fiendishlibrarian
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"since Metrolinx is looking at forcing the TTC to convert the streetcar system"
Convert it to what? Standard gauge? Allow me to think worst-case here: So I take it then that it will be Metrolinx that will pay for the ripping up of what is fairly new track across the entire city, not to mention the carhouses and Hillcrest? Will Metrolinx and its honchos take the political flak for this? Will it be Metrolinx that addresses the questions of waste and duplication? Will it be Metrolinx that takes the blame and the finger pointing and accusations of short-sightedness and lack of planning? The only precedent I can think of where something like this occurred on such a large scale was after 1922, when the TTC had to rebuild all the former TCR and TRC lines in order to accommodate the then-new Peter Witts that required more space.
Or are we simply saying that Metrolinx is forcing the TTC to convert any *new* streetcar lines to standard gauge, and leave the legacy system as is? Because anything else is pure insanity.
Convert it to what? Standard gauge? Allow me to think worst-case here: So I take it then that it will be Metrolinx that will pay for the ripping up of what is fairly new track across the entire city, not to mention the carhouses and Hillcrest? Will Metrolinx and its honchos take the political flak for this? Will it be Metrolinx that addresses the questions of waste and duplication? Will it be Metrolinx that takes the blame and the finger pointing and accusations of short-sightedness and lack of planning? The only precedent I can think of where something like this occurred on such a large scale was after 1922, when the TTC had to rebuild all the former TCR and TRC lines in order to accommodate the then-new Peter Witts that required more space.
Or are we simply saying that Metrolinx is forcing the TTC to convert any *new* streetcar lines to standard gauge, and leave the legacy system as is? Because anything else is pure insanity.
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