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Originally Posted by Jamaican-Phoenix
Ironically, I thought of something similar. Run the O-Train over the PoW Bridge and instead continuing north to the Casino, heads east and follows the Rail ROW which I believe goes right up to beside the Portage Bridge...
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I'd do both, since there is not much point in sending the train back across the river (morning) empty. Here's how I would arrange it (again, morning):
1. Bayview to Hull via Domtar spur
2. Hull to Casino (this will require that the old tram/CPR bridge over the main line be reopened and a new bit of track on a northward arc be built to join it up to the existing line so as to avoid underway back-up manoeuvres)
3. Casino to Bayview
Get two or three trains doing that and we solve a bunch of problems all at once, not the least of which is the mess that is Rideau Street. At Bayview, people could transfer to the multitude of deadheading eastbound buses through downtown Ottawa. Note that this is an interim solution until we get our downtown tunnel, at which point things could be rearranged a bit to send trains directly to downtown Ottawa. For the purposes of scheduling simplicity, we would have the existing O-Trains continue north from their present terminus while acquiring some new dual-mode vehicles to supplement the fleet on this corridor. Combined with an immediate extension to Leitrim, we're looking at maybe half a dozen new trains, all dual-mode.
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