Bordercollie
Senior Member
I'm taking about the way that they negotiated. Like the YRT strike the free service probably cost more than the pay increase that they were asking for in the first place.
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Amare
Senior Member
Just rememeber that Metrolinx is about as "arms length" a government agency as your arms are to your legs. Simply put, Metrolinx is a pawn of the the Provincial Government plain and simple. What they do is directed by the province.
drum118
Superstar
That was my fear when the Bill was created to form ML back in 2006 and stated so to the panel at the hearing for the bill as well since then.
If ML was created like it should had been in the first place, it would had been a true hand off by the province and local government that a true network backbone was built to meet all needs, not the needs of a few.
RU479
Active Member
So apparently no more 6 car consists are being used?
Wasn't MX goal with GO from now on to run shorter trains that are more frequent?
Wasn't MX goal with GO from now on to run shorter trains that are more frequent?
gotransitboyhere
Active Member
I really hope that go transit trains stay longer in length than be short.
gotransitboyhere
Active Member
I hate to see Canada turn European if go transit buys these ugly trains that have stupid high pitch trumpet horns.
drum118
Superstar
If you got the manpower to do it which has been a major problem for years.
The way engineer are qualify, it takes 2 years if they can qualify in the first place. Unless you can get train engineers from other railways, long process to get new ones. You need 3 crews per train to run 5-7 days service all day.
Other than NA, you can be train as an engineer in 9-12 months for most lines and up to 2 years for high speed lines.
So how many trains are needed for X line with Y service will give you an idea how many crews are needed for one line? Now, how crews are needed for all the lines with the same quality of service??
When a engineer hits someone, they can be off up to a year to never get back in a cab again. Some only last a short time after returning to service. Know a few that has happen this way.
WB62
Senior Member
As interesting as 12 car trains look, they are extremely inefficient for pretty much everyone, it's harder for crews, new stations are more expensive due to needing a longer platform, it slows down the train and makes the trip longer and slower. They just aren't viable for frequent service, and I think everyone would rather have more frequent service instead of longer trains.
Who cares about what the horns sound like, GO barely uses the horns and the sound does not matter to anyone except foamers.
RU479
Active Member
You know for someone who supposedly "works for GO", this sounds more like some 10 year old foamer who thinks that GO only serves to entertain railfans and is not an actual public service.
WB62
Senior Member
"Writing them" > Filling up their emails with junk
"Meeting them in person" > finding out where the consultation tables are and bugging them in person
smallspy
Senior Member
This is correct. In fact, looking back at the consist sheets, it looks like they haven't scheduled one for service since the middle of September.
While yes, they do want to get into a position where they are running more trains more often, I suspect that until they get the staffing situation sorted out that running fewer, longer trains is going to be the best option to meet the capacity requirements.
Dan
RU479
Active Member
Speaking of the staffing situation, I have been wondering what GO will do with 200-214 once they do indeed return to service. Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't their cab controls reactivated due to GO wanting to run more trains and needing more cab cars for it? If that's the case then how would they be used if they aren't running as frequent of trains and adding extra consists?
T3G
Senior Member
Just because they're not needed now doesn't mean they can't be used in the future.
WB62
Senior Member
gotransitboyhere
Active Member
Lmao I'm Married, so I can't be "10" and by the way I hope you never saw a 10 year old married. I'm thinking of kids tho, but I will have to adopt because I lost the ability in an accident when I was 21.
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