Very good
halifaxboyns
I agree, the only way to achieve a commuter rail system in Halifax is to use existing ROW's; anything else would be too disruptive to existing traffic patterns.
- It would be interesting if there were some way to extend your "green line" out towards Cole Harbour.
- Also, could a spur be created from your "red line" to service Sackville and down towards Windsor. There is an existing ROW there too.
On a side note, here's a link to a little article on the transit history of greater Moncton.
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/a...oncton-nb.html
The stats are a little dated, and in particular Codiac Transit is now a lot larger than what they state (we now have about 50 busses).
but there is still some interesting stuff here.
In particular, I was intrigued to find out that in the 1950's (at least), that CNR operated a
commuter rail service between Moncton and Pointe-de-Chene (no doubt for the cottage crowd).
So, commuter rail
does have a history in the Maritimes.........perhaps it will rise again!