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nfitz said:
Calling that system LRT is like calling the SRT a streetcar. It was a souped-up version of the SRT technology, designed for 125 km/hr operation with cars the same length as a subway car, in articulated pairs. It would be a lot more similar to the Ontario Line subway than anything else in the GTA.

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Essentially this is what we need. Mid town inter regional transit. Building a dedicated bus lane on the 401 would be better.
 
Toronto was just promised a new transit line through the heart of the city

From https://www.blogto.com/city/2025/02/toronto-promised-new-transit-line/

The Ontario PC Party is promising Toronto will get yet another transit line as part of a bid ahead of this month's snap election.

The long-discussed Midtown GO Line could soon become a reality following a Thursday announcement from Ontario PC MPP candidate Prabmeet Sarkaria during a campaign stop in Brampton.

Sarkaria shared that a re-elected Ontario PC government would fund a major regional rail expansion referred to as "GO 2.0," touted as "the next generation of GO passenger train service in the Greater Golden Horseshoe" that would bring three GO Transit lines and 23 new stations to the region.

"GO 2.0 is a transformational project that will ease gridlock and bring millions of people closer to convenient transit in some of our fastest-growing communities," said Sarkaria.

He framed the planned GO expansion as a major public works project that would help support the province amid economic uncertainty.

"With the threat of President Trump's tariffs continuing to hurt investment and create uncertainty in our province, projects like these that will keep people working and support our economy are more important than ever," Sarkaria said.
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The move would see cooperation with the federal government, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National (CN) to reroute freight rail around Toronto and free up a key rail corridor through some of the region's most densely populated areas for new transit infrastructure.

If re-elected, the Ontario PCs have pledged to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region, rerouting traffic that currently travels along a freight (and former regional rail) corridor through midtown Toronto.

This change would open a right-of-way through the city that could link up with multiple TTC subway stations and greatly improve connectivity, dovetailing with the PC's campaign promise to cut down gridlock in Toronto.

The midtown GO line would be just one of multiple new routes planned as part of this GO 2.0 project, along with a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, and extensions and improvements to existing routes like the Richmond Hill line.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1887535738088268223
 
MrGoose said:
What’s the third new line?

Bolton
Midtown
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See

Caledon-Vaughan GO Rail Line​

At https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/caledon-vaughan-go-rail-line.6512/page-18

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So I wonder if the upgrades to this line would allow a HSR as it is on the same route?
 
rdaner said:
So I wonder if the upgrades to this line would allow a HSR as it is on the same route?
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There's certainly enough width. In theory the HSR could run on both the modified Richmond Hill alignment and the Havelock track (I assume that's what the graphic is showing - is the demand for that really higher than staying on the CP mainline into north Pickering and Whitby/Oshawa?)
 
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