brianc1981 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 4:31 PM, Shaun said: Has anyone installed washrooms on an enviro double decker before? I don't think washrooms are necessary on routes or washroom breaks. As it is there are some very long routes, like the bus that goes from union to Georgetown and the University of Guelph, or the Hamilton to Pickering route or Oakville to Oshawa. If I recall they are all around 3 hours one way. Running the 30 between Bramalea station to Kitchener and London would probably only take 2.5-3 hours at most. Another route could be an extension of the 15 to Brantford, operating down to London via Woodstock. Personally I think that there needs to be another extension of bus service, with a route connecting East Gwillimbury to Orangeville, and there should be a route that operates from Orangeville to Owen Sound and possibly a route from Orangeville to Barrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCIBUS Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 The only GO Buses that I'm aware of that actual had washrooms on board where the MCI's they bought used from Woodlands California. I don't know if they where in use or not though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureHeartsJunkie Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Just In: Starting on the weekend of November 5th (after 9:00pm) and running all weekend until the end of service on November 7th, 2021, there will be no Lakeshore East train service between Guildwood and the Oshawa GO station due to extensive track work and the rehabilitation of the Rouge Hill Bridge. A summary of the details go as follows: GO Trains on the Lakeshore East line will run hourly on the weekend of the closure between Union and Guildwood Replacement GO buses will run between Guildwood GO station doing express to Pickering GO and making all stops to Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa For those who live in the vicinity of the Rouge Hill GO Train station, they must use the TTC to get to/from Downtown Toronto The last time that a closure of a similar magnitude took place - was back in October 2019. As I had stressed before, while it may be "sound" to do the work in stages - it could hinder the schedule. If GO wanted to have more frequent service sooner rather than later, then a closure is necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion V Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, MCIBUS said: The only GO Buses that I'm aware of that actual had washrooms on board where the MCI's they bought used from Woodlands California. I don't know if they where in use or not though? The 102C3s. No they never had the washrooms in use once GO bought them. It was boarded up iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 It will reduce travel times by about 5 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Shaun said: It will reduce travel times by about 5 minutes. They already dropped it 6 minutes between Kitchener and Bloor in the last schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Oke Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 anyone know what this is about? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureHeartsJunkie Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 minute ago, John Oke said: anyone know what this is about? something to do with the vaccination mandate that the Metrolinx employees must follow (not limited to GO Transit, UP Express and it's other divisions) - if i'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylortbb Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 On 9/16/2021 at 4:53 PM, Articulated said: As mentioned in previous posts, VIA on the faster train corridor currently takes 2:15 to 2:30 to go between Toronto and London. The route via Kitchener/Stratford has both lower-quality tracks and a longer distance; existing VIA trains take around 3:30 to make the trip on this corridor. I was curious about distance so I measured it out on Google Maps, the London-Toronto route is only 10km longer via Kitchener than the south route via Brantford. So the time difference is almost entirely track quality, and not from the longer route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 16 hours ago, taylortbb said: I was curious about distance so I measured it out on Google Maps, the London-Toronto route is only 10km longer via Kitchener than the south route via Brantford. So the time difference is almost entirely track quality, and not from the longer route. Yeah - looking at old VIA schedules, they list the mileage through Brantford as 185 km, and 195 km through Kitchener. Back then (1989), it was about 2:15 through Brantford and 3 through Kitchener. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureHeartsJunkie Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 10/28/2021 at 9:26 PM, FutureHeartsJunkie said: Just In: Starting on the weekend of November 5th (after 9:00pm) and running all weekend until the end of service on November 7th, 2021, there will be no Lakeshore East train service between Guildwood and the Oshawa GO station due to extensive track work and the rehabilitation of the Rouge Hill Bridge. A summary of the details go as follows: GO Trains on the Lakeshore East line will run hourly on the weekend of the closure between Union and Guildwood Replacement GO buses will run between Guildwood GO station doing express to Pickering GO and making all stops to Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa For those who live in the vicinity of the Rouge Hill GO Train station, they must use the TTC to get to/from Downtown Toronto The last time that a closure of a similar magnitude took place - was back in October 2019. As I had stressed before, while it may be "sound" to do the work in stages - it could hinder the schedule. If GO wanted to have more frequent service sooner rather than later, then a closure is necessary. An amendement to my last post regarding the LSE GO Train line closure - the bus placements will be provided by Coach Canada rather than GO Transit themselves (they have made the decision to temporarily outsource the shuttle buses during the upcoming closure). Source: https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/11/04/lakeshore-east-weekend-train-service-affected-by-upcoming-construction/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 9, 2021 Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 8433 is wrapped for CAA Insurance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 They removed all of the deals? I saw some units being towed to Steeprock so I guess that's what they where doing. So I guess the MCI's are more reliable even with the reduced capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newflyerinvero Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 I an pleasantly surprised to see that there weren't any GO bus trip cancellations compared to two weeks ago. Have things improved with having enough operators to run the regularly scheduled services? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC7447 Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, newflyerinvero said: I an pleasantly surprised to see that there weren't any GO bus trip cancellations compared to two weeks ago. Have things improved with having enough operators to run the regularly scheduled services? Well... https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/11/15/go-transit-lakeshore-west-line-cancelled-barrie-union-station/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, TTC7447 said: Well... https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/11/15/go-transit-lakeshore-west-line-cancelled-barrie-union-station/ That's trains, not buses. Also, they said they were only guessing it's Covid-related. The Star has since revealed that the Covid mandate hasn't taken effective yet for trains - so presumably City was wrong. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/11/15/go-train-up-express-crews-may-not-be-vaccinated.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 GO needs to change arrival time for London to 8:33 from 8:13 due no track space at London because of VIA Trains 8:10 Train https://youtu.be/5_rh_m0NeLA 8:22 Train https://youtu.be/FaerCJYc0tc 8: 30 Train https://youtu.be/WE9j18ChNuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 There is a third track they can use. I'm sure they thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum118 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 5:55 PM, Shaun said: There is a third track they can use. I'm sure they thought of that. I have seen VIA store trains on that 3rd track in the past. If Metrolinx plans on running more trains to London as well VIA, going to need a 4th track and a layover area. They have built an accessibility platform on platform 1 near the east end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin ORION Posted November 19, 2021 Root Admin Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 9:44 PM, Gamer Studios said: So um...GO already retired one of their 2014 units (according to the listing) and it's up for sale on Kijiji https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-other/mississauga-peel-region/2014-double-deck-bus/1593746177?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=sms Its a wrap over the livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 5 hours ago, drum118 said: I have seen VIA store trains on that 3rd track in the past. If Metrolinx plans on running more trains to London as well VIA, going to need a 4th track and a layover area. They have built an accessibility platform on platform 1 near the east end. There aren't that many trains using London. All of the freight traffic uses the non platform tracks. Its just a matter of timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureHeartsJunkie Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Head's up to anyone going to/from Toronto this coming weekend: The Lakeshore East GO Train line will be closed starting Friday night (November 26, 2021) and will run all weekend until the beginning of November 29, 2021. This is due to the rehabilitation of the train bridge across the Rouge River. Bus replacements will serve Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering before heading express to the Union Station Bus Terminal Those who live between Danforth GO station and Rouge Hill GO station - must take the TTC Also, the Stouffville GO train line will make extra stops at Danforth and Scarborough GO stations during the closure. For the first point mentioned above, I'm not sure if GO will be using its drivers in house - or even decided to "outsource" the rail replacements to another company (as it had during the last closure a couple of weeks ago) - just for the train replacements shuttles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Oke Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 On 11/23/2021 at 4:25 PM, FutureHeartsJunkie said: I'm not sure if GO will be using its drivers in house - or even decided to "outsource" the rail replacements to another company (as it had during the last closure a couple of weeks ago) - just for the train replacements shuttles. Do we know now considering the closure starts tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 This was one of the GO shuttles from last weekend's closure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureHeartsJunkie Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Shemar said: This was one of the GO shuttles from last weekend's closure was hoping for a double-decker Megabus, but that would be unlikely. In addition, there's also some washrooms onboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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