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[Sloan]

http://www.thespec.c...track-city-says

[KevinKorell]

Just in case there is some confusion from the article, HSR does not refer to high speed rail. Hamilton's transit agency, which at one time ran streetcars but is now only buses, is still called Hamilton Street Railway. The name will fit once more if LRT does happen. And it will be a nice suburban system, feeding GO Transit trains at their Hamilton station stop.

[Sloan]

 

 

Wynne promises $1 billion for Hamilton LRT line, additional GO train station

 

HAMILTON – The city of Hamilton will get up to $1 billion from the Ontario government for a Light Rail Transit line from McMaster University to Queenston Circle in the city’s east end.

http://www.news1130....-train-station/

[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 2/3/17:

 

Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario seek firms to build Hamilton light-rail project

Rendering of light-rail trains in downtown Hamilton, Ontario Photo – Metrolinx

 

Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario have issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for firms to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Hamilton B-Line light-rail transit project.

The 6.8-mile route will include 14 stops between McMaster University and Queenstown Circle in Hamilton, Ontario. The project also includes an operations, maintenance and storage facility for light-rail vehicles.

 

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[Sloan]

 

 

Hamilton light rail RFQ issued

CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have issued a request for qualifications for a contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a light rail line in Hamilton. A request for proposals is expected in mid-2017.

 

http://www.metro-rep...rfq-issued.html

[CNJRoss]

Toronto Sun, 2/9/21

 

Ontario seeks $1.5 billion from feds for Hamilton LRT

 

Hamilton LRT (B-Line) Route (CNW Group/Infrastructure Ontario)

 

 

Ontario says it needs the federal government to commit $1.5 billion in order to build a light-rail transit line in Hamilton.

 

The province on Tuesday called on Ottawa to provide the funding, over a year after it cancelled the project because its costs had escalated to $5.5 billion.

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[CNJRoss]

RT&S, 2/9/21

 

Ontario is not sure it will choose light rail, but is certain it needs federal funding

 

 

If full is not the way to go, then Ontario must look at it as partially full.

 

A couple of years ago the province was ready to dig into a fully funded, 14-km light-rail line that would run between McMaster and Eastgate Square. However, the Doug Ford government blocked construction from happening.

 

Now Ontario wants the federal government to pay up to $1.5 billion for a 9-km route that would likely run from McMaster University to Gage Avenue. The Hamilton LRT project is one of Ontario’s five priority projects that have been submitted to the federal Liberal government for transit funding. However, if the funding gap cannot be filled with federal dollars, officials will be looking at a bus rapid transit solution.

 

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[CNJRoss]

CP24, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  2/9/21

 

Ontario asks federal government for $1.5 billion in funding for Hamilton LRT project

 

 

TORONTO - Ontario says it needs the federal government to commit $1.5 billion in order to build a light-rail transit line in Hamilton.

 

The province called on Ottawa to provide the funding today, over a year after it cancelled the project because its costs had escalated to $5.5 billion.

 

Last year, a provincially appointed panel issued a report saying the city needs a “higher order” transit project to address future growth - either a light-rail line or a bus rapid transit line.

 

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[KevinKorell]

CBC, 9/8/21:

 

 

    Hamilton LRT a near certainty as councillors vote to sign binding agreement  

 

 

Hamilton city councillors will sign a binding agreement that will see a $3.4-billion light-rail transit (LRT) system move ahead.

 

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[CNJRoss]

Railway Age, 9/16/21

 

Report: Hamilton LRT Back on Track? (Updated)

 

 

Hamilton, Ontario, city councilmembers on Sept. 8 agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Metrolinx and the Province to advance a light rail transit project that was axed in 2019, CBC News reported. UPDATE: On Sept. 15, the members ratified their decision to re-initiate the project, Metrolinx said.

 

The 14-kilometer (8.7-mile), 17-station line would connect the Eastgate Square shopping mall and downtown Hamilton with McMaster University (see map below), and be separated from regular traffic. It would integrate with local HSR bus service, and connect with local bike share, and GO bus and rail service at the Hamilton GO Center.

 

 

City councilmembers on Sept. 8 voted 11-3 to sign the MOU; the vote was ratified on Sept. 15. According to Metrolinx, the councilmembers “authorized the Mayor and City Manager to sign an agreement that will allow Metrolinx and its partner, the city of Hamilton, to re-initiate the transit project. Metrolinx will now work with the city of Hamilton to establish a project team and collaboratively progress into procurement and delivery of the project.”

 

The new MOU “will be ‘binding and enforceable,’ a staff report says, and essentially lock Hamilton into accepting LRT,” according to a Sept. 8 CBC News report, which noted that information on “issues such as operating costs, which Hamilton will have to cover, and fare box revenue, which Hamilton will keep” is still to come for the C$3.4 billion project.

 

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