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Originally Posted by Athens
Once the city decides to build either the Kettle Island bridge, or the Sandy Hill Interprovincial Truck Tunnel(SHITT), there will be no need for Nicholas street to exist between the 417 and Laurier. I say remove it and restore the purpose of Union Station. Then for a coating of around $100 million after that is finished you can have some form of a GO Train in this city
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First off, I like the acronym.
I would say that the goal shouldn't be to remove the surface streets, but to improve transportation overall. A tunnel would be a couple of km long, much like the lines into Grand Central Terminal in NY. There they have to deal with being below sea level.
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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
Nicholas Street was not on Union Station rail right of way. Colonel By Drive was built on that right of way.
The current setup with the Tremblay Road station now has some advantages since it allows trains to flow through Ottawa efficiently. As a result, both Montreal and Toronto bound trains can serve the two Ottawa stations. There would be significant delays if trains were to serve the old Union Station and then have to back out again, or Montreal bound trains would not serve Fallowfield Station, a significant loss.
The current setup also is a necessity if HFR is ever built with most trains passing through Ottawa and few terminating here.
The dream of bringing back Union Station is long dead and I see no scenario where it will be brought back.
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https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan-your-trip/train-schedules/ottawa-montreal-sainte-foy-quebec
No Montreal bound trains use Falllowfield unless it is from Toronto.
I wouldn't see a need to close the 2 existing Ottawa stations, just add one more that a commuter rail type system would utilize and serve downtown better.
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