[Reecemartin]

I read the Alstom job document for April 9th and beyond today, and from what I read the Stouffville and Barrie Lines will have a major service decrease on the weekend for the foreseeable future. Though I’m not sure if these plans are 100% finalised yet so I’ll have another look in a couple weeks with revisions will be released.

Seems believable - the Stouffville Line improvements seem almost done. Probably want the time to tie in all the new track and platforms? Unfortunate to see a service cutback like this especially when I hear it is pretty well used - hopefully we don't see something like this again. That being said with the infrastructure the Stouffville Line will have service could be easily ramped to half hourly all day after - which would be awesome!

Less familiar with the state of things on the Barrie Line, but obviously Davenport is happening

 

[crs1026]

I read the Alstom job document for April 9th and beyond today, and from what I read the Stouffville and Barrie Lines will have a major service decrease on the weekend for the foreseeable future. Though I’m not sure if these plans are 100% finalised yet so I’ll have another look in a couple weeks with revisions will be released.

If this is due to a need for construction windows, then it's a good thing. Maybe this will clear up some of the last items to get added track in place and in service.

The challenge being, getting ML to have a sense of urgency about restoring service afterwards. We shall see.

- Paul

 

[WB62]

What I see is all Stouffville Line service on the weekend will be cut, and all non-Allandale trains on the Barrie Line will be cut, on the weekends.

 

[ShonTron]

Wow. All I see are service cuts then.

 

[ShonTron]

That’s got to be a fake. There’s no way Mulroney/Metrolinx/GO would pull all service from Barrie.

 

[Allandale25]

That’s got to be a fake. There’s no way Mulroney/Metrolinx/GO would pull all service from Barrie.

The person who tweeted it noted was a joke so I've deleted my post. I missed their second tweet so apologies.

 

[anb]

Do you think we’ll see any type of increase in service by the fall? Let’s say 30 min all day for now to Bramalea, including weekend service. Also to Unionville as the improvements on its line seem to be finished by then. Would they be the type to just wait until the crosstown opens so they can launch all of this at once because that seems like something they would do.

 

[TTCdinosaur]

So are they pulling service or aren't they. Willybru, I've seen you post across twitter, reddit to make a stink about this. Is it still true?

At this rate, I'm surprised they aren't pulling the plug in RER, generally.

 

[ARG1]

So are they pulling service or aren't they. Willybru, I've seen you post across twitter, reddit to make a stink about this. Is it still true?

At this rate, I'm surprised they aren't pulling the plug in RER, generally.

If they are cutting service, its almost certain to accomodate oncorr works namely all of the station upgrades they're building along those corridors. That's a far cry from "pulling the plug on RER".

 

[WB62]

So are they pulling service or aren't they. Willybru, I've seen you post across twitter, reddit to make a stink about this. Is it still true?

At this rate, I'm surprised they aren't pulling the plug in RER, generally.

Well from what I’ve seen they are going to, ARG is most likely correct with the service being stopped for major OnCorr construction work.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Well from what I’ve seen they are going to, ARG is most likely correct with the service being stopped for major OnCorr construction work.

The service reductions are for sure not “we don't want to run trains just because”. My guess is that it is absolutely construction related, potentially driven by costs. Yes you can get work done faster with fewer trains, but more importantly the loss of productivity of stopping work for trains to pass adds up cost wise, especially with inflated labour costs.

If I was Metrolinx I’d position this as “hey, we know that not having weekend trains sucks. You’re not going to have them for X amount of months, but when they do return, you’ll have half hourly (or whatever level) service. We’re ripping the bandaid off and it will be worth it”.

 

[Krypto98]

It's my understanding that the service reductions are to accomodate construction as ridership post-COVID remains low. They should be restored in the Fall.

I had initially heard that further training had been put on hold and layoffs were being discussed, but I have since heard that training will continue as normal.

I've heard that perhaps hiring was put on hold... I have a buddy at CP with 3 years on conductor experience that, I kid you not... got declined immediately, apparently only 1 person from that info session was hired...

 

[TTCdinosaur]

Every time people build habits, they give you a reason to break them.

Though I know they are building for Gen Alpha and Beta at this point.

 

[Metroscapes]

A GO bus has now been spotted for at least the second time on Woodlawn Road (Highway 7) in Guelph, from Kitchener. Steven thinks it's testing a new direct route, I really hope he's right.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1636749318710239232

And following that:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1638253222086209538

I don't often put stock in something coming form one person, but given buses have been seen in the wild and I'm so desperately hopeful...

 

[Fritter]

I am privileged to an eternal email detailing the April service changes. There are a couple of major changes that UT members have been hoping for in rail and bus coming.
I think you will be pleasantly surprised.