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Posted by geoffc on Mon Sep 3 21:49:30 2007, in response to Re: My Trip to Toronto, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Sep 3 15:39:44 2007. There was a point in time when the TTC had an excess capacity in street cars, and was looking for alternate routes that would be useful for them. They examined many alternatives, and the only route with sufficient load that warranted it was Finch Ave E, which would be WAY off the existing track network (6 Miles at least) so getting cars to it, would require as much track as to run the line.I think I heard the Queen St. Streetcar line carried more passengers each day than the entire GO transit commuter rail train system. GO (Government of Ontario) Transit runs the regional transit that comes from outside Toronto, into Toronto. They do long haul buses (coaches like many NJT buses) and commuter rail. They typically have to share the track with freight so they barely have any time on the tracks, compared to what they want to run. They are supposed to be triple tracking the Lakeshore line, east of the city, when I left last year. The bus network is pretty extensive, but suffers from traffic delays. |
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