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Originally Posted by kmcamp
You can't have it both ways. The only way to build "rapid" service like that would be plain old commuter rail, where you have a smattering of stations and then basically no stops until some.central station in the core, a la GO Train. If a train is going to be useful for more than just downtown commuters then it's going to make many stops. Our trains are running at typical speeds you'd find in other cities. To get the 20km from Kennedy to Union in Toronto takes 40 minutes by subway or 25 minutes by car. Which is about the same 19 km from Limebank to Parliament as our own Line 2/Line 1 at an average 45 minutes (although with a poor connection that of course can be as long as 50 minutes in our system).
Barrhaven along Line 1 will probably be even longer. It's just the nature of the beast
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Well said. And keep in mind Toronto is many magnitudes more populous than Ottawa and has a much higher density, not to mention the kind of transit investment they get. The fact that places like Kanata, RSS, Findlay Creek, Barrhaven etc. have rail at all (or are being considered for it) is for political reasons. We all know that projects like Baseline BRT, Carling BRT/LRT, Rideau-Montreal BRT/LRT would yield much higher ridership gains, especially when you consider ridership outside of M-F rush hour.
Imagine what Eagleson station would look like at 8pm on a Wednesday. And considering the kinds of $$$ we'd have flushed away to build it, it'd feel like a big waste.
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