My understanding is that prior to the pandemic metrolinx had planned to introduce all day service to West Harbour last fall after the track work between Aldershot and West Harbour finished up. Covid has obviously put that on hold, but as ridership returns (likely this summer and fall), it will likely be instituted. I can see Metrolinx cancelling the express bus at that point, or making heavy revisions to its service pattern.
Metrolinx has also made several improvements to the Lakeshore West corridor over the last year that have resulted in faster travel times. Local trains make the trip in 1:05 from Aldershot today, instead of 1:10 prior to the pandemic. It takes trains 2 minutes less to travel from West Harbour to Aldershot as well.
Presuming that express trips cut 13 minutes from the travel time like they did pre-pandemic, West Harbour peak travel times will be in the range of 1:04 to Union. This will also continue to improve, it will likely fall below 1:00 in a few years. I know Metrolinx is finishing up work resignalling the USRC which will cut a few more minutes off, and the Lakeshore lines are planned to use the new platform at Union that Metrolinx is about to start building, which will feature much much faster track speeds. There are other upgrades along the line in order to improve zone speeds underway as well.
Last edited by Innsertnamehere; Feb 10, 2021 at 7:23 PM.
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