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From: calvin@remove.daxack.ca

Stephen Sprunk (stephen@sprunk.org) said...
>
>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?

I believe John used the word "commuter" to refer to most of GO's rail
operations that are peak-hour-tidal: inbound in the morning and
outbound in the evening. Even their Lakeshore route runs on a half-hour
schedule the rest of the time.

A rather Toronto-centric use of the word.

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Calvin Henry-Cotnam
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