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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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02-24-2020, 10:57 AM
(02-24-2020, 09:48 AM)ac3r Wrote: ION Phase 2 was originally planned to use the CP tracks into Cambridge, but it seems they realized that it would be a real problem due to the frequency of CP trains coming from Toyota and various industries in Guelph, and decided to build a series of viaducts instead, because CP wouldn't hold up their trains so the ION can be running on time.

Cite? My understanding is that the previous proposed Phase 2 route was to run immediately parallel to the CP tracks, not actually share trackage.
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by ijmorlan - 02-24-2020, 10:57 AM
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