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Turn around time though. Going ton London is essentially a day long commitment due to slow orders etc. We need that staff back in Union asap and going back asap. Unless that train will be sitting out of service when it reaches Brampton/Kitchener. I say the same for Niagara Falls at this point too. St Catharines is closed now.
It also has no reverse-peak service - which remains shocking.
It did briefly in September 2021, but then we lost it after a few months when the staffing crisis began.
The train leaves London at 5:15AM, and returns to London at ~8:15PM. If we pretend that the crew that operates the London train can freely go anywhere at any time, that's 1 extra crew we have to work with in a time period of 5:15AM-7:30AM, and 6PM to 8:15PM if we choose to cancel the London service. That morning trip especially isn't helpful as there isn't really any demand for a service that starts that early on most lines (and the ones that do already have train service). So that's crew that I guess could maybe operate an extra train service after 7PM?
The crew is based in Kitchener so you need to also add an hour each way to drive to London in the morning, and back to Kitchener in the evening. It adds over 6h/day compared to just starting in Kitchener.
... sure, but again the number of hours isn't the problem, the problem is which hours specifically are lost - and the reality is those first 3 hours are absolutely worthless. In reality there are only 3 hours of actually worthwhile crew time that is lost, so that's an extra 3h worth of crew that you can do something with, and that something is during afternoon peak where there aren't many places where that crew can go and be useful. The only thing I can think of is maybe just redirect that London train to instead go back to Toronto instead which... neat? Not a lot that you can do with it though.
Okay... but there's a maximum amount that each crew can work in a day. 3 hours of work at 4AM is 3 hours that they can't do later in the day. Currently the morning and afternoon London trains are run by two different crews because it would be too long of a shift otherwise.
I stand corrected. But the most recent job listing I was directly emailed yesterday did not include the position in question..
Couldn't they put a trailer there as a temporary solution until the station is renovated?
I rode the weekend Niagara train almost every week over the summer, the crowds getting on at Niagara far exceeds the crowds getting on at St. Catharines.
I’m pretty sure it’s the track that’s getting upgraded and required the closure, not the station. GO can’t use the small asphalt crossing to the second track.
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It looks like this was an error. The schedules have been updated with the missing trips and there is no reduction in service. I suspected it was an error since the buses holding for nonexistent trains didn't make any sense.
