bearcat
Active Member
The photo shows a train departing your station (Exhibition) at 12:25 terminating at Aldershot and a train departing Exhibition at 12:55 terminating at West Harbour.
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The photo shows a train departing your station (Exhibition) at 12:25 terminating at Aldershot and a train departing Exhibition at 12:55 terminating at West Harbour.
reaperexpress
Senior Member
The visual separation between Eastbound and Westbound departures is pretty terrible - those rows should be formatted to make it clear that they're headers, not just another line in the list. But even so it's pretty obvious what the departure screen is conveying.
Also, I've said this before, but for legibility they really should go back to alternating the text between English and French, instead of showing both at the same time. Having both on screen at the same time adds a ton of clutter and makes the information so much harder to parse. Most of the French on there is extremely simple anyway so even those who flunked grade 9 French class will have no trouble getting the info they need without necessarily waiting for the screen to switch back to English.
Also, I've said this before, but for legibility they really should go back to alternating the text between English and French, instead of showing both at the same time. Having both on screen at the same time adds a ton of clutter and makes the information so much harder to parse. Most of the French on there is extremely simple anyway so even those who flunked grade 9 French class will have no trouble getting the info they need without necessarily waiting for the screen to switch back to English.
T3G
Senior Member
Today, I rode the LSW line west of Oakville for the first time ever and saw a baffling procedure take place at the Kerr Street crossing. The train stopped just before the crossing, one of the guys in the cab got out, and the train crawled across Kerr, before stopping again to let the guy back in, and then the train continued as normal.
Heading back east, no such procedure occurred and the train blew through the crossing at regular speed.
What was going on???
Heading back east, no such procedure occurred and the train blew through the crossing at regular speed.
What was going on???
smallspy
Senior Member
The crossing failed. The conductor had to get out of the train to flag the crossing - prevent any cars from crossing while the train inched its way across to occupy it - and then reboarded and went on their way.
By the time you went back east the crossing had been fixed, and so trains could pass as normal.
Dan
Bojaxs
Senior Member
People of Bradford want to see express trains on the Barrie line.
www.barrietoday.com
Petition pushes for express Bradford-Union Station GO train
‘Bradford is one of the fastest-growing towns in Ontario, but our transit options remain stuck in slow motion,’ says organizer
www.barrietoday.com
ShonTron
Moderator
People of Bradford want to see express trains on the Barrie line.
Petition pushes for express Bradford-Union Station GO train
‘Bradford is one of the fastest-growing towns in Ontario, but our transit options remain stuck in slow motion,’ says organizer
Uhhhhh...
They do know there's a lot of work still to come to make it possible, right? And that it's actually happening?
canarob
Senior Member
Express service on a non-Lakeshore line would be game changing for GO. I'm still hopeful for Stouffville, but the new stations at Finch and East Harbour will probably just add more time to a service that's gotten much slower over the years.
ShonTron
Moderator
So far, Kitchener has express service too, but like Lakeshore West (excluding Niagara runs) only during weekday peak.
I can’t wait for off-peak express service.
nfitz
Superstar
Express service on Stouffville and Barrie seem impossible to me, with a minimum 15-minute two-direction service and only 2 tracks. Stouffville already goes express at Kennedy.
From the width of the new structures on both lines, there's no plans for more tracks.
crs1026
Superstar
There you go, letting logistics and facts and dollars get in the way again.....
If we can build a tunnel under the 401, surely we can build express trains to Barrie...
- Paul
- Paul
nfitz
Superstar
Sure you can do anything for a price.
But if there was any intention to do so in the next quarter century then they'd have put in wider structures during the recent rebuild and expansion.
turbanplanner
Senior Member
“People are wasting hours commuting.” Pardon my French but no shit? Living 80KM away is going to entail thatPeople of Bradford want to see express trains on the Barrie line.
Petition pushes for express Bradford-Union Station GO train
‘Bradford is one of the fastest-growing towns in Ontario, but our transit options remain stuck in slow motion,’ says organizer
Bojaxs
Senior Member
I could have sworn some people in this thread were saying that express was possible on the Barrie line due to some stretches of the line being triple track. Particularly through Rutherford GO.
crs1026
Superstar
Triple track has been spaced in for segments of the Barrie line, yes. That would permit a certain amount of unidirectional peak express service. But, how much time that saves will depend on the headways planned. Much more express track would be needed to extend express service beyond about King City. And, as noted, the section south of Concord does not have the width to add an express track.
- Paul
- Paul
smallspy
Senior Member
There are several sections of triple track being roughed in during the current corridor expansion project.
Rutherford, Maple and Downsview Park stations are already set up for triple track, and Caledonia's EA has allowed room for 3 tracks through there. That said, there will be a section of double track from Steeles to Highway 7, and it will be double track to the south.
Dan