The above photograph is entitled GO Locomotive 603 (Redux) and is by Glenn at portcredit.ca. It is used in accordance to his Creative Commons License.
GO Transit has set up Public Information Centres (PICs) discussing the possibility of extending GO Train service west from Georgetown into the City of Kitchener. The first session took place this past Thursday, but two more sessions are scheduled for the following times and locations:
Thursday, February 12, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Evergreen Seniors Centre
683 Woolwich Street, Room 4
Guelph, ONTuesday, February 17, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Halton Hills Cultural Centre
9 Church Street
Georgetown, ONAll locations are wheelchair accessible.
These PICs are related to further studies by Metrolinx, a provincial agency mandated to set up a regional transit plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, to expand service on the Georgetown GO line, southwest from Brampton to hourly service, seven days a week.
You can find discussion of these proposals on a number of websites. This post from Steve Munro contains a review of a PIC on the Georgetown improvements. There is also an excellent discussion of the Kitchener proposals at Urbantoronto.ca, including pictures of some of the panels at the Kitchener PIC.
Early plans call for six inbound and six outbound VIA trains per day, plus four inbound and outbound GO Train trips per day between Kitchener and Union. Stops include the current stop at the Kitchener VIA Rail station and a new stop just west of Breslau, plus a staging area for Kitchener GO Trains near Ira Needles Blvd. The Breslau station would likely have the bulk of the parking for the region.
And, from the PIC:
“Depending on the completion of the EA and with support from the province, the EA proposal could see GO trains to Kitchener as early as 2011. The province would ultimately decide on the appropriate timeline for the extension.
The website GOKW.org continues to follow this story.
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