[upinottawa]

Even if it was feasible (boy would it be expensive to convince one of CN or CP to abandon its tracks), I wonder if light rail on London's current rail corridors makes any sense. Many of the major population areas of the city would not be served by such a system.

That leads me to think that light rail would need to be at grade on major roads in order for the investment to be successful and to be approved. However, as stated above, it would be a difficult sell to remove lanes for cars on Richmond, Oxford, Dundas, etc. Light rail could work on Wellington Road South (as the street is wide enough), but unfortunately the neighbourhoods south of Commissioners are very suburban and not very transit oriented.

Looking at the current LTC map, the following appear to be the largest corridors served by LTC:

- Downtown to UWO/Masonville (Richmond or Warncliffe/Western)
- Downtown to Fanshawe (Dundas or Oxford)
- Downtown to White Oaks (Wellington)
- Downtown to Dundas East (Dundas)

It does not appear as if any of those corridors would be well served by light rail on existing tracks.

Some one better versed in these things may have a different take.