05-10-2021, 06:34 PM
Passenger trains run at higher speeds than freight but make more stops, making them an absolute pain in the _._ to schedule freight around, especially when they need to merge onto and off a portion of a freight line as between Georgetown and the 407. The lions share of the profits for CN and CP will always come from freight, so of course it will get the priority. We really need dedicated passenger tracks in this country, but the moment a new line is suggested the public gets up in arms about government waste in way that they just don't when new or wider roads are proposed. It's a chicken and egg thing, people see rail as a waste of money because the service they've seen in their lifetime has sucked, but until more money is properly invested it will continue to suck. The missing link was visionary, the latest "See? We don't need no stinking missing link" announcements from Metrolinx are merely half assed stop gaps. They mostly address current needs with no scale for future ones. I hope at least that VIA gets their HFR plan funded.
...K