GO Train

• Ontario strikes deal to buy land needed for GO train service enhancement

  It is a major step in a long process which will allow provincial transit agency Metrolinx to add more rails to the existing route so passenger and freight trains can run together.

  Politics

  Oct 16
  
• Ontario plans to move GO train station to new community at Woodbine Racetrack

  Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow announced plans for the new GO train station in Etobicoke and a funding agreement with the group that runs the racetrack.

  Canada

  Jun 26
  
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• Ontario making GO Transit free for veterans, members of Canadian Armed Forces

  Veterans and current full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces will soon be able to ride GO Transit for free.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2024
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• ‘I can’t even sit up in bed’: Woman struck by GO Train on her long road to recovery

  A month after a 46-year-old woman was struck by a GO train in Etobicoke, sustaining life-threatening injuries, she remains in hospital with a long road to recovery ahead of her.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2024
• National rail shutdown suspends commuter service on GO train line

  A nationwide freight rail shutdown is also impacting some commuter routes in and out of Toronto. Metrolinx said one of its GO train routes is suspended entirely.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2024
• Teen rides top of moving GO train, suffers life-threatening injuries: Toronto police

  A 15-year-old boy is in life-threatening condition after he and two others attempted to ride on top of a moving GO train exiting Union Station after midnight Saturday.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2024
• Mayor, MPP react after province leaves out Guelph in GO train service expansion

  The Ford government announced on Monday that GO train service is being expanded along the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Milton, Stouffville and Kitchener lines.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2024
• UP Express stops in Toronto reduced as Metrolinx shakes up GO train service

  Toronto's airport train, the UP Express, has been caught up in a raft of service changes planned by Metrolinx. From the end of April, local stops on the route will be cut in half.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2024
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• New carriages coming to Metrolinx GO trains as part of bike rules review

  Metrolinx is adding eight bike carriages to its network amidst an exposition in the number of bikes and e-bikes coming in and out of Toronto on its GO trains.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2024
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• Metrolinx moves to ban some e-bikes from GO trains over battery-fire worries

  The provincial transit agency Metrolinx is preparing to ban certain e-bikes with non-certified batteries from the GO train network amidst safety concerns.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2024