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Originally Posted by J.OT13
In the event that the Trillium would end at UQO, passengers from Gatineau who work in Ottawa's south or west end (Carleton, Confederation Heights, the airport along on Trillium OR Tunney's, DND Moodie along Confederation) would have save a significant amount of time by avoiding a detour through downtown.
Options for extension of the Trillium beyond UQO would be east to end at Zibi, across the street from Terraces de la Chaudière, or it could go north a few stations to the Casino (near various Federal offices) and beyond.
It would act as a secondary link between the two cities to reduce pressure on the STO and Confederation Lines downtown, and provide a more equitable distribution of passengers between OC and the STO.
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I don’t think there is any practical way to extend Trillium either towards the casino (at least using the German rural trains they currently use) or Zibi without enormously costly grade separations.
For Alymer residents who work on the West side it offers a slight time savings. If Gatineau wants to pay for it then fine. But it offers zero benefits to Ottawa. If Ottawa has hundreds of millions for Trillium extensions they should start extending towards downtown.
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