Today on the show, we're talking about Government of Ontario Transit, which normal people call the GO Train. Just how did Toronto get one of North America’s most extensive suburban rail and bus networks, and where might it be GO ing next? All this after The News.
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Timestamps
- 0:46 fire discussion
- 2:39, 3:42 Firework restrictions [15] [16]
- 4:20 Daniel S. Tuttle
- 5:56 trip report start
- 15:47 trip report end / news start
- 17:38 Ben McAdams beats everyone else
- 20:43 CoCo
- 23:51 news ends
- 23:57 Toronto: the Denver of the north
- 26:42 Provincial study in 1962
- 27:32 Jet Lag: The Game mentioned [17]
- 29:47 and 32:17 Single-decker Hawker-Siddely coaches [21]
- 31:09 Stadler FrontRunner reveal [18]
- 33:14 PAC-12
- 36:19 CPKC [14] [19]
- 37:08 Expansions
- 39:44 FrontRunner towing [20]
- 47:05 GO ALRT (Patreon exclusive)
- 49:19 Financial shock
- 49:38 ??
- 50:26 Canadian political party names
- 52:36 - 57:40 CW distasteful 9/11 jokes
- 54:29 GO system map [13]
- 55:13 Episode 18 (about maps
- 56:22 Higher ridership now than in 2017
- 57:26 SLC demographic perceptions
- 59:47 Introducing the serices
- 1:02:43 Scarborough RT episode (Patreon exclusive)
- 1:04:44 Patrons
References & notes
- [1] Mass Transit: Virginia Railway Express acquires Seminary Yard from VPRA
- [2] Mass Transit: Wisconsin submits grant application to USDOT for expanded Amtrak passenger rail service
- [3] Wikipedia: GO Transit § Ridership
- [4] Wikipedia: GO Transit bus services
- [5] Wikipedia: Milton line
- [6] Wikipedia: History of GO Transit § Recent developments
- [7] GO Transit: Our Past & Present
- [8] High Speed Rail Alliance: GO Transit: A Case Study in North American Regional Rail
- [9] Metrolinx: Back in time: The remarkable evolution of your GO train
- [10] Wikipedia: GO Transit rail services
- [11] Wikipedia: GO Expansion
- [12] Metrolinx: GO Electrification
- [13] Transit Maps: Official Map: Go Transit System Map, Southern Ontario, Canada
- [14] STB: CPKC system map, showing CP tracks in red and KCS in black. Does not include trackage rights.
- [15] Utah Fire Info: Active Fire Restrictions
- [16] Deseret News: Where you can and can't light personal fireworks in Utah this Fourth of July
- [17] Jet Lag: The Game: Stateside Scramble - Episode 1
- [18] City Weekly: UDOT eyes locally-built Stadler trains for next generation of FrontRunner.
- [19] CPKC: Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern Execute Agreement to Combine, Creating First Single-Line Rail Network Linking U.S.-Mexico-Canada
- [20] Utah Public Procurement Place: UDOT250192MP-1 - UDOT RFP- UDOT/UTA FrontRunner Train Sets Acquisition - IN LIEU OF - document "00. FR2X Section 6 Technical Specifications (Addendum 1).docx" page 43 (TS 1.4.4 paragraph 29)
- [21] David Wilson: 19680706 27 GO Transit Oakville, ON