Bro...what? None of those towns have the population or economy to justify even a single bus, nevermind a train haha. I mean it would be cool to take the train there but until those towns grow to be cities of at least 150'000+ people, they aren't going to even consider putting a single GO bus stop in them. That goes for Hamilton and Brantford as well. Neither of those places matter that much. A town or city has to have a certain population and a great degree of economic, educational, cultural etc importance to warrant investment like that.
IMO the best solution to this is to just find a way to entice private operators to come here. Having a government run Crown corporation manage train or bus routes to Paris or Brantford would be an absurd waste of money and time. Nothing costs as much or moves as slowly than a North American government project. If private operators had incentive to move in and set up routes, then it would make sense. It would cost a lot less, they could move a lot faster as well as be more flexible and they wouldn't be burning tax dollars. Think back to when Greyhound still in Canada. They would go all over the country/provinces, stopping in the smallest towns. They offered cheap tickets and fairly reliable service. If we could get that sort of thing back, it would solve a lot of the intercity transit. Flixbus has been trying, at least. I hope they are successful. They have a lot of experience back home in Europe. Let them get a foothold here, more operators will come to compete, prices will drop, new routes will open up...and so on. This is a much better option than expecting politicians and government morons who don't give a shit to do it right.
I'm sure everyone here will disagree with me, but even a train to Cambridge is pretty god damn stupid to consider now or even in a decade. That place is Backwardsville. It's disconnected from the region. Nearly every citizen is a regressive, closed minded drooling fool that couldn't put a square peg into a square hole, the political class is made up of bottom feeding pond scum and the people working in the various departments aren't much smarter either. Maybe if we force them to accept the LRT and somehow find a legal way to overrule their stupid as stupid gets council and mayor so we can develop the city, we could think about a GO train connection in 30+ years time. But now? Why? I'm surprised the region is even bothering to do a business case on this.
IMO the best solution to this is to just find a way to entice private operators to come here. Having a government run Crown corporation manage train or bus routes to Paris or Brantford would be an absurd waste of money and time. Nothing costs as much or moves as slowly than a North American government project. If private operators had incentive to move in and set up routes, then it would make sense. It would cost a lot less, they could move a lot faster as well as be more flexible and they wouldn't be burning tax dollars. Think back to when Greyhound still in Canada. They would go all over the country/provinces, stopping in the smallest towns. They offered cheap tickets and fairly reliable service. If we could get that sort of thing back, it would solve a lot of the intercity transit. Flixbus has been trying, at least. I hope they are successful. They have a lot of experience back home in Europe. Let them get a foothold here, more operators will come to compete, prices will drop, new routes will open up...and so on. This is a much better option than expecting politicians and government morons who don't give a shit to do it right.
I'm sure everyone here will disagree with me, but even a train to Cambridge is pretty god damn stupid to consider now or even in a decade. That place is Backwardsville. It's disconnected from the region. Nearly every citizen is a regressive, closed minded drooling fool that couldn't put a square peg into a square hole, the political class is made up of bottom feeding pond scum and the people working in the various departments aren't much smarter either. Maybe if we force them to accept the LRT and somehow find a legal way to overrule their stupid as stupid gets council and mayor so we can develop the city, we could think about a GO train connection in 30+ years time. But now? Why? I'm surprised the region is even bothering to do a business case on this.