Allandale25
Senior Member
I know the government spin part can be frustrating and make the public loose confidence in transit expansion, create cynicism, etc, but I think it's also helpful to note that when/if something is announced, at least it should show that CN Rail is willing to negotiate and those negotiations must be going well or at least progressing. If not, there wouldn't be any new "slots" (is that what they are called?) for more GO trains to use the tracks.
It'll be interesting to see how much more they can squeeze out of CN to implement the "Munro chart" above (the one that goes to fiscal 2019-2020) before triggering something like building the Missing Link, a rail-over-rail grade separation at Mount Pleasant, a third track on the south side of the existing tracks at the Brampton GO station, or all of the above, is required. In the GO RER Business Case Analysis (BCA) they talked about five scenarios:
From the GO RER Business Case Analysis Appendix (pg 268) on the Kitchener Corridor:
*qualifications:
It'll be interesting to see how much more they can squeeze out of CN to implement the "Munro chart" above (the one that goes to fiscal 2019-2020) before triggering something like building the Missing Link, a rail-over-rail grade separation at Mount Pleasant, a third track on the south side of the existing tracks at the Brampton GO station, or all of the above, is required. In the GO RER Business Case Analysis (BCA) they talked about five scenarios:
- Scenario 1 (Do Minimum)
- Scenario 2 (Two-Way All-Day)
- Scenario 3 (10-Year Plan)
- Scenario 4 (Full Build) - I think this is the one where GO would get exclusive use of the tracks between Georgetown and Bramalea
- Scenario 5 (Optimized)
From the GO RER Business Case Analysis Appendix (pg 268) on the Kitchener Corridor:
*qualifications:
Of course it is the two new trains/extensions to Kitchener......they will hold a presser in the next two weeks (re)announcing the 100% increase in train service to Kitchener starting in September and showing the work behind them as "important" infrastructure investments necessary to get Ontario moving.
Then sometime around Labour day, they will return there to (re)re-announce it as starting next week we will increase trains to Kitchener by 100% to get Ontario moving.
If we were able to compound all of these 100% announcements everybody in the corridor would have their own train by then.