08-01-2021, 05:43 PM
(08-01-2021, 12:28 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Ultimately, I don't know what the plan is, but I don't think it's a logical direction at the moment, we need a real, wholistic rethink of our transportation network. Whether GO should become more than just a regional service, or whether Via should be that service, or there should be a merger or some form of co-operation. We need a larger rethink than just "hey, we can service London with trains".
Ideally you want regional rail (and commuter rail, as a subset of that), to work more like municipal public transit where where you can just pay your fare and hop on, rather than paying ahead for assigned, reserved seating like VIA does. It's a bit of a diffetrnt niche than VIA's inter-city model.