TransitBart
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@reaperexpress rocks!Great video - thanks for that !
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@reaperexpress rocks!Great video - thanks for that !
- Paul
That's a cool idea, Google paying/get paid by Metrolinx/CN/CP and other rail corridor owners to take pictures of their corridors as an addition to the streetview network (cars, bikes, walking, snowmobiles) as trains.Fantastic stuff, reaperexpress. Please keep this up over the years.
We don't have Google Streetview (Railroadview) Time Machine for tracks like we can do for streets.
I wish we could do Google Time Machine "streetview archaeology" with Metrolinx's GO network.
(Example: below)
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So seeing the before-and-after for many sections of GO. If only...
Your content is the closest thing to this for the Stoufville Corridor.
There's a similar sign at the Union Bus Terminal:
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Helpful video thanks for sharing. Increasing the speed of the video at certain points helped with viewing.
Great video - thanks for that !
@reaperexpress rocks!
Fantastic stuff, reaperexpress. Please keep this up over the years.
We don't have Google Streetview (Railroadview) Time Machine for tracks like we can do for streets.
So seeing the before-and-after for many sections of GO. If only...
Your content is the closest thing to this for the Stoufville Corridor.
When do we expect substantial completion of RER-route double tracking on both lines? What frequencies would we be able to get to in that case.
When do we expect substantial completion of RER-route double tracking on both lines? What frequencies would we be able to get to in that case.
https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-...t-work-on-guelph-rail-crossing-starts-friday/Overnight work on Guelph rail crossing starts Friday
NEWS 10:05 AM by Mercury Tribune staff Guelph Mercury
Metrolinx has announced it will be conducting overnight maintenance work on the Silvercreek railway crossing. The work is being done as part of improvements to the GO Transit Kitchener line. - Rene Johnston Toronto Star
Residents may see some equipment near the railway crossing on Silvercreek Parkway later this week.
Metrolinx has announced it will be conducting overnight maintenance work at the crossing between July 20 and 23. The work is part of upgrading existing infrastructure to improve GO Transit’s Kitchener line.
This is a continuation of the work Metrolinx started in late April, when it started clearing brush and vegetation and installing new fencing on the line between Imperial Road and Edinburgh Road.
With the latest slate of work, Metrolinx states that “residents may notice noise from the machinery and some ambient light from the site. The volume, frequency, and pitch of backup beepers are regulated by law and cannot be altered, as they act as a vital safety measure. Their use will be limited to essential work only. We will also mitigate any light necessary by pointing away from residential areas.”
July 04
Noticed a number of switches have been partly removed west of Bathurst St
Yes that will make my life so much more flexible.30 minute service on Stouffville would be a pretty big deal while we wait for full RER in the same class in my mind as 15 min LS service
When do we expect substantial completion of RER-route double tracking on both lines? What frequencies would we be able to get to in that case.
Given that it takes 4 minutes to get through the single-tracked segment, the theoretical minimum headway for bidirectional service would be about 10 minutes, so service could be scheduled about every 15 minutes. However, that frequent service would come at the expense of Lakeshore East and VIA services on the shared segment between Union and Scarborough, making it a non-starter. The City would also not be very happy with trains going at grade through the Danforth & Midland intersection every 8 minutes.
I think the most optimistic use of the tracks under construction would be 30-minute local service to Unionville plus 30-minute express service to Lincolnville in the peak period, peak direction. Anything more would be unfathomable without the planned 4th track on the Kingston Sub and some kind of resolution for the Kennedy-Scarborough Jct segment.
The double track at Kennedy starts north of the platform, so one has to add the dwell time in station for both trains to that four minutes of travel time. Plus, it would really mess up the Kingston Sub if meets at Scarboro Jct were so tight that an upbound train were sitting on a Kingston main track waiting for the Union bound train to come off the single track..... or even hitting restrictive signals as it came eastwards. So there has to be a gap of a few minutes after a train comes south-to-west before the next upbound is due. So, I’m dubious about even a 15 minute headway. Thirty minute headways would sure be better than hourly, of course, but it’s certainly closer to RER Light.
And....I still wonder whether a Mount Joy turnaround could be managed instead of Unionville.
I'm reminded of 'Houlihan's Law'. What's that? Houlihan thought Murphy was an optimist.The double track at Kennedy starts north of the platform, so one has to add the dwell time in station for both trains to that four minutes of travel time. Plus, it would really mess up the Kingston Sub if meets at Scarboro Jct were so tight that an upbound train were sitting on a Kingston main track waiting for the Union bound train to come off the single track..... or even hitting restrictive signals as it came eastwards. So there has to be a gap of a few minutes after a train comes south-to-west before the next upbound is due. So, I’m dubious about even a 15 minute headway.