Rob Porter 🎶🐦Jul 1, 2023
Jason Thorne
Imagine … taking a train from Brantford to Goderich … or from Glencoe to Strathroy … or from Palmerston to Elora … or, well, to just about anywhere (CN passenger rail system 1958)
#transit #trains #urbanism #maps #mapstodon #transport #ontario
Jul 1, 2023 at 11:05pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadLeftyLabourTechTorontoJul 1, 2023

@JasonThorne In "newer" news #Metrolinx has just announced they're shutting down their London-Toronto train in October.

The extension of the GO Train from Oshawa to Bowmanville will open in...get this...2041.

https://www.gotransit.com/en/partners-and-promotions/london-go-train-service

GO Transit - London GO Train Service

We’re running a pilot GO train service to Southwestern Ontario with stops in London, St. Marys, and Stratford. Learn more

Show threadsimonbpJul 1, 2023
@JasonThorne The Radial museum ruined me as a child, thinking the whole horseshoe should be connected by Toronto gauge electric networks
Show threadAnton LodderJul 2, 2023
@JasonThorne imagine all the great bike trips that would be possible if you could just... take the train back
Show threadnevJul 2, 2023
@JasonThorne holy shit this map is so old my hometown is on it
Show threadnevJul 2, 2023
@JasonThorne that said i would probably not go there because it would be even more racist back then
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Jul 2, 2023
@JasonThorne
We had railways and we got rid of them and even after we figured out we should not have we kept doing that and now that we know they are part of the solution we continue doing that.