Fritter
Active Member
It looks like the missing new Lakeshore East expresses will be operating in non revenue test mode service for awhile.
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Allandale25
Senior Member
I thought the reason the previous gov cut back services was because of construction? Maybe I'm misremembering?
crs1026
Superstar
^When was there ever midday train service beyond Unionville? Was that ever actually reduced? #memorybank
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nfitz
Superstar
Oh that's interesting.
Did someone higher up at Metrolinx get stung by the January Kitchener changes and insist on some kind of test in case they can't run them on time, afraid of the bad press?
Richard White
Senior Member
As the saying goes if you build it they will cum. To that end Hamilton is a bustling town and will attract people to board the trains. It just lacks capacity to do permit more passengers sort of like a Line 1 train heading south when it hits Lawrence.
nfitz
Superstar
If you were talking about about a station in the middle somewhere, sure.
But how does a 10-car (12-car?) train starting at West Harbour have capacity constraints, when there seems to be only 10 passengers starting on some runs? Perhaps we are talking about different things?
Richard White
Senior Member
I had suggested a train from Oakville to Niagara stopping at West Harbour.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
It's probably later on in the run. Starts to fill by Oakville, and is mostly filled by Mimico.
Jonny5
Senior Member
I'm sure a few UT commenters have.
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Neutrino
Senior Member
^Although the way Toronto does things, it's more like they keep coming, but we won't build.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
It'll be- We are doing a EA, then we are planning, then "we are delaying the project", then "it's further delayed" and then it's built
hw621
Senior Member
Lots of optimism here. It will be more like "We are doing a EA, then we are planning, then "we are delaying the project", then "it's further delayed" and then it's in time for the next government to cancel it. Then all over we go again."
rbt
Senior Member
Given the $30B size, I'm hopeful most of RER Package #3 remains intact.
Hurontario and Hamilton LRT might sneak through. Everything else is after the 2022 provincial election for a tender, so completely up in the air.
robmausser
Senior Member
There was a single reverse commute train that operated from 2004
"This was followed, on April 30, 2004, with a reverse-commute train running northbound from Union to Markham in the morning and southbound from Markham to Union in the afternoon. This was accomplished at minimal costs, using a run that had been deadheaded before. "
https://transit.toronto.on.ca/regional/2110.shtml
I dont know when it was cancelled.
canarob
Senior Member
The mayor has things a bit jumbled. Many of the complaints were about direct bus service (express to Markham GO) being replaced with a train and bus connection that almost doubled travel times and severely reduced frequencies. Of course we'd rather have trains, but for anyone north of Unionville GO (i.e., most of Markham) the old bus routes were better that the train/bus combo. Running trains to Mount Joy should have happened in the first place, but at least it's there now.