GO Transit rail services
GO Transit rail services are provided throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and the Greater Golden Horseshoe.[3] The GO Transit rail fleet consists of 90 MPI MP40 locomotives and 979 Bombardier BiLevel Coaches.[4] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 40,807,100 passengers per year. GO Transit started on May 23, 1967, running single-deck trains powered by diesel locomotives in push-pull configuration on a single rail line along Lake Ontario's shoreline.[5][6] When GO trains began operation, they ran on tracks mostly owned the two major freight railways of Canada: Canadian National (CN) and CPKC. Over time, GO Transit (and subsequently Metrolinx) have acquired tracks, ensuring GO Transit has control over track maintenance and expansion. Metrolinx currently owns 80% of the GO's rail corridors.[7]
All GO Transit fares are calculated by the fare zones that the origin and destination of the trip are in, as well as by passenger category (adult, student, senior or child). GO train fares are not differentiated based whether or not buses are used for part of the trip.[4][8]
Lines and stations edit
| Corridor | Station | Code | Location | Coordinates | Platforms | Parking | Fare zone | Opening year (for GO service) | ||
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| All | Union Station | UN | 65 Front Street, Toronto | 43°38′44″N 79°22′46″W / 43.6456°N 79.3795°W | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1967 | ||
| Lakeshore West | Exhibition | EX | 100 Manitoba Drive, Toronto | 43°38′09″N 79°25′09″W / 43.6359°N 79.4192°W | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1967 | ||
| Mimico | MI | 315 Royal York Road, Toronto | 43°36′59″N 79°29′50″W / 43.6164°N 79.4972°W | 4 | 330 | 3 | 1967 | |||
| Long Branch | LO | 20 Brow Drive, Toronto | 43°35′31″N 79°32′44″W / 43.5919°N 79.5456°W | 3 | 49 | 3 | 1967 | |||
| Port Credit | PO | 30 Queen Street East, Mississauga | 43°33′20″N 79°35′15″W / 43.5556°N 79.5875°W | 3 | 946 | 11 | 1967 | |||
| Clarkson | CL | 1110 Southdown Road, Mississauga | 43°30′46″N 79°38′02″W / 43.5129°N 79.6340°W | 3 | 3199 | 12 | 1967 | |||
| Oakville | OA | 214 Cross Avenue, Oakville | 43°27′17″N 79°40′58″W / 43.4546°N 79.6828°W | 4 | 4334 | 13 | 1967 | |||
| Bronte | BO | 2104 Wyecroft Road, Oakville | 43°25′02″N 79°43′19″W / 43.4171°N 79.7219°W | 3 | 2764 | 14 | 1967 | |||
| Appleby | AP | 5111 Fairview Street, Burlington | 43°22′45″N 79°45′40″W / 43.3791°N 79.7612°W | 3 | 2964 | 15 | 1988 | |||
| Burlington | BU | 2101 Fairview Street, Burlington | 43°20′29″N 79°48′33″W / 43.3413°N 79.8091°W | 3 | 2105 | 16 | 1980 | |||
| Aldershot | AL | 1199 Waterdown Road, Burlington | 43°18′46″N 79°51′19″W / 43.3129°N 79.8552°W | 4 | 1689 | 17 | 1992 | |||
| Hamilton | HA | 36 Hunter Street East, Hamilton | 43°15′11″N 79°52′09″W / 43.2530°N 79.8691°W | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1996 | |||
| West Harbour | WR | 353 James Street North, Hamilton | 43°15′56″N 79°51′55″W / 43.2656°N 79.8652°W | 2 | 46 | 18 | 2015 | |||
| St. Catharines | SCTH | 5 Great Western Street, St. Catharines | 43°08′52″N 79°15′20″W / 43.1478°N 79.2556°W | 1 | 0 | 83 | 2009 | |||
| Niagara Falls | NI | 4267 Bridge Street, Niagara Falls | 43°06′32″N 79°03′49″W / 43.1088°N 79.0636°W | 1 | 0 | 84 | 2009 | |||
| Lakeshore East | Danforth | DA | 213 Main Street, Toronto | 43°41′12″N 79°17′58″W / 43.6866°N 79.2994°W | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1967 | ||
| Scarborough | SC | 3615 St Clair Avenue East, Toronto | 43°43′01″N 79°15′18″W / 43.7169°N 79.2550°W | 3 | 626 | 6 | 1967 | |||
| Eglinton | EG | 2995 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto | 43°44′22″N 79°13′56″W / 43.7394°N 79.2322°W | 2 | 836 | 6 | 1967 | |||
| Guildwood | GU | 4105 Kingston Road, Toronto | 43°45′18″N 79°11′53″W / 43.7550°N 79.1980°W | 3 | 1437 | 8 | 1967 | |||
| Rouge Hill | RO | 6251 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto | 43°46′49″N 79°07′49″W / 43.7802°N 79.1302°W | 2 | 1407 | 9 | 1967 | |||
| Pickering | PIN | 1322 Bayly Street, Pickering | 43°49′52″N 79°05′09″W / 43.8311°N 79.0857°W | 3 | 3589 | 91 | 1967 | |||
| Ajax | AJ | 100 Westney Road South, Ajax | 43°50′54″N 79°02′30″W / 43.8484°N 79.0416°W | 2 | 1644 | 92 | 1988 | |||
| Whitby | WH | 1350 Brock Street South, Whitby | 43°51′53″N 78°56′17″W / 43.8648°N 78.9380°W | 2 | 3930 | 93 | 1988 | |||
| Oshawa | OS | 915 Bloor Street West, Oshawa | 43°52′15″N 78°53′05″W / 43.8708°N 78.8847°W | 2 | 2643 | 94 | 1995 | |||
| Milton | Kipling | KP | 27 St Albans Road, Toronto | 43°38′09″N 79°32′14″W / 43.6357°N 79.5373°W | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1981 | ||
| Dixie | DI | 2445 Dixie Road, Mississauga | 43°36′28″N 79°34′39″W / 43.6078°N 79.5774°W | 1 | 936 | 11 | 1981 | |||
| Cooksville | CO | 3210 Hurontario Street, Mississauga | 43°35′00″N 79°37′26″W / 43.5832°N 79.6239°W | 1 | 1675 | 11 | 1981 | |||
| Erindale | ER | 1320 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga | 43°34′08″N 79°40′08″W / 43.5690°N 79.6689°W | 2 | 2201 | 12 | 1981 | |||
| Streetsville | SR | 45 Thomas Street, Mississauga | 43°34′34″N 79°42′31″W / 43.5761°N 79.7087°W | 2 | 1540 | 21 | 1981 | |||
| Meadowvale | ME | 6845 Millcreek Drive, Mississauga | 43°35′52″N 79°45′15″W / 43.5978°N 79.7542°W | 1 | 2010 | 22 | 1981 | |||
| Lisgar | LS | 3250 Argentia Road, Mississauga | 43°35′26″N 79°47′18″W / 43.5906°N 79.7883°W | 1 | 792 | 23 | 2007 | |||
| Milton | ML | 780 Main Street East, Milton | 43°31′24″N 79°52′01″W / 43.5234°N 79.8670°W | 1 | 1567 | 24 | 1981 | |||
| Kitchener | Bloor | BL | 1456 Bloor Street West, Toronto | 43°39′29″N 79°27′03″W / 43.6580°N 79.4509°W | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1975 | ||
| Weston | WE | 1865 Weston Road, Toronto | 43°42′01″N 79°30′48″W / 43.7002°N 79.5132°W | 3 | 295 | 4 | 1974 | |||
| Etobicoke North | ET | 1949 Kipling Avenue, Toronto | 43°42′23″N 79°33′45″W / 43.7063°N 79.5624°W | 1 | 687 | 4 | 1974 | |||
| Malton | MA | 3060 Derry Road East, Mississauga | 43°42′18″N 79°38′18″W / 43.7050°N 79.6382°W | 3 | 779 | 31 | 1974 | |||
| Bramalea | BE | 1713 Steeles Avenue, Brampton | 43°42′06″N 79°41′28″W / 43.7017°N 79.6911°W | 3 | 2377 | 32 | 1974 | |||
| Brampton | BR | 27 Church Street West, Brampton | 43°41′12″N 79°45′53″W / 43.6868°N 79.7647°W | 2 | 933 | 33 | 1974 | |||
| Mount Pleasant | MO | 1600 Bovaird Drive West, Brampton | 43°40′30″N 79°49′22″W / 43.6751°N 79.8227°W | 3 | 1116 | 34 | 2005 | |||
| Georgetown | GE | 55 Queen Street, Georgetown | 43°39′20″N 79°55′07″W / 43.6556°N 79.9186°W | 4 | 625 | 35 | 1978 | |||
| Acton | AC | 39 Eastern Avenue, Acton | 43°38′02″N 80°02′04″W / 43.6338°N 80.0345°W | 1 | 45 | 37 | 2013 | |||
| Guelph | GL | 79 Carden Street, Guelph | 43°32′41″N 80°14′47″W / 43.5446°N 80.2464°W | 1 | 12 | 39 | 2011 | |||
| Kitchener | KI | 126 Weber Street West, Kitchener | 43°27′20″N 80°29′36″W / 43.4556°N 80.4933°W | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2011 | |||
| Barrie | Downsview Park | DW | 1212 Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto | 43°45′14″N 79°28′42″W / 43.75389°N 79.47833°W | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2017 | ||
| Rutherford | RU | 699 Westburne Drive, Vaughan | 43°50′18″N 79°29′54″W / 43.8384°N 79.4983°W | 1 | 970 | 61 | 2001 | |||
| Maple | MP | 30 Station Street, Vaughan | 43°51′34″N 79°30′26″W / 43.8594°N 79.5071°W | 1 | 1319 | 61 | 1982 | |||
| King City | KC | 7 Station Road, King City | 43°55′12″N 79°31′37″W / 43.9200°N 79.5270°W | 1 | 555 | 62 | 1982 | |||
| Aurora | AU | 121 Wellington Street East, Aurora | 44°00′03″N 79°27′36″W / 44.0007°N 79.4599°W | 1 | 1462 | 63 | 1982 | |||
| Newmarket | NE | 465 Davis Drive, Newmarket | 44°03′39″N 79°27′37″W / 44.0607°N 79.4604°W | 1 | 265 | 64 | 1982 | |||
| East Gwillimbury | EA | 845 Green Lane East, East Gwillimbury | 44°04′40″N 79°27′19″W / 44.0778°N 79.4552°W | 1 | 646 | 44 | 2004 | |||
| Bradford | BD | 300 Holland Street East, Bradford | 44°07′02″N 79°33′22″W / 44.1172°N 79.5562°W | 2 | 359 | 65 | 1982 | |||
| Barrie South | BA | 833 Yonge Street, Barrie | 44°21′04″N 79°37′39″W / 44.3511°N 79.6275°W | 1 | 619 | 68 | 2007 | |||
| Allandale Waterfront | AD | 24 Essa Road, Barrie | 44°22′29″N 79°41′19″W / 44.3747°N 79.6887°W | 1 | 160 | 69 | 2011 | |||
| Richmond Hill | Oriole | OR | 3300 Leslie Street, Toronto | 43°45′55″N 79°21′53″W / 43.7654°N 79.3646°W | 1 | 295 | 5 | 1978 | ||
| Old Cummer | OL | 5760 Leslie Street, Toronto | 43°47′33″N 79°22′16″W / 43.7924°N 79.3712°W | 1 | 466 | 5 | 1978 | |||
| Langstaff | LA | 10 Red Maple Road, Richmond Hill | 43°50′18″N 79°25′24″W / 43.8383°N 79.4233°W | 1 | 1137 | 60 | 1978 | |||
| Richmond Hill | RI | 6 Newkirk Road, Richmond Hill | 43°52′30″N 79°25′36″W / 43.8749°N 79.4267°W | 1 | 2324 | 61 | 1978 | |||
| Gormley | GO | 1650 Stouffville Road, Richmond Hill | 43°56′27″N 79°23′53″W / 43.9409°N 79.3980°W | 1 | 850 | 62 | 2016 | |||
| Bloomington | BM | 1796 York Regional Road 40, Richmond Hill | 43°58′33″N 79°23′53″W / 43.9759°N 79.3981°W | 1 | 1000 | – | 2021 | |||
| Stouffville | Kennedy | KE | 2467 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto | 43°43′56″N 79°15′45″W / 43.7323°N 79.2624°W | 1 | 0 | 77 | 2005 | ||
| Agincourt | AG | 4100 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto | 43°47′08″N 79°17′02″W / 43.7855°N 79.2840°W | 1 | 342 | 7 | 1982 | |||
| Milliken | MK | 39 Redlea Avenue, Toronto | 43°49′24″N 79°18′06″W / 43.8232°N 79.3016°W | 1 | 665 | 70 | 2005 | |||
| Unionville | UI | 155 YMCA Boulevard, Markham | 43°51′06″N 79°18′53″W / 43.8516°N 79.3148°W | 1 | 1620 | 71 | 1991 | |||
| Centennial | CE | 320 Bullock Drive, Markham | 43°52′25″N 79°17′22″W / 43.8737°N 79.2894°W | 1 | 451 | 72 | 2004 | |||
| Markham | MR | 214 Main Street North, Markham | 43°52′58″N 79°15′45″W / 43.8827°N 79.2626°W | 2 | 413 | 72 | 1982 | |||
| Mount Joy | MJ | 1801 Bur Oak Avenue, Markham | 43°54′01″N 79°15′47″W / 43.9004°N 79.2630°W | 1 | 1333 | 73 | 2004 | |||
| Stouffville | ST | 6176 Main Street, Stouffville | 43°58′17″N 79°15′00″W / 43.9714°N 79.2501°W | 1 | 243 | 74 | 1982 | |||
| Old Elm | LI | 12958 Tenth Line, Stouffville | 43°59′25″N 79°14′13″W / 43.9904°N 79.2370°W | 1 | 673 | 74 | 2008 | |||
History edit
GO Transit rail service began on May 23, 1967, on a single rail line along Lake Ontario's shoreline.[5][9] GO Train service ran throughout the day from Oakville to Pickering with limited rush hour train service to Hamilton. This line, now divided as the Lakeshore East and Lakeshore West lines is the keystone corridor of GO Transit, and continued to be its only rail line for its first seven years of operation.[5] GO's other five lines were opened between 1974 and 1982, significantly expanding the rail network from 86 to 332 kilometres long, and from 16 to 43 stations.
To that point, all of GO's rail services ran on tracks mostly owned by the two major freight railways of Canada: Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP).[7] in 1988, a small but significant milestone in network growth occurred when it expanded its Lakeshore East line on new track it built by itself. But following that, the network experienced two long distance extensions to southern Barrie and Guelph in 1990, only to have those extensions reversed three years later. GO did extend its Lakeshore East line again in 1995 from Whitby to Oshawa, finishing that line as it exists today.
The reach of GO's network remained relatively unchanged between 1996 and 2005. However, seven new infill stations were opened along the Bradford and Stouffville lines. This coincided with GO's initial purchases of the rail corridors it operated on, taking ownership of the entire Stouffville line past Scarborough station, and most of the Barrie line north of the Toronto border. In addition, GO took control of the critical Union Station Rail Corridor, which all GO trains on all lines used. By the end of 2005, GO owned over a third of its rail network.
From 2007 to 2017, GO's network saw six extensions, requiring the Bradford line to be renamed as the "Barrie line", and the Georgetown line to "Kitchener line." These long distance extensions, along with the other extensions on the Lakeshore West, Richmond Hill and Stouffville lines, expanded GO's network length by 29%. Six critical corridor purchases were also made, tripling its length of owned corridors and bringing its ownership percentage to over 80%. Finally, 10 new stations were added, one of which coincided with the opening of the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension, creating a new interchange between GO and the TTC subway.
| Corridor | Date | Stations | Length | Track ownership | Note | |||
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| Lakeshore (unified West and East) | 1967-05-23 | 16 | 86.4 kilometres (53.7 mi) | 0 kilometres (0.0 mi) | 0% | Initial service. | ||
| 1968-04-26 | 15 | Lorne Park station closed. | ||||||
| 1968-11-09 | 16 | Exhibition opened. | ||||||
| Georgetown | 1974-04-29 | 22 | 134.4 kilometres (83.5 mi) | New line opened. | ||||
| 1974-12-01 | 23 | Etobicoke North opened. | ||||||
| Richmond Hill | 1978-05-01 | 27 | 168.6 kilometres (104.8 mi) | New line opened. | ||||
| Milton | 1981-10-26 | 34 | 219.0 kilometres (136.1 mi) | New line opened. | ||||
| Bradford Stouffville | 1982-09-07 | 44 | 332.0 kilometres (206.3 mi) | New lines opened. | ||||
| Lakeshore West | 1988-09-19 | 45 | Appleby opened. | |||||
| Lakeshore East | 1988-12-04 | 47 | 346.3 kilometres (215.2 mi) | 14.3 kilometres (8.9 mi) | 4.1% | Service extended to Whitby over newly-constructed GO subdivision. | ||
| Bradford | 1990-09-17 | 48 | 375.1 kilometres (233.1 mi) | 3.8% | Service extended to Barrie. | |||
| Georgetown | 1990-10-29 | 49 | 406.4 kilometres (252.5 mi) | 3.5% | Service extended to Guelph. | |||
| Lakeshore West | 1992-05-25 | 50 | Aldershot opened. | |||||
| Bradford Georgetown | 1993-07-05 | 48 | 346.3 kilometres (215.2 mi) | 4.1% | Service cut from Barrie and Guelph. | |||
| Lakeshore East | 1995-01-09 | 49 | 350.6 kilometres (217.9 mi) | 18.7 kilometres (11.6 mi) | 5.3% | GO subdivision and service extended to Oshawa. | ||
| Lakeshore West | 1996-04-29 | 351.6 kilometres (218.5 mi) | Hamilton service shifted to Hamilton GO Centre. | |||||
| Milton | 1997-03-31 | 23.7 kilometres (14.7 mi) | 6.7% | Galt subdivision purchased from CPR between West Toronto Diamond and Union Station. | ||||
| Bradford | 1999-04-30 | 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) | 9.5% | Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN north of East Gwillimbury. | ||||
| USRC | 2000-06-07 | 52.1 kilometres (32.4 mi) | 14.8% | Union Station Rail Corridor purchased from Toronto Terminals Railway. | ||||
| Stouffville | 2001 | 84.2 kilometres (52.3 mi) | 24.0% | Uxbridge subdivision purchased from CN (Scarborough - Uxbridge). | ||||
| Bradford | 2001-01-07 | 50 | Rutherford opened. | |||||
| 2002-01-16 | 122.0 kilometres (75.8 mi) | 34.7% | Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN between East Gwillimbury and Davenport Diamond. | |||||
| Stouffville | 2002-09-03 | 51 | Centennial opened. | |||||
| Bradford | 2002-09-06 | 52 | York University opened. | |||||
| Stouffville | 2002-12-02 | 53 | Mount Joy opened. | |||||
| Bradford | 2004-11-01 | 54 | East Gwillimbury opened. | |||||
| Georgetown | 2005-02-07 | 55 | Mount Pleasant opened. | |||||
| Stouffville | 2005-06-02 | 56 | Kennedy opened. | |||||
| Milton | 2007-09-04 | 57 | Lisgar opened. | |||||
| Barrie | 2007-12-17 | 58 | 380.5 kilometres (236.4 mi) | 150.8 kilometres (93.7 mi) | 39.6% | Service extended to Barrie South, line renamed. | ||
| Stouffville | 2008-09-02 | 59 | 383.0 kilometres (238.0 mi) | 153.3 kilometres (95.3 mi) | 40.0% | Service extended to Old Elm (formerly Lincolnville). | ||
| Georgetown | 2009-04-08 | 177.8 kilometres (110.5 mi) | 46.4% | Weston subdivision purchased from CN (Bramalea - Union).[10] | ||||
| Barrie | 2009-12-15 | 193.4 kilometres (120.2 mi) | 50.5% | Remainder of Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN (Davenport Diamond - Union).[11] | ||||
| Lakeshore East Stouffville | 2011-03-30 | 234.0 kilometres (145.4 mi) | 61.1% | Kingston subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Pickering.[12] | ||||
| Kitchener | 2011-12-19 | 61 | 437.2 kilometres (271.7 mi) | 53.5% | Service extended to Kitchener. Line renamed. | |||
| Barrie | 2012-01-30 | 62 | 442.9 kilometres (275.2 mi) | 239.7 kilometres (148.9 mi) | 54.1% | Allandale Waterfront opened. | ||
| Lakeshore West Richmond Hill | 2012-03-27 | 300.5 kilometres (186.7 mi) | 67.9% | Oakville subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Fourth Line; Bala subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Doncaster Diamond.[13] | ||||
| Kitchener | 2013-01-07 | 63 | Acton opened. | |||||
| Lakeshore West | 2013-03-21 | 313.9 kilometres (195.0 mi) | 70.9% | Oakville subdivision purchased from CN between Fourth Line and Brant Street.[14] | ||||
| Kitchener | 2014-09-29 | 367.1 kilometres (228.1 mi) | 82.9% | Guelph subdivision purchased from CN between Kitchener and Georgetown.[15] | ||||
| Lakeshore West | 2015-07-09 | 64 | 446.1 kilometres (277.2 mi) | 82.3% | Service extended to West Harbour. | |||
| Richmond Hill | 2016-12-05 | 65 | 453.6 kilometres (281.9 mi) | 80.9% | Service extended to Gormley. | |||
| Barrie | 2017-12-30 | 66 | Downsview Park opened. | |||||
| Lakeshore West | 2019-01-07 | 68 | 522.5 kilometres (324.7 mi) | 70.3% | Service extended to Niagara Falls. | |||
| Richmond Hill | 2021-06-28 | 69 | 526.1 kilometres (326.9 mi) | 69.8% | Service extended to Bloomington. | |||
| Barrie | 2021-07-19 | 68 | York University station closes. | |||||
Future extensions edit
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Future lines edit
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GO Transit rail service to Bolton was first proposed by the Ontario government under the MoveOntario 2020 plan in June 2007.[16] It was subsequently carried over to The Big Move, where it was placed on the 15-year plan.[17] In November 2010, Metrolinx completed a feasibility study that focused on utilization of Canadian Pacific Railway's Mactier subdivision, which runs from the West Toronto Diamond in Toronto northward to Bolton. Four different service alternatives were assessed to determine the best method to carry passengers into Toronto from the Mactier subdivision, and the preferred option was to direct trains east-west along CN's Halton subdivision, and north-south again along GO Transit's existing Barrie line. This would provide four new stations in the communities of Woodbridge and Kleinburg in the City of Vaughan, and Bolton in the Town of Caledon, and also use the existing Downsview Park station before terminating at Union.[16]
The feasibility study estimated that minimum infrastructure costs were $160 million for peak direction rush-hour service, and resulting ridership was forecasted to be 2,391, 2,884, and 4,388 in 2015, 2021, and 2031, respectively, in the morning peak period. If service was increased for two-way all-day service, total costs increased to $210 million, and ridership was forecasted to be 6,074, 7,324, and 11,146 in 2015, 2021, and 2031, respectively. Metrolinx determined that the projected ridership did not justify the costs, and downgraded the Bolton line from the 15- to the 25-year plan on February 14, 2013, when amendments were made to The Big Move.[18][19]
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The Midtown corridor refers to three new GO Transit services in The Big Move. The first is a Crosstown line from Dundas Street to the former CP North Toronto and Leaside stations in Toronto. The second and third segments would extend east from North Toronto and/or Union Station: the Seaton line to Seaton, and the Locust Hill line to Locust Hill.[20]
GO Transit has contemplated a Midtown corridor since the 1980s as a contingency plan once capacity at Union Station became constrained, making North Toronto an alternate station for Downtown Toronto. The major barrier to these plans, however, is the fact that the Midtown corridor is composed of existing rail lines owned and actively used by the CPKC as its main freight line between Ottawa, Montreal, London and Windsor. CPKC has been reluctant to provide capacity to GO Transit on its tracks, and the Milton line (which runs along CPKC tracks to the west) only came after considerable negotiations, the 1979 Mississauga train derailment, and an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars.[21][22]
All three lines in the corridor were listed under the 15-year plan of The Big Move upon its publication in 2008.[20] However, the Havelock line was moved to the 25-year plan on February 14, 2013, because of "very modest ridership potential and significant infrastructure and operational challenges related to the Agincourt rail yards."[23]
Via Rail provided train service to Peterborough until 1990, when service was cancelled. The potential to provide commuter rail service to Peterborough was noted by GO Transit in its 2020 strategic plan, and was also included in The Big Move.[20][24] Metrolinx completed a study for bringing commuter rail service to Peterborough in February 2010. Different routes were explored, all of which use CPKC's existing Havelock subdivision between Peterborough and Toronto. Once reaching Toronto, three different routes were explored through the east end, to deal with the same "significant infrastructure and operational challenges related to the Agincourt rail yards" that complicate GO's Havelock line. The study also kept the option open of using either Union Station or North Toronto station as the terminus of the line. Capital costs to upgrading the Havelock subdivision were estimated to be between C$329 and 384 million.[24][23] GO introduced bus service between Peterborough and Oshawa on September 5, 2009.[24]
Operations edit
Since the founding of GO Transit in 1967, GO trains have operated in push-pull configuration.[25] Each train has a locomotive on the east end and a cab control car on the west end. In push configuration, the cab car has a complete set of engineer's controls built into it, allowing the engineer to remotely control the locomotive pushing the whole train from the back of the train. This enables trains to travel in either direction without requiring one locomotive on each end.[citation needed]
Onboard procedures edit
All GO trains have a total of three crew members. The conductor and engineer are located in the locomotive or the cab car to operate the vehicle. Another guard-like staff member, the Customer Service Ambassador (CSA), is located in the accessibility coach, which is the fifth car from the locomotive. The CSA is responsible for opening and closing the train doors, making announcements over the PA system, and acts as the first responder in case of an emergency on board.[26]
The CSA announces the next station after the train departs a station, and an automated voice will repeat the announcement when the train arrives at its next station.[26] Automated public service announcements are made in both English and French.
When a train arrives at a station, the CSA puts a small accessibility bridge across the gap between the platform and the doorway. This is to allow passengers with mobility devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, or strollers to board and exit the train.[26] Each car has a number of accessibility seats provided. If the CSA sees a passenger with a physical disability and there are no accessibility seats available, they could ask that a passenger sitting in one of those seats to move to another area in the train to allow the passenger with a disability to sit in an accessibility seat.[26]
Before closing the doors, the CSA will make an announcement that the doors are closing and will remind passengers to stand clear of the doorways. All cars have a speaker above the doors, which plays a door closing chime in the form of a descending major triad.[27] The chimes are an accessibility feature intended to warn the visually-impaired that the doors are closing.[28]
In March 2021, Metrolinx adopted the Japanese shisa kanko (pointing and calling) method. Upon entering a station, but before opening the doors, the CSA is required to point towards both ends of the train and announce that the platform is clear as a way to confirm that the train is stopped properly. After the CSA closes the doors, the same process is repeated to confirm that nobody is caught in the doors. According to Metrolinx, incorporating the pointing and calling procedure within GO Transit's daily operations is an important way to enhance safety, "especially as the transit agency gets ready to launch the largest expansion of GO service in it’s [sic] history".[29]
Extreme weather edit
In winter conditions, trains are stored near Union Station to so that afternoon and evening trains can travel through less snow. Trains are kept at specific temperatures during storage to speed up engine startup on cold days and to eliminate frozen train doors. Fans are used to blow hot air onto track switches to keep them from freezing in extreme cold. Track snow removal is conducted using high-pressure blower snow removal equipment.[30]
In the event of exceptionally severe winter conditions, GO trains run on different schedules. Express trains will stop at all stations. The cancellation of train trips may occur,[30] as well as replacing trains with buses.
GO Transit inspects train air conditioning more frequently during summer, as A/C systems have to work harder on hot days.[31]
In extremely hot weather, train tracks can expand and buckle under the heat. These "sun kinks" can occur when temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius for at least 48 hours. For safety reasons, sun kinks require trains to be operated at reduced speeds. Sun kinks are usually fixed during overnight or in the early morning.[31]
Holiday service edit
On holidays that fall on weekdays, service changes will occur. The following table shows the service type by holiday.[32]
| Service type | Holidays |
|---|---|
| Saturday service |
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| Sunday service | |
| Early homebound service |
Service expansion edit
According to Metrolinx, GO Transit rail service expansion is currently being undertaken and is expected to be complete by 2025.[33] By 2025, GO train service will run from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. on each line. The following table shows the expected service frequency per line when expansion is complete.
| Line | Peak frequency | Off-peak frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore West[34] | 15 minutes | 60 minutes |
| Lakeshore East[35] | ||
| Milton[36] | ||
| Stouffville[37] | 20 minutes | 60 minutes |
| Richmond Hill[38] | 15–30 minutes | |
| Kitchener[39] | 15–60 minutes | |
| Barrie[40] | 30 minutes | 60 minutes |
Start times and service frequency on weekends may vary.
Rolling stock edit
Locomotives edit
The following table shows the GO Transit locomotive fleet by vehicle type.[41]
| Vehicle | Manufacturer | Number of vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| F59PH | Electro-Motive Diesel | 8 |
| MP40PH-3C | MotivePower | 67 |
| MP54AC | 16 |
F59PH edit
The EMD F59PH is the oldest of the three currently active series of locomotives used by GO Transit. They are 3000-horsepower diesel-electric locomotives capable of travelling up to 134 kilometers an hour, and can accelerate a ten-car train from 0 to 100 km/h in about 75 seconds. The F59PH was also the first series of locomotives used by GO Transit that feature dynamic braking, the effectiveness of which was greatly increased to as low as 8 km/h.[42]
The introduction of the first sixteen F59PH series locomotives in 1988 allowed for the retirement of the previously used EMD GP40TC locomotives. Eleven additional locomotives, delivered between 1989 and 1990, replaced the EMD F40PH and some of the EMD GP40-2L(W) locomotives. The remaining GP40-2L(W)s were replaced by fourteen more F59PHs in 1990. Finally, in 1994, six additional F59PHs replaced the EMD GP40U series. By 1994, GO Transit's locomotive fleet consisted of only the F59PH, which allowed easier maintenance.[42]
Despite the fact that the F59PH was designed to last 30 years, the locomotives were less reliable than hoped. In 2009, when the MPI MP40PH-3C series locomotives became available, GO Transit began retiring the F59PH series.[42] In the end, only eight F59PH units remained on the GO Transit roster. These units have been rebuilt for continued service in 2011,[43] but will be replaced by the MPI MP54AC in future years.
MP40PH-3C edit
The MPI MP40PH-3C is the older of the two currently active series of MotivePower locomotives used by GO Transit. They are 4000-horsepower locomotives capable of hauling twelve passenger cars, and have a speed of up to 150 km/h. The MP40PH-3C is GO Transit's first series of locomotives capable of supplying power to power a 12-car train all by themselves, as opposed to the F59PH which is slower and can only pull 10 cars.[44]
In 2005, GO Transit contracted with MotivePower to build 27 MP40PH-3C units in order to expand its fleet and replace the existing F59PH locomotives which had been in service for almost 20 years. The first set of MP40PH-3Cs began arriving in late 2007 and operated on the Lakeshore East and West lines, followed by the Milton line.[44]
The new locomotives proved to be powerful and reliable, prompting GO Transit to place an order for an additional set of 20 locomotives. Deliveries of the new set began in late 2009 and continued into 2010. An additional set of ten locomotives was delivered in 2010.[44]
The introduction of the MP40PH-3C allowed GO Transit to retire the older F59PH locomotives. Another ten MP40PH-3C locomotives were purchased later and were delivered in 2013 and 2014 when GO Transit found that additional equipment was required to expand rail service.[44]
MP54AC edit
The MPI MP54AC is the latest series of locomotives used in the GO Transit rail system. It is a 5400-horsepower locomotive that MPI calls "the most powerful diesel passenger locomotive in North America".[44]
GO Transit was the first customer to use the MP54AC.[44] In 2012, GO Transit MP40PH-3C #647 was sent back to MPI and was converted into an MP54AC. It was returned to GO Transit in 2015.[45] Testing of the converted locomotive was conducted December 12, 2015.
The original plan was to convert ten MP40PH-3Cs into MP54ACs if the first conversion was successful. However, increasing service demands led to the order of sixteen brand new MP54ACs instead. Once delivered, these new MP54ACs would allow for the retirement of the remaining eight F59PH units.[44]
Passenger cars edit
The following tables shows the GO Transit’s 979 Bilevel passenger cars.
| Vehicle | Manufacturer | Number of vehicles | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series I | Hawker Siddeley | 70 | 162 |
| Series II | 56 | 162 | |
| Series III | Can-Car Rail | 54 | 162 |
| Series IV | 42 | 162 | |
| Series V | 100 | 162 | |
| Series VI | Bombardier | 22 | 133 |
| Series VII | 85 | 133 | |
| Series VIII | 155 | 133 or 151 | |
| Series IX | 267 | 133 |
| Vehicle | Manufacturer | Number of vehicles | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series II | Hawker Siddeley | 15 | 161 |
| Series III | Can-Car Rail | 9 | 160 |
| Series IV | 17 | 160 | |
| Series VII | Bombardier | 9 | 147 |
| Series VIII | 7 | 147 | |
| Series IX | 82 | 133 |
Maintenance and storage edit
Maintenance facilities edit
The Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility is GO's original rail maintenance facility, covering 18,600 m2 (200,000 sq ft). It is along the Lakeshore West line, directly west of Mimico GO Station, and directly north of Via Rail's Toronto Maintenance Centre. The yard includes four progressive maintenance bays, a locomotive shop, a coach repair shop and storage tracks for 21 trains.[3]
In 2018,[46] GO Transit opened the Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, along the Lakeshore East line. This second rail maintenance facility is 46,000 m2 (500,000 sq ft), more than twice the size of Willowbrook. It includes two progressive maintenance bays, repair shops for 11 coaches and 12 locomotives, two washing stations and storage tracks for 13 trains.[47] The facility was constructed to handle service expansions, which include the GO Transit Regional Express Rail program.[48]
Train layovers edit
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Trains | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allandale GO Station[49] | 24 Essa Road, Barrie | 44°22′29″N 79°41′19″W / 44.3747°N 79.6887°W | 6 | New facility added near former CN Allandale Railway station. |
| North Bathurst Yard | 355 Front Street West, Toronto | 43°38′32″N 79°23′40″W / 43.6423°N 79.3945°W | 7 | Originally owned by Canadian National it was transferred to GO in 1980s and opened in 1987. |
| Bradford GO Station transit, rail, services, provided, throughout, greater, toronto, hamilton, area, gtha, greater, golden, horseshoe, transit, rail, fleet, consists, mp40, locomotives, bombardier, bilevel, coaches, 2023, system, ridership, passengers, year, transit, started, 196. GO Transit rail services are provided throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area GTHA and the Greater Golden Horseshoe 3 The GO Transit rail fleet consists of 90 MPI MP40 locomotives and 979 Bombardier BiLevel Coaches 4 In 2023 the system had a ridership of 40 807 100 passengers per year GO Transit started on May 23 1967 running single deck trains powered by diesel locomotives in push pull configuration on a single rail line along Lake Ontario s shoreline 5 6 When GO trains began operation they ran on tracks mostly owned the two major freight railways of Canada Canadian National CN and CPKC Over time GO Transit and subsequently Metrolinx have acquired tracks ensuring GO Transit has control over track maintenance and expansion Metrolinx currently owns 80 of the GO s rail corridors 7 GO Transit rail servicesGO Transit rolling stock at North Bathurst YardOverviewOwnerMetrolinxLocaleGolden HorseshoeTransit typeCommuter railLine numberLakeshore West Lakeshore East Milton Kitchener Barrie Richmond Hill StouffvilleNumber of stations68Daily ridership171 000 weekdays Q4 2023 1 Annual ridership40 807 100 2023 2 OperationBegan operationMay 23 1967 56 years ago 1967 05 23 Reporting marksGOTNumber of vehicles90 locomotives979 Bombardier BiLevel CoachesTechnicalSystem length526 kilometres 327 mi Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeSystem mapLegendCorridor to Quebec CityOld ElmStouffville lineStouffville OshawaLakeshore East lineMount Joy WhitbyMarkham AjaxCentennial PickeringUnionville Rouge HillMilliken GuildwoodAgincourt EglintonKennedyAllandale WaterfrontBarrie line ScarboroughBarrie South DanforthBradford Canadian to VancouverEast Gwillimbury BloomingtonRichmond Hill lineNewmarket GormleyAurora Richmond HillKing City LangstaffMaple Old CummerRutherford OrioleDownsview Park Union StationKiplingDixieBloor CooksvilleWeston ErindaleEtobicoke North StreetsvilleMeadowvaleLisgarMiltonMilton lineUnion Pearson Expressto PearsonMalton ExhibitionBramalea MimicoBrampton Long BranchMount Pleasant Port CreditGeorgetown ClarksonActon OakvilleGuelph BronteKitchener ApplebyBurlingtonAldershotCorridor toSarnia Windsor HamiltonLakeshore West lineWest HarbourSt CatharinesNiagara FallsLakeshore West lineMaple Leaf to New YorkThis diagram viewtalkeditAll GO Transit fares are calculated by the fare zones that the origin and destination of the trip are in as well as by passenger category adult student senior or child GO train fares are not differentiated based whether or not buses are used for part of the trip 4 8 Contents 1 Lines and stations 1 1 History 1 2 Future extensions 1 3 Future lines 1 3 1 Bolton line 1 3 2 Midtown corridor and Peterborough line 2 Operations 2 1 Onboard procedures 2 2 Extreme weather 2 3 Holiday service 2 4 Service expansion 3 Rolling stock 3 1 Locomotives 3 1 1 F59PH 3 1 2 MP40PH 3C 3 1 3 MP54AC 3 2 Passenger cars 4 Maintenance and storage 4 1 Maintenance facilities 4 2 Train layovers 4 3 Overhaul 5 Controversies 6 References 6 1 General references 6 2 BibliographyLines and stations edit nbsp GO Transit lines GO Transit rail stations viewtalkedit Corridor Station Code Location Coordinates Platforms Parking Fare zone Opening year for GO service All Union Station UN 65 Front Street Toronto 43 38 44 N 79 22 46 W 43 6456 N 79 3795 W 43 6456 79 3795 17 0 2 1967 Lakeshore West Exhibition EX 100 Manitoba Drive Toronto 43 38 09 N 79 25 09 W 43 6359 N 79 4192 W 43 6359 79 4192 2 0 2 1967Mimico MI 315 Royal York Road Toronto 43 36 59 N 79 29 50 W 43 6164 N 79 4972 W 43 6164 79 4972 4 330 3 1967Long Branch LO 20 Brow Drive Toronto 43 35 31 N 79 32 44 W 43 5919 N 79 5456 W 43 5919 79 5456 3 49 3 1967Port Credit PO 30 Queen Street East Mississauga 43 33 20 N 79 35 15 W 43 5556 N 79 5875 W 43 5556 79 5875 3 946 11 1967Clarkson CL 1110 Southdown Road Mississauga 43 30 46 N 79 38 02 W 43 5129 N 79 6340 W 43 5129 79 6340 3 3199 12 1967Oakville OA 214 Cross Avenue Oakville 43 27 17 N 79 40 58 W 43 4546 N 79 6828 W 43 4546 79 6828 4 4334 13 1967Bronte BO 2104 Wyecroft Road Oakville 43 25 02 N 79 43 19 W 43 4171 N 79 7219 W 43 4171 79 7219 3 2764 14 1967Appleby AP 5111 Fairview Street Burlington 43 22 45 N 79 45 40 W 43 3791 N 79 7612 W 43 3791 79 7612 3 2964 15 1988Burlington BU 2101 Fairview Street Burlington 43 20 29 N 79 48 33 W 43 3413 N 79 8091 W 43 3413 79 8091 3 2105 16 1980Aldershot AL 1199 Waterdown Road Burlington 43 18 46 N 79 51 19 W 43 3129 N 79 8552 W 43 3129 79 8552 4 1689 17 1992Hamilton HA 36 Hunter Street East Hamilton 43 15 11 N 79 52 09 W 43 2530 N 79 8691 W 43 2530 79 8691 2 0 18 1996West Harbour WR 353 James Street North Hamilton 43 15 56 N 79 51 55 W 43 2656 N 79 8652 W 43 2656 79 8652 2 46 18 2015St Catharines SCTH 5 Great Western Street St Catharines 43 08 52 N 79 15 20 W 43 1478 N 79 2556 W 43 1478 79 2556 1 0 83 2009Niagara Falls NI 4267 Bridge Street Niagara Falls 43 06 32 N 79 03 49 W 43 1088 N 79 0636 W 43 1088 79 0636 1 0 84 2009 Lakeshore East Danforth DA 213 Main Street Toronto 43 41 12 N 79 17 58 W 43 6866 N 79 2994 W 43 6866 79 2994 3 0 6 1967Scarborough SC 3615 St Clair Avenue East Toronto 43 43 01 N 79 15 18 W 43 7169 N 79 2550 W 43 7169 79 2550 3 626 6 1967Eglinton EG 2995 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto 43 44 22 N 79 13 56 W 43 7394 N 79 2322 W 43 7394 79 2322 2 836 6 1967Guildwood GU 4105 Kingston Road Toronto 43 45 18 N 79 11 53 W 43 7550 N 79 1980 W 43 7550 79 1980 3 1437 8 1967Rouge Hill RO 6251 Lawrence Avenue East Toronto 43 46 49 N 79 07 49 W 43 7802 N 79 1302 W 43 7802 79 1302 2 1407 9 1967Pickering PIN 1322 Bayly Street Pickering 43 49 52 N 79 05 09 W 43 8311 N 79 0857 W 43 8311 79 0857 3 3589 91 1967Ajax AJ 100 Westney Road South Ajax 43 50 54 N 79 02 30 W 43 8484 N 79 0416 W 43 8484 79 0416 2 1644 92 1988Whitby WH 1350 Brock Street South Whitby 43 51 53 N 78 56 17 W 43 8648 N 78 9380 W 43 8648 78 9380 2 3930 93 1988Oshawa OS 915 Bloor Street West Oshawa 43 52 15 N 78 53 05 W 43 8708 N 78 8847 W 43 8708 78 8847 2 2643 94 1995 Milton Kipling KP 27 St Albans Road Toronto 43 38 09 N 79 32 14 W 43 6357 N 79 5373 W 43 6357 79 5373 2 0 3 1981Dixie DI 2445 Dixie Road Mississauga 43 36 28 N 79 34 39 W 43 6078 N 79 5774 W 43 6078 79 5774 1 936 11 1981Cooksville CO 3210 Hurontario Street Mississauga 43 35 00 N 79 37 26 W 43 5832 N 79 6239 W 43 5832 79 6239 1 1675 11 1981Erindale ER 1320 Rathburn Road West Mississauga 43 34 08 N 79 40 08 W 43 5690 N 79 6689 W 43 5690 79 6689 2 2201 12 1981Streetsville SR 45 Thomas Street Mississauga 43 34 34 N 79 42 31 W 43 5761 N 79 7087 W 43 5761 79 7087 2 1540 21 1981Meadowvale ME 6845 Millcreek Drive Mississauga 43 35 52 N 79 45 15 W 43 5978 N 79 7542 W 43 5978 79 7542 1 2010 22 1981Lisgar LS 3250 Argentia Road Mississauga 43 35 26 N 79 47 18 W 43 5906 N 79 7883 W 43 5906 79 7883 1 792 23 2007Milton ML 780 Main Street East Milton 43 31 24 N 79 52 01 W 43 5234 N 79 8670 W 43 5234 79 8670 1 1567 24 1981 Kitchener Bloor BL 1456 Bloor Street West Toronto 43 39 29 N 79 27 03 W 43 6580 N 79 4509 W 43 6580 79 4509 3 0 2 1975Weston WE 1865 Weston Road Toronto 43 42 01 N 79 30 48 W 43 7002 N 79 5132 W 43 7002 79 5132 3 295 4 1974Etobicoke North ET 1949 Kipling Avenue Toronto 43 42 23 N 79 33 45 W 43 7063 N 79 5624 W 43 7063 79 5624 1 687 4 1974Malton MA 3060 Derry Road East Mississauga 43 42 18 N 79 38 18 W 43 7050 N 79 6382 W 43 7050 79 6382 3 779 31 1974Bramalea BE 1713 Steeles Avenue Brampton 43 42 06 N 79 41 28 W 43 7017 N 79 6911 W 43 7017 79 6911 3 2377 32 1974Brampton BR 27 Church Street West Brampton 43 41 12 N 79 45 53 W 43 6868 N 79 7647 W 43 6868 79 7647 2 933 33 1974Mount Pleasant MO 1600 Bovaird Drive West Brampton 43 40 30 N 79 49 22 W 43 6751 N 79 8227 W 43 6751 79 8227 3 1116 34 2005Georgetown GE 55 Queen Street Georgetown 43 39 20 N 79 55 07 W 43 6556 N 79 9186 W 43 6556 79 9186 4 625 35 1978Acton AC 39 Eastern Avenue Acton 43 38 02 N 80 02 04 W 43 6338 N 80 0345 W 43 6338 80 0345 1 45 37 2013Guelph GL 79 Carden Street Guelph 43 32 41 N 80 14 47 W 43 5446 N 80 2464 W 43 5446 80 2464 1 12 39 2011Kitchener KI 126 Weber Street West Kitchener 43 27 20 N 80 29 36 W 43 4556 N 80 4933 W 43 4556 80 4933 1 0 27 2011 Barrie Downsview Park DW 1212 Sheppard Avenue West Toronto 43 45 14 N 79 28 42 W 43 75389 N 79 47833 W 43 75389 79 47833 1 0 19 2017Rutherford RU 699 Westburne Drive Vaughan 43 50 18 N 79 29 54 W 43 8384 N 79 4983 W 43 8384 79 4983 1 970 61 2001Maple MP 30 Station Street Vaughan 43 51 34 N 79 30 26 W 43 8594 N 79 5071 W 43 8594 79 5071 1 1319 61 1982King City KC 7 Station Road King City 43 55 12 N 79 31 37 W 43 9200 N 79 5270 W 43 9200 79 5270 1 555 62 1982Aurora AU 121 Wellington Street East Aurora 44 00 03 N 79 27 36 W 44 0007 N 79 4599 W 44 0007 79 4599 1 1462 63 1982Newmarket NE 465 Davis Drive Newmarket 44 03 39 N 79 27 37 W 44 0607 N 79 4604 W 44 0607 79 4604 1 265 64 1982East Gwillimbury EA 845 Green Lane East East Gwillimbury 44 04 40 N 79 27 19 W 44 0778 N 79 4552 W 44 0778 79 4552 1 646 44 2004Bradford BD 300 Holland Street East Bradford 44 07 02 N 79 33 22 W 44 1172 N 79 5562 W 44 1172 79 5562 2 359 65 1982Barrie South BA 833 Yonge Street Barrie 44 21 04 N 79 37 39 W 44 3511 N 79 6275 W 44 3511 79 6275 1 619 68 2007Allandale Waterfront AD 24 Essa Road Barrie 44 22 29 N 79 41 19 W 44 3747 N 79 6887 W 44 3747 79 6887 1 160 69 2011 Richmond Hill Oriole OR 3300 Leslie Street Toronto 43 45 55 N 79 21 53 W 43 7654 N 79 3646 W 43 7654 79 3646 1 295 5 1978Old Cummer OL 5760 Leslie Street Toronto 43 47 33 N 79 22 16 W 43 7924 N 79 3712 W 43 7924 79 3712 1 466 5 1978Langstaff LA 10 Red Maple Road Richmond Hill 43 50 18 N 79 25 24 W 43 8383 N 79 4233 W 43 8383 79 4233 1 1137 60 1978Richmond Hill RI 6 Newkirk Road Richmond Hill 43 52 30 N 79 25 36 W 43 8749 N 79 4267 W 43 8749 79 4267 1 2324 61 1978Gormley GO 1650 Stouffville Road Richmond Hill 43 56 27 N 79 23 53 W 43 9409 N 79 3980 W 43 9409 79 3980 1 850 62 2016Bloomington BM 1796 York Regional Road 40 Richmond Hill 43 58 33 N 79 23 53 W 43 9759 N 79 3981 W 43 9759 79 3981 1 1000 2021 Stouffville Kennedy KE 2467 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto 43 43 56 N 79 15 45 W 43 7323 N 79 2624 W 43 7323 79 2624 1 0 77 2005Agincourt AG 4100 Sheppard Avenue East Toronto 43 47 08 N 79 17 02 W 43 7855 N 79 2840 W 43 7855 79 2840 1 342 7 1982Milliken MK 39 Redlea Avenue Toronto 43 49 24 N 79 18 06 W 43 8232 N 79 3016 W 43 8232 79 3016 1 665 70 2005Unionville UI 155 YMCA Boulevard Markham 43 51 06 N 79 18 53 W 43 8516 N 79 3148 W 43 8516 79 3148 1 1620 71 1991Centennial CE 320 Bullock Drive Markham 43 52 25 N 79 17 22 W 43 8737 N 79 2894 W 43 8737 79 2894 1 451 72 2004Markham MR 214 Main Street North Markham 43 52 58 N 79 15 45 W 43 8827 N 79 2626 W 43 8827 79 2626 2 413 72 1982Mount Joy MJ 1801 Bur Oak Avenue Markham 43 54 01 N 79 15 47 W 43 9004 N 79 2630 W 43 9004 79 2630 1 1333 73 2004Stouffville ST 6176 Main Street Stouffville 43 58 17 N 79 15 00 W 43 9714 N 79 2501 W 43 9714 79 2501 1 243 74 1982Old Elm LI 12958 Tenth Line Stouffville 43 59 25 N 79 14 13 W 43 9904 N 79 2370 W 43 9904 79 2370 1 673 74 2008History edit GO Transit rail service began on May 23 1967 on a single rail line along Lake Ontario s shoreline 5 9 GO Train service ran throughout the day from Oakville to Pickering with limited rush hour train service to Hamilton This line now divided as the Lakeshore East and Lakeshore West lines is the keystone corridor of GO Transit and continued to be its only rail line for its first seven years of operation 5 GO s other five lines were opened between 1974 and 1982 significantly expanding the rail network from 86 to 332 kilometres long and from 16 to 43 stations To that point all of GO s rail services ran on tracks mostly owned by the two major freight railways of Canada Canadian National CN and Canadian Pacific CP 7 in 1988 a small but significant milestone in network growth occurred when it expanded its Lakeshore East line on new track it built by itself But following that the network experienced two long distance extensions to southern Barrie and Guelph in 1990 only to have those extensions reversed three years later GO did extend its Lakeshore East line again in 1995 from Whitby to Oshawa finishing that line as it exists today The reach of GO s network remained relatively unchanged between 1996 and 2005 However seven new infill stations were opened along the Bradford and Stouffville lines This coincided with GO s initial purchases of the rail corridors it operated on taking ownership of the entire Stouffville line past Scarborough station and most of the Barrie line north of the Toronto border In addition GO took control of the critical Union Station Rail Corridor which all GO trains on all lines used By the end of 2005 GO owned over a third of its rail network From 2007 to 2017 GO s network saw six extensions requiring the Bradford line to be renamed as the Barrie line and the Georgetown line to Kitchener line These long distance extensions along with the other extensions on the Lakeshore West Richmond Hill and Stouffville lines expanded GO s network length by 29 Six critical corridor purchases were also made tripling its length of owned corridors and bringing its ownership percentage to over 80 Finally 10 new stations were added one of which coincided with the opening of the Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension creating a new interchange between GO and the TTC subway GO Transit rail history viewtalkedit Corridor Date Stations Length Track ownership Note Lakeshore unifiedWest and East 1967 05 23 16 86 4 kilometres 53 7 mi 0 kilometres 0 0 mi 0 Initial service 1968 04 26 15 Lorne Park station closed 1968 11 09 16 Exhibition opened Georgetown 1974 04 29 22 134 4 kilometres 83 5 mi New line opened 1974 12 01 23 Etobicoke North opened Richmond Hill 1978 05 01 27 168 6 kilometres 104 8 mi New line opened Milton 1981 10 26 34 219 0 kilometres 136 1 mi New line opened BradfordStouffville 1982 09 07 44 332 0 kilometres 206 3 mi New lines opened Lakeshore West 1988 09 19 45 Appleby opened Lakeshore East 1988 12 04 47 346 3 kilometres 215 2 mi 14 3 kilometres 8 9 mi 4 1 Service extended to Whitby over newly constructed GO subdivision Bradford 1990 09 17 48 375 1 kilometres 233 1 mi 3 8 Service extended to Barrie Georgetown 1990 10 29 49 406 4 kilometres 252 5 mi 3 5 Service extended to Guelph Lakeshore West 1992 05 25 50 Aldershot opened BradfordGeorgetown 1993 07 05 48 346 3 kilometres 215 2 mi 4 1 Service cut from Barrie and Guelph Lakeshore East 1995 01 09 49 350 6 kilometres 217 9 mi 18 7 kilometres 11 6 mi 5 3 GO subdivision and service extended to Oshawa Lakeshore West 1996 04 29 351 6 kilometres 218 5 mi Hamilton service shifted to Hamilton GO Centre Milton 1997 03 31 23 7 kilometres 14 7 mi 6 7 Galt subdivision purchased from CPR between West Toronto Diamond and Union Station Bradford 1999 04 30 33 2 kilometres 20 6 mi 9 5 Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN north of East Gwillimbury USRC 2000 06 07 52 1 kilometres 32 4 mi 14 8 Union Station Rail Corridor purchased from Toronto Terminals Railway Stouffville 2001 84 2 kilometres 52 3 mi 24 0 Uxbridge subdivision purchased from CN Scarborough Uxbridge Bradford 2001 01 07 50 Rutherford opened 2002 01 16 122 0 kilometres 75 8 mi 34 7 Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN between East Gwillimbury and Davenport Diamond Stouffville 2002 09 03 51 Centennial opened Bradford 2002 09 06 52 York University opened Stouffville 2002 12 02 53 Mount Joy opened Bradford 2004 11 01 54 East Gwillimbury opened Georgetown 2005 02 07 55 Mount Pleasant opened Stouffville 2005 06 02 56 Kennedy opened Milton 2007 09 04 57 Lisgar opened Barrie 2007 12 17 58 380 5 kilometres 236 4 mi 150 8 kilometres 93 7 mi 39 6 Service extended to Barrie South line renamed Stouffville 2008 09 02 59 383 0 kilometres 238 0 mi 153 3 kilometres 95 3 mi 40 0 Service extended to Old Elm formerly Lincolnville Georgetown 2009 04 08 177 8 kilometres 110 5 mi 46 4 Weston subdivision purchased from CN Bramalea Union 10 Barrie 2009 12 15 193 4 kilometres 120 2 mi 50 5 Remainder of Newmarket subdivision purchased from CN Davenport Diamond Union 11 Lakeshore EastStouffville 2011 03 30 234 0 kilometres 145 4 mi 61 1 Kingston subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Pickering 12 Kitchener 2011 12 19 61 437 2 kilometres 271 7 mi 53 5 Service extended to Kitchener Line renamed Barrie 2012 01 30 62 442 9 kilometres 275 2 mi 239 7 kilometres 148 9 mi 54 1 Allandale Waterfront opened Lakeshore WestRichmond Hill 2012 03 27 300 5 kilometres 186 7 mi 67 9 Oakville subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Fourth Line Bala subdivision purchased from CN between Union Station and Doncaster Diamond 13 Kitchener 2013 01 07 63 Acton opened Lakeshore West 2013 03 21 313 9 kilometres 195 0 mi 70 9 Oakville subdivision purchased from CN between Fourth Line and Brant Street 14 Kitchener 2014 09 29 367 1 kilometres 228 1 mi 82 9 Guelph subdivision purchased from CN between Kitchener and Georgetown 15 Lakeshore West 2015 07 09 64 446 1 kilometres 277 2 mi 82 3 Service extended to West Harbour Richmond Hill 2016 12 05 65 453 6 kilometres 281 9 mi 80 9 Service extended to Gormley Barrie 2017 12 30 66 Downsview Park opened Lakeshore West 2019 01 07 68 522 5 kilometres 324 7 mi 70 3 Service extended to Niagara Falls Richmond Hill 2021 06 28 69 526 1 kilometres 326 9 mi 69 8 Service extended to Bloomington Barrie 2021 07 19 68 York University station closes Future extensions edit Lakeshore East to BowmanvilleFuture lines edit Bolton line edit Bolton LineLegend nbsp Canadian Pacificto Mactier nbsp Bolton nbsp nbsp nbsp KleinburgVaughan Intermodal Terminal nbsp Vaughan nbsp nbsp nbsp Humber River nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Highway 407 nbsp Woodbridge nbsp nbsp nbsp Canadian Nationalto Halwest nbsp nbsp nbsp Canadian Pacificto West Toronto Diamond nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Highway 400 nbsp nbsp nbsp MacMillan Yard nbsp nbsp nbsp Barrie line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Downsview Park nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Highway 401 nbsp nbsp nbsp Caledonia nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Davenport Diamond nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Line 2 Bloor Danforth nbsp nbsp Kitchener line nbsp nbsp Lakeshore West line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Union nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Union TTC nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This diagram viewtalkeditGO Transit rail service to Bolton was first proposed by the Ontario government under the MoveOntario 2020 plan in June 2007 16 It was subsequently carried over to The Big Move where it was placed on the 15 year plan 17 In November 2010 Metrolinx completed a feasibility study that focused on utilization of Canadian Pacific Railway s Mactier subdivision which runs from the West Toronto Diamond in Toronto northward to Bolton Four different service alternatives were assessed to determine the best method to carry passengers into Toronto from the Mactier subdivision and the preferred option was to direct trains east west along CN s Halton subdivision and north south again along GO Transit s existing Barrie line This would provide four new stations in the communities of Woodbridge and Kleinburg in the City of Vaughan and Bolton in the Town of Caledon and also use the existing Downsview Park station before terminating at Union 16 The feasibility study estimated that minimum infrastructure costs were 160 million for peak direction rush hour service and resulting ridership was forecasted to be 2 391 2 884 and 4 388 in 2015 2021 and 2031 respectively in the morning peak period If service was increased for two way all day service total costs increased to 210 million and ridership was forecasted to be 6 074 7 324 and 11 146 in 2015 2021 and 2031 respectively Metrolinx determined that the projected ridership did not justify the costs and downgraded the Bolton line from the 15 to the 25 year plan on February 14 2013 when amendments were made to The Big Move 18 19 Midtown corridor and Peterborough line edit Midtown CorridorLegend nbsp nbsp Milton line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Kitchener line nbsp nbsp nbsp Barrie line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Dupont nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Summerhill nbsp nbsp nbsp North Toronto nbsp nbsp nbsp Yellow Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Mud Creek nbsp nbsp Don Branch to Union Station nbsp Leaside nbsp nbsp nbsp West Don River nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Sunnybrook Park nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Science Centre nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Relief Line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Don Valley Parkway nbsp nbsp nbsp Richmond Hill line nbsp nbsp nbsp East Don River nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Massey Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Highway 401 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp West Highland Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Agincourt nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Brimley nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp East Highland Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Seaton lineHavelock Peterborough line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp CPR Toronto Yard nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp East Highland Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Steeles nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Rouge River nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Canadian National Railway nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Highway 407 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Little Rouge Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Locust Hill nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp West Duffins Creek nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp SeatonClaremont nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Myrtle nbsp Pontypool nbsp Harper nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp freight spur nbsp PeterboroughThis diagram viewtalkeditThe Midtown corridor refers to three new GO Transit services in The Big Move The first is a Crosstown line from Dundas Street to the former CP North Toronto and Leaside stations in Toronto The second and third segments would extend east from North Toronto and or Union Station the Seaton line to Seaton and the Locust Hill line to Locust Hill 20 GO Transit has contemplated a Midtown corridor since the 1980s as a contingency plan once capacity at Union Station became constrained making North Toronto an alternate station for Downtown Toronto The major barrier to these plans however is the fact that the Midtown corridor is composed of existing rail lines owned and actively used by the CPKC as its main freight line between Ottawa Montreal London and Windsor CPKC has been reluctant to provide capacity to GO Transit on its tracks and the Milton line which runs along CPKC tracks to the west only came after considerable negotiations the 1979 Mississauga train derailment and an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars 21 22 All three lines in the corridor were listed under the 15 year plan of The Big Move upon its publication in 2008 20 However the Havelock line was moved to the 25 year plan on February 14 2013 because of very modest ridership potential and significant infrastructure and operational challenges related to the Agincourt rail yards 23 Via Rail provided train service to Peterborough until 1990 when service was cancelled The potential to provide commuter rail service to Peterborough was noted by GO Transit in its 2020 strategic plan and was also included in The Big Move 20 24 Metrolinx completed a study for bringing commuter rail service to Peterborough in February 2010 Different routes were explored all of which use CPKC s existing Havelock subdivision between Peterborough and Toronto Once reaching Toronto three different routes were explored through the east end to deal with the same significant infrastructure and operational challenges related to the Agincourt rail yards that complicate GO s Havelock line The study also kept the option open of using either Union Station or North Toronto station as the terminus of the line Capital costs to upgrading the Havelock subdivision were estimated to be between C 329 and 384 million 24 23 GO introduced bus service between Peterborough and Oshawa on September 5 2009 24 Operations editSince the founding of GO Transit in 1967 GO trains have operated in push pull configuration 25 Each train has a locomotive on the east end and a cab control car on the west end In push configuration the cab car has a complete set of engineer s controls built into it allowing the engineer to remotely control the locomotive pushing the whole train from the back of the train This enables trains to travel in either direction without requiring one locomotive on each end citation needed Onboard procedures edit All GO trains have a total of three crew members The conductor and engineer are located in the locomotive or the cab car to operate the vehicle Another guard like staff member the Customer Service Ambassador CSA is located in the accessibility coach which is the fifth car from the locomotive The CSA is responsible for opening and closing the train doors making announcements over the PA system and acts as the first responder in case of an emergency on board 26 The CSA announces the next station after the train departs a station and an automated voice will repeat the announcement when the train arrives at its next station 26 Automated public service announcements are made in both English and French When a train arrives at a station the CSA puts a small accessibility bridge across the gap between the platform and the doorway This is to allow passengers with mobility devices such as wheelchairs walkers or strollers to board and exit the train 26 Each car has a number of accessibility seats provided If the CSA sees a passenger with a physical disability and there are no accessibility seats available they could ask that a passenger sitting in one of those seats to move to another area in the train to allow the passenger with a disability to sit in an accessibility seat 26 Before closing the doors the CSA will make an announcement that the doors are closing and will remind passengers to stand clear of the doorways All cars have a speaker above the doors which plays a door closing chime in the form of a descending major triad 27 The chimes are an accessibility feature intended to warn the visually impaired that the doors are closing 28 nbsp A CSA points at the doors at Rouge Hill Station after closing them for safety This shisa kanko method was adopted by GO Transit in March 2021 In March 2021 Metrolinx adopted the Japanese shisa kanko pointing and calling method Upon entering a station but before opening the doors the CSA is required to point towards both ends of the train and announce that the platform is clear as a way to confirm that the train is stopped properly After the CSA closes the doors the same process is repeated to confirm that nobody is caught in the doors According to Metrolinx incorporating the pointing and calling procedure within GO Transit s daily operations is an important way to enhance safety especially as the transit agency gets ready to launch the largest expansion of GO service in it s sic history 29 Extreme weather edit In winter conditions trains are stored near Union Station to so that afternoon and evening trains can travel through less snow Trains are kept at specific temperatures during storage to speed up engine startup on cold days and to eliminate frozen train doors Fans are used to blow hot air onto track switches to keep them from freezing in extreme cold Track snow removal is conducted using high pressure blower snow removal equipment 30 In the event of exceptionally severe winter conditions GO trains run on different schedules Express trains will stop at all stations The cancellation of train trips may occur 30 as well as replacing trains with buses GO Transit inspects train air conditioning more frequently during summer as A C systems have to work harder on hot days 31 In extremely hot weather train tracks can expand and buckle under the heat These sun kinks can occur when temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius for at least 48 hours For safety reasons sun kinks require trains to be operated at reduced speeds Sun kinks are usually fixed during overnight or in the early morning 31 Holiday service edit On holidays that fall on weekdays service changes will occur The following table shows the service type by holiday 32 GO Transit holiday service Service type HolidaysSaturday service Victoria Day Canada Day Civic Holiday Christmas Day observedSunday service Good Friday Labour Day Thanksgiving ChristmasEarly homebound service Christmas Eve New Year s EveService expansion edit According to Metrolinx GO Transit rail service expansion is currently being undertaken and is expected to be complete by 2025 33 By 2025 GO train service will run from 5 a m to 2 a m on each line The following table shows the expected service frequency per line when expansion is complete GO Transit expected service frequency 2025 33 Line Peak frequency Off peak frequencyLakeshore West 34 15 minutes 60 minutesLakeshore East 35 Milton 36 Stouffville 37 20 minutes 60 minutesRichmond Hill 38 15 30 minutesKitchener 39 15 60 minutesBarrie 40 30 minutes 60 minutesStart times and service frequency on weekends may vary Rolling stock editSee also GO Transit fleet Rail nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Two locomotives coach and cab car currently used by GO Transit nbsp nbsp nbsp Previous locomotives and coaches used by GO Transit Locomotives edit The following table shows the GO Transit locomotive fleet by vehicle type 41 GO Transit locomotives 41 Vehicle Manufacturer Number of vehiclesF59PH Electro Motive Diesel 8MP40PH 3C MotivePower 67MP54AC 16F59PH edit The EMD F59PH is the oldest of the three currently active series of locomotives used by GO Transit They are 3000 horsepower diesel electric locomotives capable of travelling up to 134 kilometers an hour and can accelerate a ten car train from 0 to 100 km h in about 75 seconds The F59PH was also the first series of locomotives used by GO Transit that feature dynamic braking the effectiveness of which was greatly increased to as low as 8 km h 42 The introduction of the first sixteen F59PH series locomotives in 1988 allowed for the retirement of the previously used EMD GP40TC locomotives Eleven additional locomotives delivered between 1989 and 1990 replaced the EMD F40PH and some of the EMD GP40 2L W locomotives The remaining GP40 2L W s were replaced by fourteen more F59PHs in 1990 Finally in 1994 six additional F59PHs replaced the EMD GP40U series By 1994 GO Transit s locomotive fleet consisted of only the F59PH which allowed easier maintenance 42 Despite the fact that the F59PH was designed to last 30 years the locomotives were less reliable than hoped In 2009 when the MPI MP40PH 3C series locomotives became available GO Transit began retiring the F59PH series 42 In the end only eight F59PH units remained on the GO Transit roster These units have been rebuilt for continued service in 2011 43 but will be replaced by the MPI MP54AC in future years MP40PH 3C edit The MPI MP40PH 3C is the older of the two currently active series of MotivePower locomotives used by GO Transit They are 4000 horsepower locomotives capable of hauling twelve passenger cars and have a speed of up to 150 km h The MP40PH 3C is GO Transit s first series of locomotives capable of supplying power to power a 12 car train all by themselves as opposed to the F59PH which is slower and can only pull 10 cars 44 In 2005 GO Transit contracted with MotivePower to build 27 MP40PH 3C units in order to expand its fleet and replace the existing F59PH locomotives which had been in service for almost 20 years The first set of MP40PH 3Cs began arriving in late 2007 and operated on the Lakeshore East and West lines followed by the Milton line 44 The new locomotives proved to be powerful and reliable prompting GO Transit to place an order for an additional set of 20 locomotives Deliveries of the new set began in late 2009 and continued into 2010 An additional set of ten locomotives was delivered in 2010 44 The introduction of the MP40PH 3C allowed GO Transit to retire the older F59PH locomotives Another ten MP40PH 3C locomotives were purchased later and were delivered in 2013 and 2014 when GO Transit found that additional equipment was required to expand rail service 44 MP54AC edit The MPI MP54AC is the latest series of locomotives used in the GO Transit rail system It is a 5400 horsepower locomotive that MPI calls the most powerful diesel passenger locomotive in North America 44 GO Transit was the first customer to use the MP54AC 44 In 2012 GO Transit MP40PH 3C 647 was sent back to MPI and was converted into an MP54AC It was returned to GO Transit in 2015 45 Testing of the converted locomotive was conducted December 12 2015 The original plan was to convert ten MP40PH 3Cs into MP54ACs if the first conversion was successful However increasing service demands led to the order of sixteen brand new MP54ACs instead Once delivered these new MP54ACs would allow for the retirement of the remaining eight F59PH units 44 Passenger cars edit The following tables shows the GO Transit s 979 Bilevel passenger cars GO Transit Bilevel passenger cars 41 Vehicle Manufacturer Number of vehicles Number of seatsSeries I Hawker Siddeley 70 162Series II 56 162Series III Can Car Rail 54 162Series IV 42 162Series V 100 162Series VI Bombardier 22 133Series VII 85 133Series VIII 155 133 or 151Series IX 267 133GO Transit Bilevel cab cars 41 Vehicle Manufacturer Number of vehicles Number of seatsSeries II Hawker Siddeley 15 161Series III Can Car Rail 9 160Series IV 17 160Series VII Bombardier 9 147Series VIII 7 147Series IX 82 133Maintenance and storage editMaintenance facilities edit The Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility is GO s original rail maintenance facility covering 18 600 m2 200 000 sq ft It is along the Lakeshore West line directly west of Mimico GO Station and directly north of Via Rail s Toronto Maintenance Centre The yard includes four progressive maintenance bays a locomotive shop a coach repair shop and storage tracks for 21 trains 3 In 2018 46 GO Transit opened the Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility along the Lakeshore East line This second rail maintenance facility is 46 000 m2 500 000 sq ft more than twice the size of Willowbrook It includes two progressive maintenance bays repair shops for 11 coaches and 12 locomotives two washing stations and storage tracks for 13 trains 47 The facility was constructed to handle service expansions which include the GO Transit Regional Express Rail program 48 Train layovers edit GO Transit train layover facilities Name Location Coordinates Trains NotesAllandale GO Station 49 24 Essa Road Barrie 44 22 29 N 79 41 19 W 44 3747 N 79 6887 W 44 3747 79 6887 6 New facility added near former CN Allandale Railway station North Bathurst Yard 355 Front Street West Toronto 43 38 32 N 79 23 40 W 43 6423 N 79 3945 W 43 6423 79 3945 7 Originally owned by Canadian National it was transferred to GO in 1980s and opened in 1987 Bradford GO Station su, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |