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GO Transit makes changes to meet increased demand

Starting April 3, 2010, GO Transit is making several system-wide train and bus service changes to meet the needs of our growing ridership and bring schedules in line with actual travel trip times. Many trips have adjusted departure and arrival times.

Click on the headings below for service change summaries.

Lakeshore West

Departure, travel and arrival times adjusted on most Lakeshore West train trips

Adjustments were made to departure, travel and arrival times in both directions to reflect actual travel times. These changes impact westbound and eastbound train and bus services.

Weekday eastbound trains departing from the following GO Stations:

  • Aldershot at 5:35 a.m., and all train departures between 10:04 a.m. and 2:04 p.m. and all train departures between 8:04 p.m. and 11:04 p.m. will arrive at subsequent stations and at Union three minutes later, at 11 minutes past the hour.
  • Aldershot at 6:07 a.m., 3:18 p.m. and 4:08 p.m. will now depart four minutes earlier at 6:03 a.m., 3:14 p.m. and 4:04 p.m. Connecting bus trips will depart Hamilton seven minutes earlier at 5:35 a.m., five minutes earlier at 2:45 p.m., and five minutes earlier at 3:35 p.m. Buses will depart McMaster University four minutes earlier at 5:40 a.m., five minutes earlier at 2:50 p.m. and six minutes earlier at 3:39 p.m.
  • Burlington at 5:13 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 8:44 a.m., 9:10 a.m., 7:10 p.m. will arrive at Union three minutes later. Check the schedule for departure times from your station.
  • Burlington at 4:45 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. will depart three minutes earlier at 4:42 p.m. and 5:47 p.m.
  • Burlington at 6:10 p.m., will now depart four minutes later at 6:14 p.m., arriving at Union station at 7:15 p.m.
  • Burlington at 7:15 a.m. will now depart two minutes earlier at 7:13 a.m. Connecting bus trips will depart Hamilton five minutes earlier at 6:30 a.m. and McMaster University five minutes earlier at 6:40 a.m.
  • Burlington at 8:14 a.m. will have adjusted times between Appleby and Union, arriving at Union seven minutes later. Check the schedule for departure time from your station.
  • Hamilton at 6:14 a.m., 6:34 a.m., 7:04 a.m. and 7:17 a.m. will depart two minutes earlier at 6:12 a.m., 6:32 a.m., 7:02 a.m. and 7:15 a.m.
  • Oakville at 7:05 a.m. and 7:25 a.m. will arrive at Union three minutes later. Check the schedule for departure times from your station.
  • Oakville at 5:30 p.m. will now depart five minutes later at 5:35 p.m., arriving at Union at 6:16 p.m.
  • Port Credit at 8:07 a.m. will depart two minutes earlier at 8:05 a.m., arriving at Union at 8:33 a.m.

Saturday, Sunday and holiday eastbound trains will arrive into Union three minutes later, at ten minutes past each hour.

Some adjustments have been made to weekday westbound train trips, always check your station schedule:

  • Trains departing from Union at 4:30 p.m., 5:02 p.m. 5:34 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. have schedule adjustments made between Clarkson and Hamilton to reflect actual travel times.
  • The 5:13 p.m. train from Union has had its schedule adjusted between Mimico and Oakville.
  • The 5:19 p.m. train leaving Union to Burlington, now departs four minutes earlier at 5:15 p.m. Weekday bus trip schedules have been adjusted, always check your schedule.
  • The eastbound bus, departing Hamilton at 7:20 a.m. will leave two minutes earlier at 7:18 a.m.
  • Eastbound trips departing Niagara Falls VIA Station at 5:30 a.m., 6:00 a.m. and 1:55 p.m. will all leave five minutes earlier at 5:25 a.m., 5:55 a.m. and 1:50 p.m. The 2:40 p.m. eastbound bus departing from Niagara Falls VIA Station will now leave at 2:45 p.m.
  • The westbound 5:56 p.m. and 6:28 buses departing from Burlington will leave four minutes later at 6:00 p.m. and 6:32 p.m.

Sunday buses from McMaster University to Hamilton will be suspended for the summer effective April 29, 2010.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Milton

All weekday eastbound trains will arrive at Union three minutes later to reflect actual travel and arrival times. Check the schedule for departure times from your station.

  • Weekday southbound buses departing from Milton at 2:55 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. will depart five minutes earlier at 2:50 p.m and 3:40 p.m.
  • The weekday 4:10 p.m southbound bus departing from Milton will leave 35 minutes later at 4:45 p.m. and connect with the 5:35 p.m. train departing from Oakville.
  • The weekday southbound bus departing from Milton at 5:35 p.m. will leave five minutes later at 5:40 p.m. and the weekday southbound bus departing from Milton at 6:40 p.m. has had its schedule adjusted between Bronte and Oakville.

The following weekday northbound buses departing Oakville have had their departure and arrival times adjusted:

  • 8:39 a.m. will now leave at 8:42 a.m.
  • 3:29 p.m. will now leave at 3:30 p.m.
  • 4:16 p.m. will now leave at 4:20 p.m.
  • 5:38 p.m. will now leave at 5:41 p.m.

The weekday westbound bus trips departing from Finch GO Terminal at 5:30 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. will leave five minutes later and arrive into Milton (Main & Martin) at 7:15 p.m. and 7:50 p.m.

The following weekday southbound bus trips departing from Milton to Oakville will no longer be operating: 5:45 a.m., 8:40 p.m. and 10:40 p.m.

The following weekday northbound bus trips departing Oakville to Milton will no longer be operating: 6:54 a.m., 9:29 p.m. and 11:29 p.m.

Weekday service between Hamilton and Meadowvale Business Park will no longer be operating.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Georgetown

Changes along the Georgetown corridor train and bus services will be in effect as of April 3, 2010.

Arrival times on many eastbound trains have been adjusted to arrive three minutes later at Union to reflect actual arrival time. Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station.

New weekday eastbound bus trips have been added and depart from:

  • Georgetown GO Station at 9:23 a.m., making all stops to Brampton, Steeles and Rutherford, and express to Union.
  • Georgetown (Main and Wesleyan) at 10:46 a.m. and at 12:46 p.m., making all stops to Brampton, Steeles and Rutherford, and express to Union.
  • Brampton GO Bus Terminal at 9:55 a.m., 10:35 a.m. and 12:35 a.m., making all stops to Steeles and Rutherford, and express to Union.
  • Bramalea GO Station at 10:10 a.m. (express to Union) and at 10:20 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 12:50 p.m. and 1:50 p.m.

New weekday westbound bus trips have been added and depart from Union Station:

  • 9:30 a.m. to Malton, all stops to Georgetown (Main and Wesleyan)
  • 10:30 a.m. to Malton, all stops to Brampton GO Terminal
  • 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:20 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to Malton and Bramalea
  • 11:50 a.m., express to Brampton and all stops to Guelph
  • 12:50 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. to Brampton
  • 2:30 p.m. express to Brampton, all stops to Georgetown

Earlier bus trip departures:

  • The 4:48 a.m., and 1:48 p.m. weekday eastbound bus trips will depart Georgetown, Main and Wesleyan two minutes earlier. Check the schedule for the adjusted departure times.
  • The 5:30 a.m., 6:10 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 2:10 p.m., 5:35 p.m., and 8:10 p.m. weekday eastbound bus trips will depart five minutes earlier from Guelph Bus Terminal, at 5:25 a.m., 6:05 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 8:05 p.m.
  • The 5:53 a.m., 7:58 a.m., will depart Georgetown, Main and Wesleyan five minutes earlier at 5:48 a.m. and seven minutes earlier at 7:51 a.m. respectively.
  • The 6:22 a.m. weekday eastbound bus trip will depart Georgetown two minutes earlier at 6:20 a.m.
  • Weekday eastbound bus trips from the University of Guelph at 1:55 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. now departs five minutes earlier.
  • The 1:50 p.m. weekday westbound bus from Union to Bramalea now departs 20 minutes earlier at 1:30 p.m.
  • The 1:50 p.m. weekday westbound from Union will depart 20 minutes earlier at 1:30 p.m. and operate express to Brampton, making all stops to Georgetown.
  • The weekday southbound bus departing Orangeville Mall at 7:37 p.m. will leave two minutes earlier at 7:35 p.m.
  •  The weekday northbound bus trip departing Malton at 10:14 a.m. to Bolton will now leave 14 minutes earlier at 10:00 a.m. with a connection to the bus departing from Union to Brampton

Later departures:

  • The weekday eastbound bus trip from Guelph Bus Terminal to York Mills, at 8:10 a.m. will now depart twenty minutes later at 8:30 a.m.
  • The westbound train departing from Union at 2:45 p.m. will leave 45 minutes later at 3:30 p.m.
  • The weekday westbound train departing from Union at 6:45 p.m. has been extended to operate through to Mount Pleasant with an adjusted bus connection.
  • The weekday southbound bus departing from Orangeville Mall at 12:12 p.m., now leaves 23 minutes later at 12:35 p.m. It now operates express between Snelgrove and Brampton Bus Terminal.
  • The weekday northbound bus departing from Brampton to Orangeville at 3:37 p.m. will leave 45 minutes later at 4:22 p.m.
  • Weekday southbound bus trips departing from Bolton at 8:25 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. will leave five minutes later at 8:30 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. The 9:50 bus will arrive in Malton at 10:25 a.m. providing a connection to the 10:30 a.m. bus to Union.
  • Two weekday southbound bus trips, departing from Bolton to Malton at 11:05 a.m. and at 1:05 p.m. will now depart 15 minutes later, at 11:20 a.m. and 1:20 p.m., both with bus connections at Malton to Union.
  • The weekday northbound bus trip departing from Malton at 1:34 p.m. to Bolton will now leave twenty six minutes later at 2:00 p.m. with a connection to the bus departing Union to Brampton.
  • The weekday northbound bus trip departing from Malton at 3:19 p.m. to Bolton will now leave 45 minutes later at 4:04 p.m. with a connection to the adjusted train departing Union Station to Brampton at 5:30 p.m.
  • The weekday northbound bus to Orangeville now departs from Brampton Bus Terminal at 10:30 a.m., and no longer departs from Bramalea

 Weekend and holiday service adjustments:

  • Eastbound bus trips departing from Georgetown will leave two minutes earlier.
  • Eastbound bus trips departing from the University of Guelph will leave five minutes earlier.
  • Westbound trips arriving at the University of Guelph and Guelph Bus Terminal will arrive five minutes later.

The following adjustments have been made. Check your station and stop schedule for new times.

  • Weekday westbound buses departing from Union arriving in Brampton at 6:25 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. have been adjusted to better reflect actual travel times.
  • The arrival times in Georgetown and Guelph are adjusted on all weekday westbound trips departing York Mills.

The following weekday trips will no longer be operating:

  • The 6:30 p.m. bus from Union to Mount Pleasant, and the 6:35 p.m. bus from Union to Georgetown.
  • The 10:50 a.m. weekday eastbound bus departing from Brampton to Union.
  • Eastbound bus trips departing Brampton at 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m, and 5:00 p.m. to York Mills GO Terminal.
  • Eastbound trains departing Bramalea at 10:25 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. are discontinued, along with the buses that the connected to these trains.

Weekday westbound trains departing from Union to Bramalea at 9:40 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 p.m. are discontinued, along with the buses departing from Bramalea to Guelph at 10:22 a.m., 12:12 p.m. and 1:42 p.m.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Airport Express

Changes to airport bus services will be in effect as of April 3, 2010.

Daily service has been adjusted and will continue to operate between the airport and the Richmond Hill Centre.

  • Eastbound trips will depart the airport hourly between 4:45 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. to the Richmond Hill Centre.
  • Westbound trips will depart the Richmond Hill Centre hourly from 4:15 a.m. until 1:15 p.m.

Daily bus service between Square One GO Terminal and Lester B. Pearson International Airport will no longer be operating. Customers traveling to the Airport from Square One can also be served by taking the #7 Mississauga Transit bus. Please visit www.mississauga.ca and click on the ‘Mississauga Transit’ link for more information.

Customers traveling between Square One and Richmond Hill may use our Hwy 407 services by making a transfer on Keele St. at Snidercroft Rd. and walking across Keele St. and board at the Great Gulf Rd. GO bus stop.  

Reminder: Hwy 407 East GO buses board at the GO bus stop on Langstaff Rd. on the south side of the GO station. Not at the Richmond Hill Centre.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Hwy. 407 West

Changes to the Hwy. 407 West bus service will be in effect on April 3, 2010 unless otherwise noted below.

A new transfer point has been added for 407 west and eastbound GO Bus customers at Keele St. and Snidercroft Rd. and Keele St. and Great Gulf Dr.

The following weekday eastbound bus trips departing from the University of Guelph will no longer be operating: 8:05 a.m., 9:40 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 1:40 p.m., 4:10 p.m. and 10:10 p.m.

The following weekday westbound bus trips departing from Cooksville will no longer be operating: 6:35 a.m., 10:05 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 2:35 p.m., and 11:40 p.m.

Sunday and holiday bus trips will be suspended for the summer starting April 24, 2010.

The 10:20 p.m. weekday eastbound bus departing from Oakville to York University will leave five minutes later at 10:25 p.m.

School bus trips will not be operating during the summer.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Hwy. 407 East

Please visit the schedules section to verify departure times from your stop or terminal.

A new transfer point has been added for 407 east and westbound GO Bus customers at Keele St. and Snidercroft Rd.. and Keele St. and Great Gulf Drive.

Weekday bus trips between Unionville GO Station and U of T Scarborough and Centennial College will no longer be operating as of April 26, 2010.

Customers can now be served by taking the VIVA Purple eastbound to Markham Street, then the TTC 102D southbound to Centennial. Customers specifically traveling on to Scarborough U of T campus would travel further south on the 102, and transfer to the 38 to the Scarborough U of T campus.

Some weekday 407 Hwy. buses (school trips) will not be operating during the summer.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

North - Barrie and Richmond Hill

As of April 3, 2010, the following changes to train and bus schedules will be made.

  • Northbound trains departing from Union to Barrie have been adjusted from York University, while departure times from Union remain the same. This is to ensure the change effecting connecting bus trips between Bradford and Barrie is made.
  • The southbound trains departing from Richmond Hill at 6:28 a.m., 6:58 a.m., 7:28 a.m. and 7:58 a.m. will leave three minutes earlier, stopping at Langstaff GO Station two minutes earlier and Old Cummer one minute earlier.
  • Southbound trains departing from Barrie at 5:43 a.m., 6:15 a.m., 6:50 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. will now leave two minutes earlier, with intermediate times adjusted to reflect actual travel times.
  • The weekday northbound bus trip departing from Newmarket to Beaverton at 4:40 p.m. will leave five minutes earlier.

The following bus trips will no longer be operating as of April 3, 2010:

  • The southbound bus trips departing Old Cummer, serving Oriole, to Union at 5:53 a.m., 9:05 a.m., and 10:35 a.m. Customers on this route can now be served by taking the Sheppard subway from Leslie Station to Sheppard Station, and then transferring to the southbound Yonge Subway to Union. TTC subways are scheduled to run no less than every five minutes during the day. For further details and travel times, please visit www.ttc.ca.
  • Northbound bus trips departing from Union at 12:50 p.m., 2:10 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 8:50 p.m., and 9:50 p.m. to Oriole and Old Cummer.
  • The weekday southbound bus trips departing from Bradford at 5:07 a.m. and 5:32 a.m. to Newmarket GO Terminal and the northbound bus trip departing from Newmarket at 12:15 a.m. to Bradford.
  • The weekday southbound bus trip departing from Barrie Bus Terminal at 6:20 a.m., serving Essa Road, Hwy. 400, Innisfil Beach Road and Hwy. 400 carpool lots to Maple and the northbound bus trip departing Rutherford at 4:58 p.m.
  • Weekday southbound bus trips departing from King City at 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m., serving Maple and Rutherford, to Union.
  • The weekday northbound bus trips from Union to King City, at 10:20 a.m., 11:20 a.m. and 11:20 p.m.

As we work toward our goal of delivering a fully integrated regional transportation system across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas, GO Transit will no longer be operating some services that are already being offered by regional transit providers.

Newmarket B GO Bus no longer in operation Effective Monday, April 5, 2010, the 62-Newmarket B GO Bus service between Newmarket and York Mills will no longer operate. Customers on this route can now be served by taking the VIVA Blue or YRT 98/99 to Finch Station, and then transferring to either the Yonge Subway or the 97 Yonge bus on the TTC. The VIVA Blue is scheduled to run every eight minutes during rush hour, and the TTC subway every two to three minutes at that time.

For more details and specific trip times, please visit www.yrt.ca or www.ttc.ca.

Newmarket – York University GO Bus no longer in operation Effective Monday, April 26, 2010, the 64-Newmarket – York University GO Bus service will no longer operate. During peak periods, customers can use GO Train services. Customers on this route can now be served by either VIVA or the YRT.

For more details and specific trip times, please visit www.yrt.ca.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Stouffville

All southbound trains from Stouffville will arrive into Union three minutes later. Check the schedule for departures times from your station.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

Lakeshore East

As of April 3, 2010, changes to train and bus services will be made, including the renumbering of train trips, to closely reflect actual travel and arrival times.

Saturday, Sunday and holiday westbound trains will arrive into Union three minutes later, at forty minutes past each hour. Check the schedule for the departure time at your station.

Weekday westbound bus service changes:

  • The 4:55 a.m., 5:20 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. buses serving Bowmanville (King and Liberty) will leave one minute earlier at 4:54 a.m., 5:19 a.m. and 5:29 a.m.
  • The 7:00 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. buses departing from Oshawa, serving Whitby and Ajax to Scarborough Town Centre will no longer be in operation.

Weekday westbound train service changes:

  • A new weekday westbound train will depart from Oshawa at 6:47 a.m., making all stops to Pickering, then express to Union.
  • The 7:11 a.m. train departing from Oshawa will leave four minutes later, and continue to make all stops to Pickering, then express to Union.
  • The 6:52 a.m. train departing from Oshawa will now leave eight minutes later at 7:00, making all stops to Pickering and express to Union, arriving at 7:50 a.m. Check departure times from Oshawa to Pickering.
  • The 7:45 a.m. train from Pickering will continue to leave at this time, but will arrive at Union Station at 8:35 a.m.
  • The 7:55 a.m. train departing from Oshawa, making all stops to Pickering, then express to Union, will leave two minutes earlier at 7:53 a.m.
  • The 5:21, 6:41, 7:41, 8:41, 9:41, 10:41, and the 11:41 p.m. westbound trains from Oshawa to Union leave three minutes earlier at 5:18, 6:38, 7:38, 8:38, 9:38, 10:38, and 11:38 p.m.

Weekday eastbound train service changes

  • The 6:13 a.m., 6:41 a.m., 7:28 a.m., 8:13 a.m., 10:13 a.m. and hourly trains until 2:13 p.m. have had their running times adjusted between Guildwood and Oshawa to better reflect travel and arrival times. Intermediate times in these schedules have been adjusted.
  • The 7:43 a.m. train from Union will depart three minutes earlier at 7:40 a.m.
  • The 9:13 a.m. train from Union will depart four minutes later at 9:17 a.m., connecting bus trips have been adjusted to continue with the connection.
  • The 6:12 p.m. train from Union will depart six minutes later at 6:18, and will arrive into Oshawa at 7:19 p.m.
  • The 7:13 p.m. train from Union will leave four minutes later at 7:17 p.m. and will arrive at Oshawa seven minutes later. Intermediate times are adjusted, as well as connecting bus departure times.

All southbound and northbound bus trips on the Lakeshore East corridor have been adjusted to meet the Lakeshore East train schedule adjustments. Check the schedule for buses arriving and departing at: Port Perry, Whitby, Finch, Trent University, and Oshawa.

All eastbound and westbound route 93 bus trips are suspended for the summer, effective May 1, 2010.

Eastbound route 93 bus trips departing Scarborough Town Centre at 7:10 a.m. and 9:40 a.m. to UOIT/Durham College are suspended for the summer effective April 17, 2010.

Weekday eastbound bus trip departing Scarborough Town Centre at 6:10 p.m., serving Ajax and Whitby to Oshawa will no longer be operating.

Weekday westbound bus trips departing Oshawa at 7:00 a.m., and 7:40 a.m., serving Whitby and Ajax to Scarborough Town Centre will no longer be operating.

Check the schedule to find out about the adjusted departure time from your station. New schedules are available on our special schedule page.

 

 


Love on the GO Contest Winner

Congratulations to Tom K. from Whitby who is the winner of our Love on the GO contest.  His entry received the most votes winning him a romantic weekend away for two at the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel in Niagara Falls.     Love on the GO Contest Winner

Tom's entry:
Seventeen years ago, an attractive young lady sitting beside me remarked how pretty the falling snow looked, as the GO train we were riding made its way into downtown Toronto, early on a snowy December morning. Addressing her comment, I mumbled something more or less incomprehensible (which I probably thought was witty), to which she mercifully chuckled. This tremulous beginning launched a love affair of 17 years and counting – which includes a marriage proposal on the GO by means of a ring in a paper bag, nestled in right beside an oatmeal raisin cookie; a wonderful home east of Toronto; two amazing children of whom I couldn’t be prouder, and a wedding band inscribed with “Mr. GO Train”. I’m very thankful that fate allowed our paths to cross, and that GO Transit was there running a train along it! Thank you, GO Transit!  

 
Thank you to everyone who entered!

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