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The entire point of highlighting the example of Perth was to show that whereas the desired end state of the original GO Expansion scope...

It’s ironic that every Venture trainset was delivered by CN from Chicago mostly all t he way to Montreal. The delivery movements were a...

It would take me both hands to count the number of times I have stepped onto a VIA train and had it start moving before I had a chance...

In stations where VIA controls access to the platform, VIA does not let you on the platform before the train has arrived. Therefore, you...

There obviously is no such ridiculous rule and nobody is stopping you from boarding, as long as you arrive before boarding closes…

Have they? I like to think that I'm pretty well connected in the industry, and I have never once heard of CN entertaining the thought...

Which of course raises the questions “Why would CN sell the Grimsby Sub?” and “How would CN’s trains travel from Toronto to Buffalo?”…

Australian capital-city rail networks are very impressive, but the urban form is SO different from Canada it's not even funny. Even...

Intercity Rail is extremely limited, maybe 3 trains per day (plus a weekly transcontinental train, the "Indian Pacific"). Also, they...

I don’t think Perth got a bad deal out of transit being treated as bargaining chips. Click on the Wikipedia articles of Transperth and...

I don't think there's much disagreement with the service going into Union station. As you say, it's obvious. Though I'd hardly say that...

Intercity rail stations don’t necessarily need to serve downtown cores or main business districts, but they need to be where the main...

REM in a nutshell, or rather: on steroids.

No, I think think the 'crime' is repeatedly raising the idea in such a way as to derail threads. This can be considered trolling...

Let's follow the recommendation of @Reecemartin and go with Australia, where I find Perth to be quite a reasonable comparison...