The Japanese government socialized the JNR's enormous debts when they privatized the system (there is a state owned company that exists solely to service legacy JNR debt), downloaded many unprofitable local lines to municipal/prefectural governments, and severly cut service on a lot of other...

There were a few streetcar systems that used two wires (like a trolleybus) to avoid this. Havana was a notable example, probably because the groundwater there is brackish, as was Cincinnati.

It's illegal to walk into the bus/streetcar platforms without going through the station entrance. The only exceptions are some of the former zone two stations in the west end where the bus platforms are outside the fare paid area.

Malton is in Mississauga.

fixed that for you

The UofT made similar complaints when the Spadina streetcar was being built in the 1990s.

I don't think the TTC has enough bus capacity to operate the 501 for most of the year. The only reason they can do it now is they run less service in the summer. Replacing streetcars with buses would probably also require two new bus divisions to be established somewhere.

There are a couple of lights on the TCH on the prairies that really should be interchanges, the 1-16 intersection in Manitoba is probably the best example.

The gates run Windows 10 actually.

All those proposals require significant levels of capital investment, and VIA is as far as I know prohibited from working with private investors or provincial governments to raise funds. For Saskatoon-Regina the Craik sub would have to be essentially rebuilt for passenger service (it's...

The biggest problem with introducing zone fares on the subway but not local transit is that would require stations to be reconfigured to move bus and streetcar loops out of the fare paid zone, and would require turnstiles to be shoehorned in a lot of stations. Currently it's possible to ride the...

Yes. This arrangement predates the creation of Mississauga transit by several decades. The route originally connected Malton to the trolleybuses on Weston road and later to the Spadina subway.

TTC service in Mississauga and York Region is provided under contract (and mostly predates the creation of the suburban transit agencies), Toronto has no say in service levels and does not pay the subsidies. Effectively the buses become Miway or YRT vehicles when the cross the boundary. The...

One platform is not enough to turn subway trains at kennedy.

The new gates have been ridiculously unreliable, and I'm betting the TTC or Metrolinx will end up having to completely replace them all. FWIW some of the original electromechanical turnstiles from the 50's and 60's (made by Beaver Vending) worked reliably for decades.

In the past, the old single track loop at Dundas West served the King car and the Dundas car in two directions, to downtown and Runnymede, all at higher frequencies than today.

The gates are made by Scheidt and Bachmann. I'm not sure if they're actually made in Germany or not, I think they have a plant in the US.

The Russell's Guide is probably the closest thing available to a comprehensive intercity bus map. I think the reference library still has a subscription.

HMT = Hammond Transportation. They run a Barrie - Orillia commuter service. I think it was a PMCL service back in the day but don't quote me on that.

It is literally impossible to expand the turning radius of the tracks, there is not enough room in the intersections. This wasn't even the main issue, Siemens placed a compliant bid and Skoda has a 100% low floor car with steerable trucks that can handle a 15m radius off the shelf. And...