01-30-2020, 03:35 PM
(01-30-2020, 02:44 PM)tomh009 Wrote: I really don't see why this would be outgrown in a decade. It'll handle two tracks for GO (westbound and eastbound) and one track for VIA/whatever. There will normally be people waiting for at most two trains. I can't see any expansion in the number of tracks into Kitchener in the next 20 years or so. I don't see why this station design would not have the capacity to handle this, regardless of the GO frequency. Can you please elaborate why it would need to be torn down?
Why do you think this doesn't have sufficient priority? What is not getting done?
I believe GO can run trains 15 minutes apart on their tracks. If I have that right, 2 tracks allows 15 minute service in each direction, which is so much more service than we have now that it’s hard to imagine. Going above that level of service would probably be best handled by extending a different route to Cambridge, rather than just by cramming as much traffic as possible through Kitchener.
I can’t see us outgrowing a 3-platform station in the foreseeable future.
You might convince me that the design should allow for more platforms — maybe we eventually want to max out the number of trains on a 2-track mainline; given dwell times at the station, trains on one mainline track might need to alternate platforms at the station. But even just the 3 platforms planned would really allow for a lot more trains than anybody is planning to fund anytime soon.