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Originally Posted by roger1818
Regarding getting through CPR's Toronto Yard, the yard today is a pale reflection of what it once was. Here are Aerial/Satellite Photographs of it "today" and in 1977. If you click on them to zoom in, you can see that they have torn up many of the tracks in the centre of the yard. I am sure it wouldn't be difficult for VIA to buy land from CP.
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The Metrolinx Study said
Operations through CP’s Toronto Yard. The Havelock S/D ends at the eastern limit of the yard. To access the CP Belleville S/D all trains would have to travel through the yard at a maximum of 15 mph and be subject to conflicts with other train movements in the yard. This would have a serious impact on travel time and make the service unreliable.
It proposes various options to get around this, with varying degrees of cost and time.
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