06-14-2016, 12:43 PM
I'll be the first to make a crazy only partly tongue-in-cheek proposal: this should not be a CN bypass of Guelph. It should be a GO bypass of Guelph. Guelph's geometry already poses the greatest slowdown of any area of the line. With Mayor Cam Guthrie working to get rid of much weekend bus service, and having (already?) reduced even peak bus service to no more frequently than every 30 minutes, Guelph is no longer suitable as a destination for GO train users. If this is the attitude that they take, push for GO to take the detour around them to Kitchener, where GRT iXpress/ION are more than capable of quickly disseminating people from the station. Plus, if you dodge past Guelph, you probably don't need any speed upgrades to take the trip from 2h down to 1:40 or 1:30.