Massive expansion of GO services adds hundreds of new trips throughout Ontario

A massive expansion in GO train service will see an additional 300 trips per week to Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Milton and Durham.

The announcement of the largest service expansion in more than a decade was made by Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the Milton GO yard Monday. Increased service will be on the Milton, Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Kitchener and Stouffville lines.

“As part of our work to get it done on the largest public transit expansion in North America, our government is adding hundreds of additional GO train trips each week for communities across the GTA,” said Ford.

“Today’s announcement, along with our recent introduction of free transfers between different transit systems through One Fare, will help get people across the region where they need to go faster, while saving the average transit rider $1,600 every year.”

Starting April 28, weekend train service will increase from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes in the afternoon and evening on the Lakeshore West and Lakeshore East lines between Oakville GO Station, Union Station and Durham College Oshawa GO Station.

For the first time, riders on the Kitchener line will also benefit from new 30-minute weekday service during midday and evenings between Bramalea and Union Station.

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“Investing in GO rail service and infrastructure is critical to advancing Milton’s long-term complete community vision,” said Milton Mayor Gordon Krantz.

“Additional GO rail service trips in Milton further connects people to jobs, students to learning, stimulates our economy, fosters housing builds in our transit corridors and improves connections to other transit services.”

The province is also adding evening train service seven days a week on the Stouffville line, as well as an additional morning rush hour trip to Union Station for commuters in Milton and an afternoon rush hour trip from Union Station to Milton GO.

For transit riders going to and from Pearson Airport, every second UP Express train (every 30 minutes) will be non-stop between Union Station and Pearson Airport, providing commuters with a more direct and convenient option for airport transfers seven days a week.

Here are some of the other changes:

• On Saturdays, starting April 27, the last train to and from Niagara Falls on the Lakeshore West line will depart an hour later. On weekdays, the last train to Niagara Falls will depart half an hour earlier.
• Starting April 27, GO Bus Route 21 from Milton will return to the Union Station Bus Terminal.
• On May 4, seasonal GO Explore service will begin to Canada’s Wonderland on Routes 47 and 52 and the Toronto Zoo on Route 96.

“This is the single biggest enhancement of GO rail service since 2013, bringing the total number of weekly rail trips to 2,307 – a 15.4 per cent increase from our current level of service. This will give our customers more flexibility and makes it easier to choose transit first,” said Phil Verster, president and CEO of Metrolinx, the company that runs GO.