12-02-2021, 04:44 PM
I don't think expropriation would fix anything here, and would be incredibly expensive.
The stretch of rail corridor through Brampton is congested, and doesn't have room for more tracks. If Metrolinx expropriated it, and kicked some CN trains out to make room for passenger rail, where would that cargo go? Probably onto trucks, which is hardly an improvement. At the same time, causing CN to lose that much business would make expropriation cost several billion dollars.
The only real solution here is a freight bypass, the "missing link" , which Ford killed because it cost money.
The stretch of rail corridor through Brampton is congested, and doesn't have room for more tracks. If Metrolinx expropriated it, and kicked some CN trains out to make room for passenger rail, where would that cargo go? Probably onto trucks, which is hardly an improvement. At the same time, causing CN to lose that much business would make expropriation cost several billion dollars.
The only real solution here is a freight bypass, the "missing link" , which Ford killed because it cost money.