Old article, but if this is still the case today, then the Ontario government definitely needs to be all over this and look at purchasing a strip of land to allow for a connection between Bloomington and Aurora.

If the Sheppard line were extended westward to Sheppard West Station, then wouldn't that allow riders to bypass construction further down the line? It would allow the TTC to shutdown parts of either University or Yonge while still allowing riders to go North- South.

See, the issue here is that Metrolinx views light rail as "rapid transit".

This video does a fairly good job of explaining the privatization of railroads in Britain, and the recent re-nationalisation attempt. It doesn't sound like the U.K. privatized their railroads the same way we did here in N.A. The British government auctioned off different lines to different...

There doesn't seem to be any way to connect Bloomington to Aurora GO. The Beacon Hall Golf Club is obstructing the most realistic path for such a connection. The only way to connect the RH line with the Barrie line is to make the connection somewhere north of East Gwillimbury. Have the line run...

Which line is closer to having it's double tracking completed? Barrie or Stouffville?

Am I correct in that it looks like there's room for a third track in the middle? Future express service?

@Urban Sky pointed out to me on the previous page, it has to do with the wheel design of the older, legacy fleet. Probably more inline with the freight train wheels.

If the "intermediate/ temporary" options are to either; 1) lash up a HEP or legacy car to every Siemen's trainset. If that is even physically possible. 2) Add 2 Venture coaches to every Charger trainset, and risk cannibalising service/ frequency I choose the latter. The Charger locomotives...

What I suspected. Urbanists in Canada often wonder why our passenger trains are so massive and look nothing like European trains. Can Siemens change the wheels on the Chargers to the older design? Or is that not possible? I rode both on a Charger set to Ottawa and a Legacy set back to Toronto...

Questions; 1) This isn't an issue for GO trains on the RH line? How many axles is a 6 coach GO train? GO ran 4 coach trains on the RH line during covid. 2) This is only an issue for VIA's newer Siemens fleet? VIA ran their older fleet for decades and this never appeared to be an issue. 3) How...

Nothing needs to change. People just need to practice common sense. I'm glad to hear the woman is alive and recovering, but I don't believe her when she says she's "a very careful person." When you walk up the stairs onto the platform you are physically standing in the middle of the platform...

It's too far north and would encounter stiff opposition due to environmental concerns. The 413 option would be easier, because acquiring land right reside a highway is less contentious. Plus the proposed 413 route heads directly towards CPKC intermodal facility in Vaughan. The only issue is...

Not entirely true. It will impact some infrastructure. Lack of foresight with this alignment. I would prefer they just tunneled to Langstaff. If I'm looking at these renderings, diagrams correctly, the northern part of the alignment will run "at grade", parallel with the CN Bala sub/ GO RH...

All valid points. Just a heads up. I continued this conversation in the Transit Fantasy Maps thread so as to not derail this thread any further. I provided maps and talking points.

Let's hope so. Would love to see the Eglinton LRT get converted to the same standards as the Ontario Line. The varying types of RT we have in Toronto really bothers my OCD. But that probably has more to do with my obsession with standardization and uniformity. What's worst is even the two LRT...

My attempt to reduce "conflict points" between freight and passenger rail in the GTA. Existing track map of the GTA: New Track Map CPKC: - 413 bypass west of Intermodal terminal in Vaughan - 407 bypass east of Intermodal terminal, reconnects with existing CPKC mainline north of Pickering -...

Yeah, you're right. Those 409 tunnels on the Kitchener line are collecting dust.

How does Metrolinx struggle with LRT construction, but absolutely kill it with heavy rail???

This is exactly what I had in mind. CPKC gives us the Milton line and Lambton Yard, and we give them land parralel to the 413 to construct the western portion of the bypass/ new subdivision. Also give CPKC land in West Humber, near highway 50 in Vaughan to construct a new marshaling yard...