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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
There will be no incentive to double track and electrify the service and if there is thought of conversion, it will be quickly discarded because of the inability to maintain a reasonable quality of service during conversion. Ridership from the south will permanently be reduced because of the lack of direct service to downtown and the limitations on service frequency dictated by a single track system. Double tracking will not be possible without a major closure of the line despite the opinions of some to the contrary. Those are strictly opinions which I do not believe.
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There are only 2 reasons for the current shut down of the O-Train during the current service expansion. One being that the job can be completed faster and the other is that OC Transpo does not have the expertise to run a railway while performing construction. All the work could be done at night or on weekends and much of it such as grading work for the new sidings could be done without any disruption of service other than a slow speed order through the construction zone. Even the future potential replacement of crossing diamonds at Confederation and at the access to Walkley Yard can be done with no disruption of service. One only needs to look at the cancellation of service during the bomb scare at Bayview in the spring to see that OC Transpo can't seem to figure out how to run a railway.
Forget about trying to have single rides everywhere transit users want to go. Even the best transit systems in the world require multiple transfers. It is the frequency of service that makes the transfers acceptable to users. Ottawa is not a one horse town now so start accepting the fact.
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