[crs1026]

Ah, I see we've reached the point in the project where every small town thinks they should get a station. About time to wrap this up.

No, this is a different theme, and I'm happy to see it getting some momentum.

Clearly Alto should not be stopping in every town along the route, even larger ones. This bandwagon is more about the need of local communities being bypassed by Alto - which need their own solution - realising they are not being included in government transport planning, and asking for their needs (which are not solvable by Alto) to see action..

To repeat myself, Alto is the Province's second highest priority. The highest is regional rail. Alto is a nice bauble, but it is $40-60B spent a decade away, when what would impact more is $3-5B spent immediately on regional rail between London and Kingston. More cars taken off the road, and more opportunity for modal shift, than addressing drivers going all the way from Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal.

- Paul

 

[Bordercollie]

I'd hardly call Kingston a small town. If they do build the alignment they are already studying through Sydenham, then failing to stop there would be unusual. On the same silliness as HS2 running near Oxford and Banbury, between Solihull and Acton without an intermediate stop.

Flying is for distances longer than 400kms. Plus to go from London to Kingston there is no direct flight. So you can drive, take the bus or the train.

This is where having high speed rail makes sense.

Think about London to Belleville or Brockville. Flying doesn't make sense.

 

[cplchanb]

Flying is for distances longer than 400kms. Plus to go from London to Kingston there is no direct flight. So you can drive, take the bus or the train.

This is where having high speed rail makes sense.

Think about London to Belleville or Brockville. Flying doesn't make sense.

I long for the day we can enact a law like they did in France to ban local air travel. Sad it wont happen in my lifetime

 

[Bordercollie]

I long for the day we can enact a law like they did in France to ban local air travel. Sad it wont happen in my lifetime

You can only do that if there is another effective means of transportation

 

[cplchanb]

You can only do that if there is another effective means of transportation

Exactly...
We just have the Corridor... and its slow

 

[lenaitch]

the example you brought up for the USRC is all about inspection and maintenance and nothing to do with structural integrity. since GO owns and exclusively uses this entire corridor why does it need to be subjected to heavy freight train standards? will their signalling upgrades allow them to relax the draconian measures?

Because it also operates equipment on shared track, both freight and VIA.

 

[cplchanb]

Because it also operates equipment on shared track, both freight and VIA.

Ok then those lines can use diesels or go buys the rest of the track.
But theres no reason why LSW, LSE and stouffville cant use more efficient trains. ML is just being cheap