Extreme Commuter Trains on the GO Lakeshore Corridor

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

GO's 12-car consists have over 1800 seats, and a crush load capacity of over 3000 people, making them the highest-capacity trains in North America.

[@colonelcactus2462]

Just 1 of these trains per hour has enough capacity to eliminate the need for an entire freeway lane. If GO ran just 3 trains per hour in each direction it’d match the capacity of the neighboring highway

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

​@@colonelcactus2462They actually run up to 7 trains per hour during peak periods The trains carry far more people than the highway during rush hour

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

​@@colonelcactus2462The problem is that each train can drop off a tsunami of people that completely overwhelms bus and road systems. On weekends in Niagara Falls the trains often arrive full and over a thousand people line up for the bus. But to carry that many people you would need more buses than the entire fleet of the city's transit system so people can wait in line for over an hour before they can fit on a bus

[@DopeyFish]

@@OntarioTrafficMan gonna be wild when they run 6 trains per hour on off-peak, basically near subway levels of service

[@ronal8824]

probably due to commuters coming to toronto, and I am sure its no secret that the rent in toronto can get pretty... opressive... so thank goodness for that

[@ggreg2258]

Love watching the GO train pass the line of cars! !

[@AKawalski]

Awesome upload! I live in Nova Scotia and can’t wait to move out West to the GTA. I like your work, but these GO videos remind how busy that corridor is! Thanks so much!

[@GamingRailfanner]

Oh look a fully Metrolinx painted consist

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

1:50

[@5H5H5H10]

prolly the most iconic part of track for these go trains

[@mylittletrainbc909]

Wow! beautiful GO TRAINS ...THANKS FOR SHARING Michael 👍....MLTBC

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

1:56 I think this might be my very first time I saw a fully matched set of cars and locomotive in the new MetrolinX livery

[@jamallhayden2512]

Thank You!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Wonderful, wonderful share!Have a good weekend! (Dave).

[@rottenroads1982]

7:37, Watch as the Advance Approach Signal turns into a Stop Signal as the Via train passes it. Also, 29:24, This train has the *Grand Trunk* Locomotive.

[@DrivingOnTheRoad]

Brings back my memories of living in GTA😊

[@RandomRailfan828]

Great catches man!

[@maoelanaronny]

Rangkaian kereta yang sangat panjang double decker lagi

[@TMBpk]

They need to hurry up and paint the remaining carriages in the new livery 😂

[@allyreneepenny9447]

Awesome👍

[@PhotographicRoamings]

What is the best place to spot VIA Rail trains in Toronto Michael?

[@Mauscmkwk]

6:14 what will via replace the budd cars on the Canadian with

[@alexjhorner]

We dont know yet, all we know is they're getting replaced sooner rather than later!

[@Hahlen]

@@alexjhorner it will be an interesting early sign of what Amtrak might choose for its next sleeper order too

[@KardiFan2000]

The new cars will be called "Lumi"...they were unveiled by Via about a month ago.

[@leventebotos6927]

Why are these locos bouncing so much??

[@PhaniBhushanManne]

Afaik, it's related to the P-Way/Pathway maintenance

[@Mauscmkwk]

10:34 I bet when go retires them metra will take them

[@GamingRailfanner]

GO is not retiring them anytime soon, in fact they are poised for a rebuild

[@ludwigtails]

Realistically how long can these loco haul at max when providing power? Is there a limit as to how much they can pull? If ignoring platform length limits.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

They are certified for up to 12 coaches per locomotive

[@tiernanstrains]

12 for the MP40s, 10 for the F59s. That's purely a HEP generation capacity.

[@effeo9962]

Where exactly is this bend, please? I don't recognise the water tower.

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

👍👍👍❤🤍💚 Tom from Hungary.

[@robinroberts3335]

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