GO Transit

[chutten]

What.

[clasher]

What.

that was great! hahaha needs more inception sound(kinda loud!)

[trainspotter139]

What.

Haven't you heard? Metrolinx has a quite savvy marketing team. (this one is a parody ad of sorts)

[KevinL]

Specifically a pastiche of car spots (released for the auto show, you'll note).

[Bob_McBob]

Metrolinx claims they will add another train to Kitchener in a year and get travel time down to 90 minutes at some unspecified time.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/920...linx-says/

[Spokes]

Great news on both fronts, but curious how they plan on getting travel times down with the snap of a finger

[bgb_ca]

I only quickly read the article, but they are doing to just throw a few sidings in? Won't that make times worse if they do manage to get cn to allow all day?

[danbrotherston]

I only quickly read the article, but they are doing to just throw a few sidings in? Won't that make times worse if they do manage to get cn to allow all day?

More or less, the main way to save time right now is eliminating slow zones due to deferred track maintenance. They also want to remove and improve some (like 33) level crossings. Those things would definitely improve speeds.

[SammyOES]

I assume sidings can still speed up trips.

An extreme example: if you had a 100km section of single track, in order to have two trains pass each other you'd have to hold a train at the end and wait the time it takes the other train to go the whole 100km before the first train starts. If you put a passing spot in at the 50km mark, both trains can start and then pass in the middle. I have no idea the actual situation here but it seems plausible situations like this exist and will speed up trips.

[Canard]

This happens every day with the 19h18 VIA 87 to Sarnia out of Kitchener. The opposing train gets to just South of St. Mary’s... and sometimes has to wait aaaages for the 87 to come by.

[bgb_ca]

I assume sidings can still speed up trips.  

An extreme example: if you had a 100km section of single track, in order to have two trains pass each other you'd have to hold a train at the end and wait the time it takes the other train to go the whole 100km before the first train starts.  If you put a passing spot in at the 50km mark, both trains can start and then pass in the middle.  I have no idea the actual situation here but it seems plausible situations like this exist and will speed up trips.

Ideally, yes. But since the trains currently run one way in the morning and one way at night, it does not have to stop and wait at a siding. With two way, if a train needs to stop at a siding, especially on the cn leg, they need to factor in the wait time on the siding. So a 2 hour trip can turn into a 2 1/2 hour trip if you are sitting on a siding for 30 mins waiting for another train to pass the siding.

[SammyOES]

I thought there were issues with CN trains now running on the line and slowing down / restricting the GO schedule?

[timio]

If you read through the Kitchener GO Twitter feed, you'll see a broad variety of reasons for the delays, including freight train traffic west of Georgetown (and the very obscure "heavy passenger volume in Acton", whatever that means).

[tomh009]

I only quickly read the article, but they are doing to just throw a few sidings in? Won't that make times worse if they do manage to get cn to allow all day?

More or less, the main way to save time right now is eliminating slow zones due to deferred track maintenance.  They also want to remove and improve some (like 33) level crossings.  Those things would definitely improve speeds.

Does anyone know of a map that shows all the level crossings on this line?

[timio]

Google maps?

W -> E:
Kitchener:
St Leger
Lancaster
Lackner/Bingeman's Centre Drive

Breslau:
Woolwich
Wurster Pl
Shantz Station Road
Woolwich Guelph Townline

Guelph:
Speedvale Ave
Wellington Road 32
Alma St
Edinburgh Rd
Yorkshire St
Glasgow (anecdotally, saw a car with the gate on it's roof as I passed by on the GO a few weeks back)
Dublin Street
Watson Rd
Wellington Rd 29


Rockwood:
3rd Line
Fourth Line
Main Street
Harris Street
7th Line
Eramosa-Erin Townline

Acton:
Dublin Line
Main Street / 25
Highway 7
Eastern Ave
Wastewater Treatment driveway
3 Line
4th Line

Georgetown:
Trafalgar

Mt. Pleasant:
Winston Churchill
Heritage Road
Mississauga Rd

Brampton:
(Rail crossing)
Mill Street
John Street

Bramalea:
Torbram Road (Grade separation in progress)
Scarboro Street

I probably missed a few, but you can see, there's quite a number in play here. A handful of those would be quick wins (Lackner has some elevation you could use, many of the crossings in the country), and some would be painful (Guelph).