More Transit Southern Ontario
@moretransitso.bsky.social
We are advocates for more frequent, reliable & integrated transit networks for riders across Southern Ontario. 🚍🚊🚆🚇
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The TTC has announced Line 6 Finch West opens Dec 7!
The new LRT brings 18 stops from Finch West Station to Humber Polytechnic, connecting with TTC, GO, MiWay, YRT and Züm. Soft-opening hours: 6 a.m.–10 p.m., with bus service afterward. Big milestone for Toronto transit!
The new LRT brings 18 stops from Finch West Station to Humber Polytechnic, connecting with TTC, GO, MiWay, YRT and Züm. Soft-opening hours: 6 a.m.–10 p.m., with bus service afterward. Big milestone for Toronto transit!
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The TTC has announced Line 6 Finch West opens Dec 7!
The new LRT brings 18 stops from Finch West Station to Humber Polytechnic, connecting with TTC, GO, MiWay, YRT and Züm. Soft-opening hours: 6 a.m.–10 p.m., with bus service afterward. Big milestone for Toronto transit!
The new LRT brings 18 stops from Finch West Station to Humber Polytechnic, connecting with TTC, GO, MiWay, YRT and Züm. Soft-opening hours: 6 a.m.–10 p.m., with bus service afterward. Big milestone for Toronto transit!
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Instead of being parked all weekend, this train should be going back and forth between Kitchener and Toronto… and today it is!
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Instead of being parked all weekend, this train should be going back and forth between Kitchener and Toronto… and today it is!
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Metrolinx: we'll need to do discontinuous electrification at Union Station because we can't touch the heritage canopy
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
Gare de Lausanne; la métamorphose expliquée.
YouTube video by SBB CFF FFS
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Metrolinx: we'll need to do discontinuous electrification at Union Station because we can't touch the heritage canopy
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
SBB/CFF/FFS: we are raising the existing canopy at the Gare de Lausanne by 1 m and move it laterally by 90 cm to slightly modify the tracks' geometry.
youtu.be/CNuJLQguRgo?...
Excellent video by @flurfdesign.bsky.social going into the details about the problems with our streetcars in Toronto, which make them the slowest system in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPbX...
The Slowest Trams on Earth: Toronto's Streetcars
YouTube video by flurfdesign
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November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Excellent video by @flurfdesign.bsky.social going into the details about the problems with our streetcars in Toronto, which make them the slowest system in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPbX...
In the latest documents for Metrolinx's upcoming board meeting. They outline the most detailed information regarding GO Expansion ever publicly released. 1/4
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November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In the latest documents for Metrolinx's upcoming board meeting. They outline the most detailed information regarding GO Expansion ever publicly released. 1/4
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Den Haag Tram Line 3:
- 18km/h average speed for pm peak trips on tramway portion of line
- 450m average stop spacing
- level boarding
The average speed of Toronto streetcar lines is just 10.7km/h. Watch Den Haag Line 3 in action here: youtu.be/3pJuMXxO-qU?...
- 18km/h average speed for pm peak trips on tramway portion of line
- 450m average stop spacing
- level boarding
The average speed of Toronto streetcar lines is just 10.7km/h. Watch Den Haag Line 3 in action here: youtu.be/3pJuMXxO-qU?...
Tramdriver´s POV | HTM RandstadRail 3: Zoetermeer Centrum - Den Haag Loosduinen | HTM 4023 | 2024
YouTube video by Haagse Lijnen
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Den Haag Tram Line 3:
- 18km/h average speed for pm peak trips on tramway portion of line
- 450m average stop spacing
- level boarding
The average speed of Toronto streetcar lines is just 10.7km/h. Watch Den Haag Line 3 in action here: youtu.be/3pJuMXxO-qU?...
- 18km/h average speed for pm peak trips on tramway portion of line
- 450m average stop spacing
- level boarding
The average speed of Toronto streetcar lines is just 10.7km/h. Watch Den Haag Line 3 in action here: youtu.be/3pJuMXxO-qU?...
Today is the last day to apply for our streetcar lead position!
We're happy to announce that we're looking for a volunteer to lead our advocacy efforts for the TTC Streetcar network. Our streetcars are some of the slowest in the world, and on time performance was just 61% last month. As our streetcar lead, you will have the responsibility of:
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November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today is the last day to apply for our streetcar lead position!
GO expansions to Seaton, Northumberland, Bolton, Cambridge (via Milton and Guelph), Havelock, 2WAD Richmond Hill service, Midtown GO line, and an orbital 407 line were all studied.
Seems like there's some pretty interesting stuff in the 2051 Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
GO expansions to Seaton, Northumberland, Bolton, Cambridge (via Milton and Guelph), Havelock, 2WAD Richmond Hill service, Midtown GO line, and an orbital 407 line were all studied.
Seems like there's some pretty interesting stuff in the 2051 Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Seems like there's some pretty interesting stuff in the 2051 Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan
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The Carney Government just passed a Federal Budget that cuts the Canada Public Transit Fund, as the TTC faces a $4.3B repair backlog & $232M operations shortfall.
The $3B fund will now be folded into a generalized infrastructure fund, leaving less money on the table for transit riders nationwide 👎
The $3B fund will now be folded into a generalized infrastructure fund, leaving less money on the table for transit riders nationwide 👎
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Carney Government just passed a Federal Budget that cuts the Canada Public Transit Fund, as the TTC faces a $4.3B repair backlog & $232M operations shortfall.
The $3B fund will now be folded into a generalized infrastructure fund, leaving less money on the table for transit riders nationwide 👎
The $3B fund will now be folded into a generalized infrastructure fund, leaving less money on the table for transit riders nationwide 👎
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Today Mount Dennis GO Station opened, with trains between Downtown Toronto, Brampton-Kitchener and Pearson Airport on average every 10 minutes.
This is one of many regional rail stations coming to the City of Toronto over the next decade, as GO Transit continues to expand.
This is one of many regional rail stations coming to the City of Toronto over the next decade, as GO Transit continues to expand.
November 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today Mount Dennis GO Station opened, with trains between Downtown Toronto, Brampton-Kitchener and Pearson Airport on average every 10 minutes.
This is one of many regional rail stations coming to the City of Toronto over the next decade, as GO Transit continues to expand.
This is one of many regional rail stations coming to the City of Toronto over the next decade, as GO Transit continues to expand.
A reminder that Mount Dennis GO officially opens tomorrow morning! Here is the UP Express schedule for tomorrow. The weekday schedule as well as the schedule for GO trains can be viewed online.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A reminder that Mount Dennis GO officially opens tomorrow morning! Here is the UP Express schedule for tomorrow. The weekday schedule as well as the schedule for GO trains can be viewed online.
We're happy to announce that we're looking for a volunteer to lead our advocacy efforts for the TTC Streetcar network. Our streetcars are some of the slowest in the world, and on time performance was just 61% last month. As our streetcar lead, you will have the responsibility of:
1/3
1/3
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We're happy to announce that we're looking for a volunteer to lead our advocacy efforts for the TTC Streetcar network. Our streetcars are some of the slowest in the world, and on time performance was just 61% last month. As our streetcar lead, you will have the responsibility of:
1/3
1/3
When Mount Dennis GO/UP opens this Sunday, UP express travel times will increase from 25 minutes to 28 minutes in both directions for all trips.
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When Mount Dennis GO/UP opens this Sunday, UP express travel times will increase from 25 minutes to 28 minutes in both directions for all trips.
Our construction costs are a big barrier to not getting our infill GO stations. 2/5 stations got cut because we are incapable of building simple above ground stations for less than $400million. Park Lawn GO recently got postponed because of cost and our flawed model of private station development.
frustrated at the city for not prioritizing the planned toronto infill stations built on the GO lines, and even more frustrated at the incompetent province+metrolinx for being wholly incapable at delivering GO expansion.
we should have 5 electrified lines w all day <15 min service by now!
we should have 5 electrified lines w all day <15 min service by now!
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Our construction costs are a big barrier to not getting our infill GO stations. 2/5 stations got cut because we are incapable of building simple above ground stations for less than $400million. Park Lawn GO recently got postponed because of cost and our flawed model of private station development.
Did you know that when Mount Dennis GO opens this Sunday. It'll be 3x faster to get to Union Station than it currently takes. The fastest trips today take around 45 minutes, on Sunday it'll take just 13 minutes. This is the power of regional rail.
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Did you know that when Mount Dennis GO opens this Sunday. It'll be 3x faster to get to Union Station than it currently takes. The fastest trips today take around 45 minutes, on Sunday it'll take just 13 minutes. This is the power of regional rail.
Watch Toronto's streetcars in action. Transit signal priority holds the green light for the streetcar to make it through, but a car waiting to make an illegal left turn makes the streetcar miss the light. Hopefully the red paint being installed on Bathurst makes this less common.
Toronto streetcar missing a light because it’s stuck in traffic.
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Watch Toronto's streetcars in action. Transit signal priority holds the green light for the streetcar to make it through, but a car waiting to make an illegal left turn makes the streetcar miss the light. Hopefully the red paint being installed on Bathurst makes this less common.
If we want to get high speed rail on the Toronto-Quebec City corridor within our lifetimes, the federal government needs to develop the expertise to execute this project. A large part of that includes getting rid of our incredibly secretive planning and design process
I've done something that I don't do very often. I wrote a short, quick polemic post. It was prompted by a discussion in here.
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Why I’m still skeptical about ALTO’s HSR project
A reality check and a plea for transparency.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If we want to get high speed rail on the Toronto-Quebec City corridor within our lifetimes, the federal government needs to develop the expertise to execute this project. A large part of that includes getting rid of our incredibly secretive planning and design process
#NEWS: Waterloo Regional Council voted 15-1 in favour of the full-route LRT extension to Cambridge, with construction planned to start as early as 2028. Many community members spoke in support of the extension, noting the need for equity, active transportation & housing density in Cambridge.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#NEWS: Waterloo Regional Council voted 15-1 in favour of the full-route LRT extension to Cambridge, with construction planned to start as early as 2028. Many community members spoke in support of the extension, noting the need for equity, active transportation & housing density in Cambridge.
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The federal budget is likely quite bad for transit. They've rebranded the Canada Public Transit Fund and rolled it into a more generic "Build Communities Strong Fund"
If 'Transit’ was removed from the name, we have to assume that it isn't a priority for this government. Stay tuned for more updates
If 'Transit’ was removed from the name, we have to assume that it isn't a priority for this government. Stay tuned for more updates
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The federal budget is likely quite bad for transit. They've rebranded the Canada Public Transit Fund and rolled it into a more generic "Build Communities Strong Fund"
If 'Transit’ was removed from the name, we have to assume that it isn't a priority for this government. Stay tuned for more updates
If 'Transit’ was removed from the name, we have to assume that it isn't a priority for this government. Stay tuned for more updates
It seems that the Canada Public Transit Fund will be changing as part of todays budget announcement. We will see what those changes are when the budget gets released.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It seems that the Canada Public Transit Fund will be changing as part of todays budget announcement. We will see what those changes are when the budget gets released.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
This is a mistake Toronto will regret for decades. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT could've and should've been a fully grade separated light metro.
Making the Eglinton Crosstown elevated through Scarborough would have made it immensely better
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is a mistake Toronto will regret for decades. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT could've and should've been a fully grade separated light metro.
Mount Dennis GO/UP station will officially open on Sunday November 16th. Note that the Eglinton Crosstown segment of the station will not open until the LRT opens and starts service
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Mount Dennis GO/UP station will officially open on Sunday November 16th. Note that the Eglinton Crosstown segment of the station will not open until the LRT opens and starts service
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Good News! The Finch West LRT has successfully completed its revenue service demonstration. The line will be handed over to the TTC by November 3rd and will open shortly after. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good News! The Finch West LRT has successfully completed its revenue service demonstration. The line will be handed over to the TTC by November 3rd and will open shortly after. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...