As printed in the St. Catharines Standard
Weekend GO Trains coming to St. Catharines, Niagara Falls
Transportation Minister Jim Bradley announced summer GO Train service on weekends to Niagara this morning.
The trains will stop in both St. Catharines and Niagara Falls, ferrying tourists to and from Toronto. Passengers will be allowed to bring bicycles on the trains. (more…)
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- GO buses rolling into Niagara Falls
- GO Transit considers expansion to Niagara Falls
This is a commendable move. More commendable would be to start GO weekdays as well, followed by the electrification of the system. The technology is available and elctric trains are in use around the world and underground in North America.
With the urgency expressed about global warming it’s time to switch and get people used to riding the rails in quiet comfort.
Comment by hERB DE BRAY — May 22, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
I agree with the previous post about GO Transit. The QEW from Toronto to Niagara is a dreadful drive. People need to have reasonable and affordable alternatives to driving on the QEW.
While third world countries are planning and building high-speed trains, in many parts of this country priority is still given to freight trains. This needs to change and it needs to change soon.
The problem, as I understand it, is that CN and CP still own many of the lines, and want to maintain freight train priority for their profitable freight operations.
So, in my humble opinion, governments need to (1) start buying up the tracks and the right of ways (2) move swiftly to electrify the railways and (3) plan immediately for high speed trains.
We are supposed to be one of the world’s leading industrial nations. But judging by our inadequate passenger rail services, we are behind many other lesser developed countries in the world.
Comment by Mark DeMarco — June 11, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
Mark you are a tool!!!!!!
A humble tool wow you are so insightful and worldly.
You dumb a– !!!!!!!
The only thing dreadful is you phony bullshit keep pretending you are the the final word.
Comment by Don Demarco — August 29, 2009 @ 6:57 am