lafard
Active Member
No Canada line?
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Many lines missing in many cities. And why an express train that runs every 15 minutes even mid-day wouldn't be rapid I don't know ...No Canada line?
Toronto doesn't have a rail system. There is a rail network in Toronto, but it's not the City's.Most cities would give their left nut to have the rail system Toronto has. The problem is that Toronto uses so little of it.
Not one rapid transit line in Toronto actually takes advantage of the rail infastructure already in place.
Just look at the GO line to Georgetown and the AirLink. Why don't they just ad 4 or 5 new stations onto the route, run DMUs and voila............a new Metro line that everyone could use to get to the airport from Union and it could be extended east/north using the current rail lines to Pape and then hook up with the BD. Instaed of being an expensive little commuter service that few woill be able to afford it could be a true Metro line and at Etiboko north station the trains could split {a la Canada Line} with every other one going to Pearson and the other using an elevated track head north to Humber
A DRL east section for pennies on the dollar but within the standard TTC area with an extra $5 toll for those heading to Pearson. ALL rail lines in Toronto should be used as some form of transit for the TTC and GO only if possible.
That isn't how English is used.Toronto doesn't have a rail system. There is a rail network in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
That isn't how English is used.
If we followed what you said, we could also say:
Toronto doesn't have a hockey team. There is a hockey team in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
Toronto doesn't have an airport. There is an airport in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
Toronto doesn't have an Ikea. There is an Ikea in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
Toronto does have a rail network.
is this urbantoronto or semanticssmackdown???...it's so hard to tell some days
You could say all those things and be correct. Likewise, you could say "There is a power utility company in Toronto, that is partially owned by the City". I guess you missed my point of the Corporation of the City of Toronto does not have ownership of the rail cooridors, therefore they cannot just do with them as they please. Capital C city means the legal entity. Little C city means the town, area, etc.That isn't how English is used.
If we followed what you said, we could also say:
Toronto doesn't have a hockey team. There is a hockey team in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
Toronto doesn't have an airport. There is an airport in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
Toronto doesn't have an Ikea. There is an Ikea in Toronto, but it's not the City's.
Toronto does have a rail network.
I don't know how the capitalization you use of "City" in the later statement changes your false claim that Toronto doesn't have a rail system. You didn't say "The City of Toronto doesn't have a rail system".
I'm sure everyone here is well aware that the City doesn't own of the active rail corridors - that's a red herring.
I don't know how the capitalization you use of "City" in the later statement changes your false claim that Toronto doesn't have a rail system. You didn't say "The City of Toronto doesn't have a rail system".
I'm sure everyone here is well aware that the City doesn't own of the active rail corridors - that's a red herring.
My statement regarding the City of Toronto not having a rail system directly related to ssiguy2's last statement. The TTC can't just "use" the rail lines because they are not City property. If you want to read into my statement more than that, I'll withdraw the contentious part. However, everyone here is obviously not aware that the City doesn't own the active rail cooridors, otherwise why was ssiguy suggesting they should be used by the TTC? GO pays for the privledge, the TTC go their own way.ALL rail lines in Toronto should be used as some form of transit for the TTC and GO only if possible.
My statement regarding the City of Toronto not having a rail system directly related to ssiguy2's last statement. The TTC can't just "use" the rail lines because they are not City property. If you want to read into my statement more than that, I'll withdraw the contentious part. However, everyone here is obviously not aware that the City doesn't own the active rail cooridors, otherwise why was ssiguy suggesting they should be used by the TTC? GO pays for the privledge, the TTC go their own way.