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.
@colonelcactus24622 ай бұрын
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
@OntarioTrafficMan2 ай бұрын
@@colonelcactus2462They actually run up to 7 trains per hour during peak periods The trains carry far more people than the highway during rush hour
@OntarioTrafficMan2 ай бұрын
@@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
@DopeyFish2 ай бұрын
@@OntarioTrafficMan gonna be wild when they run 6 trains per hour on off-peak, basically near subway levels of service
@ronal88242 ай бұрын
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
@ggreg22582 ай бұрын
Love watching the GO train pass the line of cars! !
@AKawalski2 ай бұрын
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!
@GamingRailfanner2 ай бұрын
Oh look a fully Metrolinx painted consist
@OntarioTrafficMan2 ай бұрын
1:50
@5H5H5H102 ай бұрын
prolly the most iconic part of track for these go trains
@mylittletrainbc9092 ай бұрын
Wow! beautiful GO TRAINS ...THANKS FOR SHARING Michael 👍....MLTBC
@adventuresofamtrakcascades3012 ай бұрын
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
@jamallhayden25122 ай бұрын
Thank You!
@StormySkyRailProductions2 ай бұрын
Wonderful, wonderful share!Have a good weekend! (Dave).
@rottenroads19822 ай бұрын
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.
@DrivingOnTheRoad2 ай бұрын
Brings back my memories of living in GTA😊
@RandomRailfan8282 ай бұрын
Great catches man!
@maoelanaronnyАй бұрын
Rangkaian kereta yang sangat panjang double decker lagi
@TMBpk2 ай бұрын
They need to hurry up and paint the remaining carriages in the new livery 😂
@allyreneepenny94472 ай бұрын
Awesome👍
@PhotographicRoamingsАй бұрын
What is the best place to spot VIA Rail trains in Toronto Michael?
@Mauscmkwk2 ай бұрын
6:14 what will via replace the budd cars on the Canadian with
@alexjhorner2 ай бұрын
We dont know yet, all we know is they're getting replaced sooner rather than later!
@Hahlen2 ай бұрын
@@alexjhorner it will be an interesting early sign of what Amtrak might choose for its next sleeper order too
@KardiFan2000Ай бұрын
The new cars will be called "Lumi"...they were unveiled by Via about a month ago.
@leventebotos69272 ай бұрын
Why are these locos bouncing so much??
@PhaniBhushanManne2 ай бұрын
Afaik, it's related to the P-Way/Pathway maintenance
@Mauscmkwk2 ай бұрын
10:34 I bet when go retires them metra will take them
@GamingRailfanner2 ай бұрын
GO is not retiring them anytime soon, in fact they are poised for a rebuild
@ludwigtails2 ай бұрын
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.
@OntarioTrafficMan2 ай бұрын
They are certified for up to 12 coaches per locomotive
@tiernanstrains2 ай бұрын
12 for the MP40s, 10 for the F59s. That's purely a HEP generation capacity.
@effeo99622 ай бұрын
Where exactly is this bend, please? I don't recognise the water tower.