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September 4 Service Changes

We are making adjustments to our service beginning September 4, 2010. You can find change highlights below or visit the Schedules section for more detailed information.

GO gets students back to school

To help students get to class on time, GO Bus service will be reinstated to local colleges and universities for the new school year starting on September 4.

Students traveling to McMaster, Sheridan College, U of T Scarborough, Centennial College (Scarborough), Wilfrid Laurier, York University, Waterloo, University of Guelph, Durham College and UOIT can find their bus route schedules in the Schedules section, and additional information below.

For more information, please visit the Schedules section.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls accessible bus service pilot project

Starting Saturday, September 4, accessible bus service will be available to you when you travel from and to Niagara Falls. This service is for passengers using wheeled mobility devices boarding at Niagara Falls VIA Station, St. Catharines (Fairview Mall), Grimsby Park & Ride, Stoney Creek Park & Ride and Burlington GO Station.

Departure and travel times have been adjusted to reflect the additional time required to provide accessible service. Please check the schedule for detailed information on these adjustments.

Providing accessibility on this service as a pilot project over the coming months will help us to explore options for improving accessible bus services to meet the needs of all our customers. This initiative is also part of our ongoing efforts to expand and improve service delivery.

For more information, please visit the Schedules section.

Lakeshore East

Departure and travel times adjusted for GO Bus trips along Lakeshore East

Starting Tuesday, September 7 departure and travel times have been adjusted on the Oshawa Hwy 401 GO Bus trips leaving Oshawa GO Station and Ajax GO Station to Scarborough Town Centre and York Mills.

To improve travel time and bus capacity for Oshawa, Whitby and Ajax, some bus trips during the morning rush hour have been adjusted to depart Oshawa and Whitby earlier, without stopping in Ajax. These westbound trips will depart Oshawa at 5:40, 5;55, 6:30, 7:20 and 7:50 and go express to Whitby and Scarborough Town Centre or Finch. The express trips originating at Ajax will depart at 6:30, 6:55, 7:20 a.m.

Starting Saturday September 4, several changes have been made to the Hwy 2 GO Bus schedules to better reflect actual travel times. The changes include earlier departure times, and customers are urged to check the schedule.

For more information, please visit the Schedules section.

Stouffville, Richmond Hill and Barrie

New weekday and weekend bus service for Stouffville and North Corridor customers

Starting Saturday, September 4, GO Transit will be offering new weekday and weekend bus service to Stouffville, Newmarket and Aurora.

A new weekday evening northbound trip from Union will service Aurora, Newmarket and East Gwillimbury. Four new weekend and holiday trips will operate between Newmarket and Aurora and travel to and from Union.

Richmond Hill GO Train customers will also see a few changes to weekday homebound departure times.  

There is also a new weekday southbound trip from Lincolnville to Union and an additional weekend and holiday service between Lincolnville and Union in both directions.

For more information, please visit the Schedules section.

Milton and Georgetown

New GO Bus trips for Milton and Georgetown Customers

Starting Saturday, September 4, Milton and Georgetown will gain additional eastbound and westbound weekday bus trips.

The Milton line, in addition to a few changes to the schedule to better reflect actual travel times, will have a new weekday westbound bus trip will leave Finch GO Bus Terminal at 5:05 p.m., serving Yonge and Sheppard at 5:12 p.m. and then operate express to Square One arriving at 6:00 p.m..

New weekday eastbound Union Station bus trips will depart Lisgar GO Station at 3:45 and 4:45 p.m. serving Streetsville and Erindale, then express to Union Station. Also, a new weekday eastbound bus trip will depart Square One at 7:25 p.m.
In addition to the new trips on the Milton line some existing trips departing Milton at 3:15, 4:15 and 6:15 p.m. will operate express between Meadowvale and Union offering customers a faster ride.

On the Georgetown line, eastbound weekday bus trips departing Brampton Bus Terminal at 3:35, 4:35 and 5:35 p.m. will operate express from Steeles and Rutherford to Union offering customers a faster ride to Union Station.

New weekday eastbound bus trips will depart Bramalea GO Station at 3:50, 4:50 and 5:50 p.m. serve Malton and express to Union Station. The 10:00 p.m. weekday westbound bus from the Union Station GO Bus Terminal will now only service Malton and Bramalea GO Stations.

A new 10:10 p.m. weekday westbound bus from Union will run express to Steeles and Rutherford, serve Shopper’s World and Brampton GO Station.

On the Trinity Common GO bus service in addition to a few changes to the schedule to better reflect actual travel times, a new weekday westbound bus trip will depart Yonge and Sheppard at 3:30 p.m. making all regular stops and connect to the train at Bramalea GO Station, offering Union Station customers additional connections to Trinity Common.

Departure times have been adjusted to leave earlier for the Brampton local, Hwy 27 and 427 GO Bus service operating between Brampton and York Mills and bus trips in both directions will serve the Bramalea GO Station instead of the Steeles at Bramalea Road stops.

For more information, please visit the Schedules section.

GOing Back to School?  

The summer is over and class is about to start. Here is some important information on how to get your GO Student ID and get back to school!

Full-time Canadian university and college students are eligible for GO Transit student fares, and must always carry official GO Student ID while traveling to show during random ticket checks. The GO Student ID card allows travel at a discounted rate for the period of full-time study and must be renewed each new school year.

For students registered for seven months or more in full-time classes, the 2009-10 cards are valid until October 31, 2010.

Visit the Student ID page for more information on how to apply for and obtain a GO Student ID.

When using GO Student ID, 10-ride and monthly passes are the only ticket types that can be used. Visit our Ticket Types page for additional information about fares.

Make your first day back an easy one - here’s an idea!

If you’re taking a new route or taking the GO for the first time, why not test it out before your first day? Check our Schedules section to find out which route to take and what time you need to take it.

We wish you a safe and successful year!  

GO introduces new ticket and fine Dispute Resolution Program

Starting in fall, we are implementing a new program to make it easier for passengers to resolve fare and parking related disputes. You will now be able to deal directly with GO Transit when disputing a fine instead of with the Provincial Courts.

This new program puts you first by providing a great alternative to the costly and inconvenient formal court proceeding. The new Dispute Resolution Program will reduce the length of time it takes to have a ticket heard and resolved in an informal, impartial and fair process. For convenience and to streamline the process, you may now dispute by telephone, email, online or in person.

This new program will also reduce the overall cost associated with ticket and fine disputes. Dealing directly with staff at the Union Station office will save you time, and will also make our Transit Safety Officers more available to serve you better.

For more information, please read the by-law outlining the program. For questions directly related to this new program, please email complianceservices@gotransit.com.

Bus Rapid Transit Project Breaks Ground in Mississauga

Rob Prichard Hazel McCallion Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ontario Minister of Government Services Harinder Takhar, Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, and Metrolinx President and CEO Rob Prichard participated in a groundbreaking ceremony today to mark the start of construction of the Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor.

This $259 million project, which is expected to be completed in spring 2013, involves constructing an 11-kilometre east-west busway across the City of Mississauga between Winston Churchill Boulevard and Renforth Drive in the City of Toronto.  A total of 11 new stations with related commuter facilities will also be constructed along the route.

Both GO Transit and Mississauga Transit buses will use the busway to provide enhanced east-west services.  The project had been identified as one of the Top 15 priority projects in the Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan, The Big Move.

“We are pleased to work with our government partners to improve public transit in Peel Region,” said Gary McNeil, Executive Vice-President of Metrolinx and Managing Director of GO Transit. “Joint projects such as this will help provide an integrated transportation network to all of our customers.”

For more information on the project, please refer to the City of Mississauga’s BRT project website.

 

Cliff

Congratulations to Cliff P. from Hamilton who has won a special GO annual pass in the Cascades Green Transport Contest sponsored by the Canadian Urban Transit Association. 

Zip & Win Wednesdays Contest Winners

Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four
Jason Judy Maria Kitty
Jason W. from Mississauga Judy Z. from Markham Maria N. from
Mississauga
Kitty A. from Whitby
Week Five Week Six  Week Seven   Week Eight
Cheryl Daria  Adam 

Cheryl G. from Toronto

Daria G. from Vaughan

Adam M. from Brantford

Arnon C. from Toronto
Week Nine Week Ten Week Eleven Week Twelve
Nalini M. from Pickering Nicole R. from Toronto Jintana U. from Bradford Linden P. from Brampton

Union Station renovations will benefit GO customers

The GO terminal at Toronto's historic Union Station is undergoing a major transformation.

GO Commuters Get New Express Train

Morning rush hour just got a little easier for GO commuters as an additional train trip has been added on the Lakeshore East GO Transit line.

GO Service Updates GO Fare Calculator GO Schedules