What to know
- GO Transit service remained reduced across several lines on Wednesday, entering a third day of disruptions following a derailment at Union Station on Monday.
- Metrolinx says the affected train has been rerailed and most track repairs are complete, but significant damage to the signal system is still being repaired.
- The agency warns those signal repairs will take longer, with service impacts expected to continue into the coming days.
- Reduced service levels remain in place on multiple GO lines, with limited peak-hour service and less frequent off-peak trains.
Metrolinx says most track repairs at Union Station are complete following a derailment at Union Station, but damage to the signal system will keep GO Transit service disrupted in the days to come.
Passengers across the GO transit network faced another morning commute with reduced service across several lines on Wednesday due to Monday’s derailment.
On Monday, Metrolinx says a GO train departing Union Station at a low speed experienced an issue that caused the rear of the train to come off the track and make contact with a track switch.
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In a statement to Now Toronto, the agency says that rerailing of the affected train was complete on Tuesday, and the majority of necessary track repairs are completed, but commuters should still expect reduced service in the coming days due to remaining work related to the signal system, which sustained significant damage.
“Those repairs will take longer to complete, and at this stage we expect the impacts to extend into the coming days,” the statement said.
As of Wednesday morning, the following service levels are in place across the GO train network.
- Lakeshore East: 60-minute service, outside of 15–30-minute peak AM and PM service
- Lakeshore West: 60-minute service, outside of 15–30-minute peak AM and PM service
- UP Express: return of 15-minute service
- Kitchener: 60-minute service, outside of 30-minute peak AM and PM service
- Milton: 30-minute AM and PM peak service
- Richmond Hill: 60-minute AM and PM peak service
- Stouffville: 30-minute AM and PM peak service
- Barrie: 30-minute AM and PM peak service
Amid the disruption, the TTC ramped up service across buses, streetcars, and subway lines.
