And here's Reece Martin @reece on the #Metrolinx / #GOTransit expansion plan failure: https://nextmetro.substack.com/p/toronto-a-huge-setback-for-the-greatest (Substack link, free to read)
It's been somewhat funny but mostly sad to watch Reece go from an excited large-construction-transit-plan booster ("Toronto's coming transit engoodening!") to realizing how unambitious and fucked up Metrolinx and GO are
Just Metrolinx doing Metrolinx things. GO electrification has been 10 years away for something like 20 years now. https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/how-metrolinxs-plan-to-deliver-european-style-train-service-went-off-the-rails-10786705
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“Metrolinx now has 118 vice presidents on the public payroll, and not one of them believes the public deserves to know what is going on inside Metrolinx's black box. This secrecy and disrespect cannot be tolerated,” said French.
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118 VPs?! Sounds like the #DougFord gravy train keeps rolling on in #ONterrible...
The Trillium is giving a window into the disfunction at Metrolinx.
🤯We hired better railroad designers than us and had the gall to tell them they don’t know what they are doing!
Finally an article where they got some leaked presentations of #Metrolinx and some details about what happened with ONxpress.
It seems to be bigger than just the failed contract with Deutsche Bahn.
Looks like Metrolinx is very undecided about the direction of the GO Expansion which was supposed to bring 15min service and electricification on most of the network. One of the largest rail extension project in North America
8 days later, still no information from #Metrolinx GO Transit on the operating contract being canceled. It was a 1.6 billion dollar contract. They were apparently also in charge of starting the electrification.
No information. Nothing.
Metrolinx partnership to offer ‘faster, more frequent’ train service ends 2 decades early
In January 2024, Metrolinx announced it had partnered with ONXpress, made up of Deutsche Bahn and Canadian Aecon Concessions, to plan and run its rail system.
#transportation #partnership #business #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188089/metrolinx-onxpress-deal-ends-early/
Metrolinx partnership to offer ‘faster, more frequent’ train service ends 2 decades early
In January 2024, Metrolinx announced it had partnered with ONXpress, made up of Deutsche Bahn and Canadian Aecon Concessions, to plan and run its rail system.
#transportation #partnership #business #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188089/metrolinx-onxpress-deal-ends-early/
Metrolinx partnership to offer ‘faster, more frequent’ train service ends 2 decades early
In January 2024, Metrolinx announced it had partnered with ONXpress, made up of Deutsche Bahn and Canadian Aecon Concessions, to plan and run its rail system.
#transportation #partnership #business #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188089/metrolinx-onxpress-deal-ends-early/
Metrolinx partnership to offer ‘faster, more frequent’ train service ends 2 decades early
In January 2024, Metrolinx announced it had partnered with ONXpress, made up of Deutsche Bahn and Canadian Aecon Concessions, to plan and run its rail system.
#transportation #partnership #business #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188089/metrolinx-onxpress-deal-ends-early/
Metrolinx partnership to offer ‘faster, more frequent’ train service ends 2 decades early
In January 2024, Metrolinx announced it had partnered with ONXpress, made up of Deutsche Bahn and Canadian Aecon Concessions, to plan and run its rail system.
#transportation #partnership #business #Canada #GOTransit #Metrolinx
https://globalnews.ca/news/11188089/metrolinx-onxpress-deal-ends-early/
Was hat die Kanadier geritten?
Die #DeutscheBahn sollte dort ein Nahverkehrsnetz modernisieren und betreiben - also kaputt wirtschaften bis zum Ruin und alle Züge verspäten? Können die das nicht selber?
Anscheinend doch 😆
Zitat:
Der kanadische Verkehrsverbund #Metrolinx hat den Milliardenvertrag mit der DB-Tochter International Operations (DB IO) zur Modernisierung und zum Betrieb des 450 Kilometer langen Nahverkehrsnetzes in Toronto und Ontario überraschend gekündigt
Mom visiting #Toronto after being gone for around a decade: "How the hell is #Metrolinx still screwing all this up?!??"
That seems like a big deal but as usual Metrolinx is being less than transparent about what happened
They had hired Deutsche Bahn as an operator for the Go Train, some kind of private partnership to improve operations, it was called ONxpress. This was supposed to transition on Jan 1st 2025, and it never happened. Now few months later, the whole thing is cancelled.
Can't wait to hear of the behind the scenes (if we get lucky)
THE JUNCTION TRIANGLE PARADE
Two local organizations are putting on a parade to advocate for the opening of the Davenport Greenway promised, but not delivered, by Metrolinx
https://spacing.ca/toronto/2025/05/15/the-junction-triangle-parade/
Ontario’s 2025 budget and transit, from Steve Munro
(🦋 @swanboatsteve.bsky.social but not yet bridged to Mastodon)
https://stevemunro.ca/2025/05/15/ontarios-2025-budget-and-transit/
CodeRedTO Recommends Emergency Streetcar Route Protections
https://coderedto.com/coderedto-recommends-emergency-streetcar-route-protections/
TIL that Metrolinx (the GTHA's transit agency) is planning to use morse code patterns of place names as their anti bird strike glass pattern:
