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Originally Posted by Jon Dalton
CP still runs east to Welland and to the Bayview Junction where it connects to the CN mainline to Toronto. I think most of those freights are going through, not to or from the Aberdeen yard. I know CP is totally unwilling to let GO use any more track time due to freight traffic demands. If that could have been resolved by moving the Aberdeen yard and rerouting trains somewhere else, that would have come up long before now in negotiations with GO Transit. $30M went into rail improvements for the TH&B restoration (in the early 90's), if they could have made provisions for all day service they would have done it back then, I would think. Bob Bratina probably knows more about this.
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With the CP rail yards transformed to a stadium, the amount of traffic CP had along Hamilton Subdivision will likely drop significantly, but not completely. As Jon pointed out, the southern portion of Hamilton Subdivision is used actively to link Welland to Hamilton and the northern section links to CP's Galt and Guelph subdivisions (via Desjardin/Hamilton Junction). I believe there are only 6 mainline trains that CP has running the length of Hamilton Subdivision these days. One would think there would be more capacity available for GO service along CP's Hamilton Subdivison as a result of eliminating the Aberdeen Yards from service (and the associated traffic related to the shunting that takes place there).