The Ontario government is adding more than 300 trips per week to its GO Train service across the Greater Toronto Area starting later this month.
This is the largest GO train service expansion in over a decade, according to the government. The expansion includes additional routes 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,” Premier Doug Ford said in a written statement.
“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,” he continued.
As of Apr. 28, weekend train service will increase from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes in the afternoon and evening on the Lakeshore west and east lines between Oakville GO Station, Union Station and Durham College Oshawa GO Station, according to a news release.
Riders on the Kitchener line will also get a new 30-minute weekday service during midday and evenings between Bramalea and Union Station.
Additionally, the province is adding evening train service seven days a week on the Stouffville line as well as morning and evening train trips for commuters between Union Station to Milton GO.
Meanwhile, for those going to and from Pearson Airport, every second UP Express train (every 30 minutes) will be non-stop between Union Station and Pearson Airport seven days a week.
“Investing in GO rail service and infrastructure is critical to advancing Milton’s long-term complete community vision,” Mayor of Milton Gordon Krantz said in a statement.
“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,” he added.
Back in February, the province announced a “One Fare” program where riders can transfer for free between the TTC and participating transit agencies in the GTA.
