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Originally Posted by Luisito
Go trains will get electric locomotives which is better than what they have now but still would be better if they got modern EMUS to replace the current cars. Even electric locomotives are becoming rare in the rest of the world.
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Do you know how big GO Transit is? Changing to EMUs on top of electrification and building a mostly grade separated suburban rail network, would be a bridge to far. And the benefits aren't really all that clear. Yes, EMUs are a bit more efficient and accelerate better. But those benefits don't come close to justifying junking a thousand rail carriages. Moving to EMUs should rightfully be saved for a future step once they have the system running and some experience and can define the specs more appropriately.
A big reason why they likely avoided conversion to EMU, other than not wasting existing rolling stock is infrastructure. They would have needed all kinds of upgrades to existing facilities, and would even need new ones for EMUs. That's massively expensive to what is already the most expensive transit project in Canadian history. Saving this for future phase is eminently sensible.
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