tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post597427502770681293..comments2024-03-11T12:46:28.806-04:00Comments on You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: Kitchener commuters get the shaftC.J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-59001914226337445962016-03-12T18:05:31.061-05:002016-03-12T18:05:31.061-05:00I commute from Brampton to Bloor Go every day now ...I commute from Brampton to Bloor Go every day now so stopping there still benefits me. And in my observation, limited in scope of course, is that I am not the only one by any means. I used the UPX to the airport & picked up the 115 Brampton Transit to Brampton. It saved me an hour getting home that night and only made me long even more for when the evening and weekend Go trains service to Brampton kicks in (hopefully in September)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559017580849457736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-23165608084774179622016-03-11T08:10:51.578-05:002016-03-11T08:10:51.578-05:00Thank CP Rail for the nightmarish commute on that ...Thank CP Rail for the nightmarish commute on that line. They are even worse than CN when it comes to cooperation. They are the reason why the downtown station in Oshawa is pretty well dead. The conditions for using their right of way and a crossover track were outrageous. They were trying to get Metrolinx to perform improvements to the track sections that would benefit CP more than MX all the while paying nothing.<br />Once Metrolinx gets all the grade separations and new rights of ways complete, it should improve reliability by an order of magnitude on the Kitchener line. We can hope anyway.<br /><br />The track warping though is a problem with all lines, not just Kitchener. And there is no way to avoid it unfortunately. I spent 1.5 hours going from Union to Burlington last summer because of that.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899384282803901021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-57926890684131662062016-03-10T16:05:30.212-05:002016-03-10T16:05:30.212-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nahidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242575544186973331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-88634115098600009422016-03-10T16:04:58.318-05:002016-03-10T16:04:58.318-05:00What about people travelling from Etobicoke North ...What about people travelling from Etobicoke North or west to Bloor Station? I remember when I used to use this line, lots of people got off at Bloor in the morning and on at Bloor in the afternoon. You can't assume everyone is going to Union.Nahidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242575544186973331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-20287267884857240152016-03-10T15:35:39.402-05:002016-03-10T15:35:39.402-05:00Yup. Taking the train from Oshawa is a delight by ...Yup. Taking the train from Oshawa is a delight by comparison: 30-minute service (15-minute during rush times) that's fast and reliable. If you get an express train it's only 50 minutes, and I can tell you that the difference between that and 1:40 is huge. Especially when that 1:40 is more like 2:00 or worse on hot summer days when the tracks warp. And people make fun of the low-brow Oshawa population but I can assure you that Guelph is not so different. The GO Station itself is right downtown and it can get interesting...Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160376382277488872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-89311257229141515562016-03-10T15:29:32.066-05:002016-03-10T15:29:32.066-05:00@G: You moved to Oshawa to IMPROVE your commute???...@G: You moved to Oshawa to IMPROVE your commute???<br /><br />Wow. The Guelph line must be another circle of hell, in that case. I've been on the LSE (originating at Oshawa for all but 4 years) since 1999 and I guess it's a case of a person's perception of rhings having a lot to do with where they started!Nora1968https://www.blogger.com/profile/00631562861215481945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-22104600819448589592016-03-10T15:11:28.642-05:002016-03-10T15:11:28.642-05:00I used to commute on that line from Guelph and I c...I used to commute on that line from Guelph and I can't recall many (any?) people getting on or off at Bloor or Weston anyway. That line is crap, by the way: it's an extremely long ride even in the best of times (1:40); it has infrequent/unreliable service; tracks that got too hot in the summer forcing the train to crawl along at 40km/hr; only two trains in the morning (06:13 or 07:34), and two in the evening (16:50 or 17:50). If you've got a variable-length day like me then you'd end up taking the bus half the time. If I had to do the ride from Kitchener I'd probably go crazy. That's right, folks: it's way worse than even the notorious Barrie line.<br /><br />I moved to Oshawa just to improve my commute and have never looked back. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160376382277488872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-3124016298085528672016-03-10T14:23:35.007-05:002016-03-10T14:23:35.007-05:00No would seem to be the obvious answer. Weston and...No would seem to be the obvious answer. Weston and Bloor folks now have 15 minute UP Express service all day. There is no need for them to use GO.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190948833692517311noreply@blogger.com