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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
Shoulder stations are entirely possible. Just depends on the market. For Ottawa, I think a place like Fallowfield is not out of the questions. Put in a Fallowfield and GTA East station and the tech folks going between Markham and Kanata will definitely provide more riders.
People are assuming that suburban stations are out based on a list of cities that Alto said they'd serve. I don't think that precludes suburban stations where ridership justification is strong. Also, the trains usually have to slow down in suburban areas anyway, so the time penalty for a suburban station is smaller. It's way more impactful to have a stop on the rural stretch where the train is running at 250 kph (or higher) than the suburban stretch where it's running 120 kph. Right now I think VIA doesn't even break 100 kph between Fallowfield and Tremblay.
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I agree that they are listing cities not stations and a Fallowfield station is extremely likely.
Having said that, they need to find a way to decrease the travel time between Fallowfield and the main Ottawa station, as the current time will slow down the end to end travel time way too much. Some of that will come from faster acceleration, but they also need to mitigate some of the more severe speed restrictions.
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