fine. Although GO service will now only be half as...

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-not-proceeding-with-planned-up-express-changes-minister-1.6849432 I particularly enjoy the residents' description of Weston as being underserved while it has literally the most train service of any suburban station in Canada.

see these posts from the previous two pages of this thread:

This is the most creative spam bot I've seen yet. Now they just need to learn how to reply to the latest post rather than one from 2007

I wonder how severe the crowding has been since the introduction of free transfers, given that it applies to GO trips but not UP Express trips. Trips from Weston to Union would probably benefit a lot from a free transfer to a TTC bus (e.g. at Weston) or subway (e.g. at Union), which may have...

Indeed, the metric for service to Weston should be its use to get to the airport (not only for travel but also for work). From what I've seen there are very few boardings toward the airport at Weston, it's almost entirely to/from Union. Once Mount Dennis opens, I think it would be best to just...

It is very relevant to the story that the GO service during weekday off-peak periods is being doubled at the same time that the UP Express service is being cut in half. Service during peak periods (peak direction) is already frequent enough that alternating with UP every half hour still provides...

Also as expected, the Start "forgets" to mention that GO service to Weston and Bloor is being doubled at the same time during weekday off-peak periods. I'm in no way in favour of the change to the UP Express service pattern (the time savings are too small to be worthwhile) but that doesn't mean...

Very impressive that they managed to make a map that's so legible considering what an inconsistent mess the GO bus network is. I personally wouldn't have used the faded lines to represent "rail support" routes since the colour already does that. I would have used the faded lines to represent...

Dynamic envelope is the stated reason (UP Express trains have a metal step sticking out that gets close to the high-level platforms) but as Dan noted, the validity of that rationale seems dubious. The platform edges already have a tearaway edge so if there ever were to be contact it wouldn't...

UP Express trains have a 10 mph (16 km/h) speed limit while passing UP Express platforms so the express trains will hardly save any time at all. They'd be lucky to save 1 minute per skipped stop, in which case the travel time would be 23 minutes. GO Trains don't have that speed restriction so...

The AM trip make sense: there's now service every arriving at Union every 15 minutes from 07:30 to 09:00. The PM trip is definitely bizarre though... I was so certain they'd add it at 17:40 that I hadn't even checked the times in the new schedule. I guess the silver lining is that there's...

Great to see the improvements as expected. Indeed the 21 direct to Union is the only surprise, though I don't think we were confident that the skip-stop Union Pearson Express would be happening this month. The timing of the Route 30 buses with the new Bramalea trains seems like a missed...

The NDP won all three ridings in London with a fairly large margin so maybe they have given up on trying to buy votes there. St Marys is in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, and they may be annoyed that they lost half of their train service. Prior to the pandemic and during the pilot they had two round...