DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
Finally, what is the reasonsing of doing the Bowmanville extension over CP Rail lines not just using the CN lines?
I believe this was done to put the trains closer to the people. The CP line is closer to the urban centres of Oshawa and Bowmanville whereas the CN line runs along a less dense urban industrial area. Passengers would therefore in theory be able to walk, cycle and take public transit to access GO stations, and less likely to drive.
Fritter is bang-on. Both corridors were on the table when GO first started looking at the extension, but the municipalities really made it clear they wanted a CP corridor for their city centres, and pushed hard for it.
Fair. So what will happen to the current Oshawa Station renovation? Will that be VIA only?
I think this has been discussed a few times before, but I believe UT consensus is that original plan was to indeed make it VIA only, but now to make it a branch, like Hamilton is now/will be.