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This is absolutely the case. Part of VIA"s business case for the new fleet was for increased equipment utilization, and thus the...

While most of my travel of late has been to and from Ottawa, from what I've seen of hanging around Union and Ottawa while waiting for my...

As far as Metrolinx is concerned, the one at Spadina/across from The Well is off of the books. That doesn't mean that other groups...

In any ideal world, perhaps. But we live in one that isn't. And the way that the rail corridor interacts with the neighbourhoods around...

They were going to lose all of them. But they've since walked back that plan with the building of the station between Queen and King. Dan

They're not. They're still working on stress testing the line - they can't even get all of the service that they want to run out on the...

It was. If the tilting was locked out on a single car, the train's speed was limited to the regular Passenger speed. Once they removed...

Well, I have a surprise for you then.... Because the operators have not been informed that their RSD is starting. They would have...

Prove it. Not a single railroad that I'm aware of operates without some emergency maintenance tasks being done on the live network. That...

There are lots and lots of tasks that the CSAs will be doing that the operators will be not. For one, they need to know the layout of...

Sure. But they have started their Revenue Service Demonstration - the RSD for the operators has not. Dan

As I posted in the Eglinton thread, this is only for CSAs and not operators. Dan

The original location of Exhibition GO was west of Dufferin St. and was built for the Grand Trunk Railroad, the original railway owner...

In fairness, that is for the CSRs, not the operators. Dan

This is absolutely a thing. Many companies build in a "Metrolinx Tax" when bidding on their tenders. Dan