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 Message 2861 
 Stephen Sprunk to John Levine 
 Re: DMUs for Union-Pearson 
 13 Aug 14 12:54:50 
 
From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 12-Aug-14 21:40, John Levine wrote:
>>> and incompatible with the rest of GO Transit which assumes low
>>> platforms.
>>
>> That is not Nippon Sharyo's fault. Clearly the Union Pearson
>> Express folks thought that was their preference. :)
>
> That's not totally foolish.  The new trains will run 4 tph, more
> like transit, while the existing trains run on a typical commuter
> schedule.

Nit: commuter rail is a subset of transit.  Perhaps you meant light
and/or heavy rail?

S

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