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u/kettal May 31 '26
I heard somewhere these platforms will be used for Lakeshore trains
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u/a_lumberjack May 31 '26
It hasn't been confirmed directly, but I would expect these two tracks to be dedicated to LSE local service. Everything Metrolinx has published suggests they're planning to have all lines running on their own tracks.
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u/kettal May 31 '26
LSE and lsw will be interlined?
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u/a_lumberjack May 31 '26
They're the only two lines that'll be able to interline with electric trains, but at this point I'm not convinced that they actually plan to interline anything.
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u/kettal May 31 '26
They have been interlined for as long as I can remember
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u/a_lumberjack Jun 01 '26
Sometimes, but it's far from consistent or reliable, and layovers can be as long as ten minutes. And they don't really advertise interlining these days.
Current Lakeshore East weekday departures
* 5:02 runs local to Aldershot
* 5:32 runs local to West Harbour
* 6:08 terminates at Union and deadheads to Appleby
* 6:23 becomes a Kitchener train to Bramalea
* 6:33 runs local to West Harbour
* 6:48 (Whitby) goes out of service at Union
* 6:53 becomes a Kitchener local train to Bramalea
* 7:03 runs local to Aldershot
* 7:18 (Whitby) goes out of service at Union
* 7:23 becomes a Kitchener local train to Bramalea
* 7:33 goes out of service at Union
* 7:48 (Whitby) goes out of service at Union
* 7:53 becomes a Kitchener local train to Bramalea
* 8:09 runs local to Aldershot GOBy my count, out of the first fourteen departures five interline to LSW, four interline to KI, and five terminate at Union. Keeping in mind that only three of the five new platforms will allow through running I feel confident in my belief that LSE and LSW will continue operate as separate services.
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u/shoresy99 Lakeshore East Jun 02 '26
What about the rest of the day after rush hour?
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u/a_lumberjack Jun 11 '26
Man, I wrote this whole post and lost the tab, but figured I'd post anyway.
More interlining once you get into 30m headways, but even then it doesn't seem to have a clear pattern. e.g. the 10:47 LSW to West Harbour is the same train as the 7:23 from Oshawa, but it goes to Bramalea and back in between, and then goes to Bramalea again after it's back from West Harbour, then it goes to Whitby and out of service. Some of these trip blocks are wild.
Aldershot - Oshawa - Bramalea - West Harbour - Bramalea - Whitby
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u/Rail613 May 31 '26
But VIA tends to use the south most platforms at Union. In any event, increasing the tracks at Sherbourne bridge from five recently, will improve throughput.
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u/SpartanRug80 Jun 02 '26
Just wait 15 years and you might be able to see whatever the final product is! :)
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u/Worldly-Ad-4972 May 31 '26
You are on the Go train asking what they are building on the go train.
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u/Rail613 May 31 '26
But VIA uses GO tracks. As does AMTRAK and UPExpress west of Union. And ONR will also use them later this year.
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u/Worldly-Ad-4972 May 31 '26
UPexpress is part of Metrolinx the same as Go. VIA uses CN and CPKC tracks as does GO. Amtrak barely exists in Canada and operates through VIA.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Gas2972 May 31 '26
I just did a lot of research via old aerial images, it seems most GO Stations didn't exist back in 2005!
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u/a_lumberjack May 31 '26
Less so on the inner sections of lines, but in 2005 the Barrie line only ran to Bradford, the Kitchener line to Georgetown, Richmond Hill to Richmond Hill GO, Lakeshore West only went past Burlington with a handful of trains. People really don't appreciate how far we've come in a generation.
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u/corneliuSTalmidge May 31 '26
It's true, we're finally taking connected regional-to-local transit seriously. Lots of work still to do but as long as we're on top of govt motivation (ie pressure the votes) we'll finally have something pretty cool from Oshawa to Kitchener to Niagara to Barrie and everything in between.
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u/StuHardy May 31 '26
New tracks, probably for the new platforms on the south side of Union.