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There were two different issues yesterday during the day - one was a mechanical issue with a train, and one was a smoke alarm that went...

GO needs all of the buses that they can get right now. This is why they've been sending them out for rebuild by the dozen. No different...

While they are more-or-less the same cost to operate, they cost a lot more to maintain, and their maintenance and storage can be...

What I wrote above is coming from the guys in Fleet Engineering. Dan

You're right. All you need is some hired hack to show you something shiny and new, and he'll approve it. All of the old studies be...

No, not at all. The TTC has shifted multiple times on various technologies over the years because that's where the money is allocated...

That has nothing to do with how the TTC "feels" about EVs, and everything to do with how the political winds are blowing. If you were...

See, I don't read this as building the fourth track at all. This is only for prep. And considering that most of the prep on that...

Not braking - CN's signalling system requires at least 12 axles in order to accurately trigger the signals and crossing detection. Thus...

Not sometimes. Most of the time, and especially with big productions, a working title will be used that does not necessarily reflect the...

Nothing has been scaled back recently. What you see now has been the plan for the last little bit. If you go back further, with the...

I don't think that's really what they're thinking. The expectation is that the offloading of capacity onto the Ontario Line is...

This is absolutely the case. Part of VIA"s business case for the new fleet was for increased equipment utilization, and thus the...

While most of my travel of late has been to and from Ottawa, from what I've seen of hanging around Union and Ottawa while waiting for my...

As far as Metrolinx is concerned, the one at Spadina/across from The Well is off of the books. That doesn't mean that other groups...