We're always doing some renewal at the centre of it all – Union Station. In recent years, you've seen us add stairways and elevators, and new passenger information signs, but much more is on the way. Major construction projects include rehabilitation of the roof over the train platforms, a new platform for tracks 13 and 14, and a second GO concourse, in the west end of the building. We will also be replacing the tracks, modernizing the signal system to let us run more trains, and building a midday train storage yard east of the station. When completed, all of this will improve service for our customers. Visit the Union Station Renewal Program website.

Several other big projects are in the works across the GO network. These fall under the GO Transit Rail Improvement Program (GO TRIP), with the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and municipal governments in the Greater Toronto Area all playing a role in the funding. The projects include adding many kilometres of new track on the Lakeshore and Georgetown lines to allow for better train service, underpasses or overpasses that will separate GO Train service from CPR or CN freight traffic on the Georgetown, Bradford, and Stouffville lines, and improvements to allow GO Train service to extend north to Barrie. Visit the GO Transit Rail Improvement Program (GO TRIP) website.

One of the proposed projects under GO TRIP would improve rail infrastructure along GO’s Georgetown line, through west Toronto. GO has begun an Individual Environmental Assessment (IEA) to further study these expansion plans and to examine alternatives for an airport transportation link.

The assessment has two components. One examines proposed improvements along GO's Georgetown South rail corridor that would meet the increasing demand and future need for GO Train service to the communities along the corridor, running between Halton and Peel Regions and the City of Toronto. The second is to examine alternatives — both within and outside the Georgetown South rail corridor — for an airport transportation link, including the proposed Air-Rail Link (ARL) service, between Union Station and Lester B. Pearson International Airport.

As part of the process, a website has been developed to encourage public involvement throughout the study. The website is updated regularly to include information about each stage of the study, enabling you to provide comments and input on the IEA. Visit the website about the Individual Environmental Assessment for expansion in GO's Georgetown South corridor.

Find out about stations we've recently opened, as well as new ones on the way. Visit the New Stations page on this website.

Our new locomotives are starting to arrive! GO Transit has ordered 27 new MP40 locomotives from Motive Power Industries (MPI) of Boise, Idaho and they will begin delivery in October 2007 continuing through to November 2008.

These new locomotives will help improve our on-time performance and will allow us to accommodate even more passengers, because now we will be able to pull two extra passenger cars. GO's new locomotives are faster, more fuel-efficient, and more environmentally friendly.

The new locomotives will first be introduced on the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, and Milton lines, where station platforms are currently being lengthened to accommodate the extra passenger cars. Once the extra cars are added to our trains, GO Transit will have the longest commuter trains in North America.

Featuring a new look, the new locomotive's paint scheme is similar to the new look our buses are sporting.

For more information, please visit the new locomotive unveiling event webpage.

Launched in the fall of 2000, GO's Bus Rapid Transit service began by operating along Highway 407 to serve the York University campus. It has grown and flourished, with greatly improved services and new park & ride lots. The GO BRT service is now one of our fastest growing services, yielding 12,000 rides on a typical day. As part of this service, we are working with the City of Mississauga to build new, exclusive bus lanes on roads in Mississauga along Highway 403. Visit Mississauga's BRT website for more information on this project.

To view a video of the unveiling of the new double decker bus, please visit the GO Highlights page.