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Thursday, October 5, 2017

I retire in 2039 - shovels won't hit the ground in Courtice for a GO station until 2023-24 - AT THE EARLIEST - says Metrolinx

DURHAM — One-hundred-and-seventeen years and counting.

In 1900, a newspaper article noted Bowmanville would soon have train service to Toronto. The wait continues.

At a recent regional council committee of the whole meeting, Metrolinx officials said extending GO train service east from Oshawa to Bowmanville wouldn't happen until 2023-24 at the earliest.

4 comments:

G said...

Ha. I predict progress will be as swift as the Burlington Station. Note that the freaking Chunnel took only 7 years from project approval to being open to traffic. A 50km-long underwater tunnel. But a city 20km east of Oshawa that is already serviced by existing rail lines will take decades.

Tal Hartsfeld said...

They're sure taking long enough ....

gmcnewlook said...

lol, they want to bulid an subway extension from finch to yonge/hwy 7 ill probably be an old man if they ever do build (or even fully agree to bulid) it....... (im 34 currently)

Rory said...

One of the big problems in Ontario is that the decision making process to get anything done is painfully slow. It doesn't have to be this way. Other jurisdictions manage to get projects completed in a timely fashion, but for some reason the powers that be in this province can't seem to move anything forward.