Candiac line still not running
Even though the Kahnawake Mohawks lifted their barricade Thursday, the Exo Candiac line is not running Friday because CP has not given permission yet.
Update: The line is now running again.
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Francesco 20:15 on 2020-03-06 Permalink
We really need a system of suburban trains that aren’t at the mercy of the freight railways.
Kate 21:15 on 2020-03-06 Permalink
Isn’t that more or less what the REM is supposed to be?
Francesco 03:53 on 2020-03-07 Permalink
No, not at all. In effect, REM is a hybrid between a light metro and a RER; it doesn’t quite hit on either target.
The exo6 Deux-Montagnes it will replace was already a decent suburban rail line that needed some (fairly major) upgrades (but not $7Bn worth) to be something like a French RER or German S-Bahn line, or really more like an Australian CityTrain line. Alas, the New Champlain Bridge was built with a transit deck that can’t support heavy rail, and Quebec mandated CDPQ to come up with a plan to create rail transit links from the airport and from Brossard to downtown. In the process, they proposed the REM and managed to snag the exo6 line at the same time — the busiest suburban line in the province, and as it worked out, eventually a very profitable one for CDPQ.
Cities like Boston and Toronto are coming around to the idea of modernizing suburban or city railways, which is certainly no small project. Essentially, the goal is to provide 15-minute, all-day service in both directions on all major lines, and electrifying the busiest lines. To get those frequencies, double- and triple-tracking is necessary on many lines, and gaining traffic priority for the city trains is paramount. In most cases that involves buying under-used freight lines and spurs from CN and CP, while in some areas new rights-of-way must be built for the exclusive use of the city trains. The GO On-Corridor Expansion is a HUGE project that will quadruple the number of trains operating in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region.
@ant6n has a library of essays on the subjects of REM, rail and RER and it’s worth a read at cat-bus.com (along with an interesting essay about RER dreams for Montreal at http://cartoview.blogspot.com/2017/07/an-rer-fantasy-for-montreal.html?m=1 ).