05-26-2015, 05:31 AM
Thanks Markster. So basically there won't be any freight run in parallel with Ion?
ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
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05-26-2015, 05:31 AM
Thanks Markster. So basically there won't be any freight run in parallel with Ion?
05-26-2015, 06:53 AM
Not at the same time, no.
Freight will be after-hours
05-26-2015, 07:01 AM
They can't run the LFLRV's at the same time as freight because of Transport Canada crash regulations. The track will be interesting at the ion stops because there will be gauntlet tracks.
05-26-2015, 08:45 AM
I'm not sure where to put this (Outside Waterloo Region?), but the provincial government is in the process of announcing a billion dollars for LRT in Hamilton.
The reason I think it's salient to Ion is that I continue to believe this sets a good precedent for funding the conversion of aBRT to Cambridge to LRT. The plans for that exist, the business case exists (and is arguably better than Hamilton's), the support is there (unlike in Hamilton, where there is deep division over whether they want LRT or not). I think this (along with the Hurtontario announcement the other week) bodes well for us to go for very generous funding for Phase II funding sometime in the near future. Maybe we should have an Ion- Phase II thread? Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I think it will be sooner than later when we start talking seriously about going after the money. Not long after opening day of Phase I, I reckon.
05-26-2015, 01:02 PM
A second set of tracks has been laid across the Bearinger road intersection.
05-26-2015, 01:44 PM
To further on what MidTowner said:
$1 billion for Hamilton LRT line, additional GO train station, Wynne promises May 26, 2015 | Waterloo Region Record | Link Quote:HAMILTON — The city of Hamilton will get up to $1 billion from the Ontario government for a Light Rail Transit line from McMaster University to Queenston Circle in the city's east end.
05-26-2015, 01:45 PM
Thank you Belmont.
05-26-2015, 03:33 PM
Heh, looks like the province is paying for 80% of Hamilton's LRT. If the city chips in, they can finish it to the real terminus.
05-26-2015, 03:55 PM
No chance of the municipal government contributing any of their own money; it'll have to stop a little short of the original plan. The route proposed by the province is more than 90% of the distance of the original route, plus a tiny spur line to the Go station.
05-26-2015, 04:11 PM
"Central Station - Innovation District". Uh, OK.
Light rail stop names get OK, with one tweak in Kitchener May 26, 2015 | Paige Desmond | Waterloo Region Record | Link Quote:WATERLOO REGION — Region of Waterloo councillors voted Tuesday on names for the light rail stops along the 19 kilometres of track from Conestoga Mall in Waterloo to Fairview Park mall in Kitchener.
05-26-2015, 04:51 PM
(05-26-2015, 01:44 PM)Spokes Wrote: To further on what MidTowner said: So will Waterloo now join Ottawa in getting on board the fullfair-funding-of-LRT-Stage-2 gravy train? Wynne opens LRT purse strings, Ottawa wants "fair" treatment Quote:Now Ottawa has watched Hamilton and Mississauga get full financial backing from the province for their LRT projects, at $1 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively.
05-26-2015, 05:30 PM
(05-26-2015, 04:11 PM)zanate Wrote: "Central Station - Innovation District". Uh, OK. That's way too long of a name. I hope the Transit Hub will get a different name...
Love the new name! King Central was awful and it made no sense to reference King, since that's the road you're traveling along and its therefore not unique.
05-26-2015, 07:20 PM
Heard the news on the radio this afternoon and it sounds like the Region is indeed looking at more provincial funding for Phase II.
05-26-2015, 07:31 PM
I feel like the only one who liked the name King Central I'm just glad it isn't "Transit Hub" or "Victoria".
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