I completely agree with this article. A GO service to Bolton makes infinitely more sense than this non-service they are offering Londoners. No one in London would ever be stupid enough to take this train to Toronto and God knows it's useless for commuters. At least the Bolton service would...

I never said catenary was not possible for some core routes but you are using an Ontario viewpoint. The VAST majority of the VIA network is not in the Corridor and putting up catenary along these thousands of km of track would bankrupt VIA to say nothing of the fact that it would take many...

All jokes aside, this is a REALLY big deal and not just for freight. If VIA is to decarbonize it's fleet by 2050 {at the very latest} then hydrogen is the ONLY option unless they essentially get rid of every route except Windsor to Quebec City. The idea of catenary or even battery for such a...

So exactly why are they suppose to take this train? It certainly does squat for commuter because it LEAVES the city in the morning as opposed to the other way around. Can you imagine Toronto having it's GO commuter lines LEAVING the city in the morning? Of course not but apparently ML thinks...

But won't it blowup? I mean the Hindenburg did.

Somewhere between zero & nil which is what I think ML & QP are hoping for so they can say they gave it the old college try but Londoners didn't want it so they can put the matter to rest. It's bad enough that this line was obviously drawn up by a Torontonian who knows nothing about London {and...

If this is to truly help Londoners, what they should do is have the London route run express from KW to Union with a single stop at Malton for Pearson. Once the upgrades to the line are complete, it would shave a good 45 minutes off the travel time. This would not only make it far more appealing...

These surface parking lots are a potential gold mine for GO and the closer we get to try suburban rail, their value is going to grow exponentially. They are ripe for development and they will have no problem getting takers. The only surface parking space in front of the station should be...

We have to remember, when talking about these huge parking garages, that GO is transforming from just a standard commuter rail system to a real suburban rapid transit one. These huge garages may seem odd when trying to entice people to switch to transit but I I think where they will become far...

Another great video Reece and I agree with it. Despite some of the flaws in the process, GO has a solid future. Yes there are too many parking spots but all this money on the garages may actually benefit the system ridership if the remaining surface parking lots are sold off. By doing so they...

There are 55,000 workers in downtown London so it's not inconsequential. The other 3 big ones are Western, Fanshawe, and LHSC which is the biggest hospital in SWO. London, more than any other city in Southern Ontario has the ability to support commuter rail. London is very centrally located...

All 3 of the counties surrounding London are fast growing. As per the July 1/2020 estimates here is the break down: Middlesex 511,000 including London 431,000 Oxford 122,000 including Woodstock 46,000 Elgin 96,000 including St.Thomas 43,000 Perth County with 83,000 is the outlier as it is not...

There is nothing "wrong" with GO to Toronto and any service is better than none. My point is that GO should have started as being London centered to provide service to her commuters first and not the other way around.

London is investing in it's BRT who's downtown section is already under construction and London has above average ridership and service than similar sized Canadian cities. Unfortunately that doesn't do any good for the 350,000 who live in her commuter shed outside the city boundaries. A GO bus...

Exactly right which is why this will basically fail. Metrolinx and GO are transit organization designed and built for Torontonians and assumes that that's where everybody wants to go. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't even a single Londoner at the Board meeting. The London commuter shed...

The NDP will not stop any funding for VIA and in fact will probably demand much more especially with HFR. The NDP got a paltry 3 seats in all of Southern Ontario.........1 in Hamilton, 1 in London, and 1 in Windsor........right along the Southern Corridor route where any extension for HFR...

There is one good thing about this service. As it expands and frequency and speed increase, VIA will basically give up on the route much like they have the KW to Union section. They hopefully will take those savings and plug the money into VIA's far more direct line to Union via Aldershot...

One of the key problems with this proposal is that it was written and designed by Torontonians and not Londoners. NOBODY in London is going to spend 4 hours on a train to get to Toronto. Also it's again this Toronto-centric idea that everyone is going to Toronto and not London. Nobody in...

I agree. There is no such thing as "one size fits all" when it comes to rail or any transport mode for that matter. As we quickly decarbonize it is imperative that VIA is ahead of the game and not behind it if they want to increase ridership in the Corridor in the medium term. Trucks and buses...

If Ottawa and VIA decide to go the logical route for electrification {which admittedly is doubtful} then they can use battery trains and not just standard catenary ones. This would save a lot of time and money on the Windsor/Quebec Corridor. Even with today's basic technology, trains can now...