GO Transit

• Metrolinx CEO’s pay jumped 46% in 2020, annual Ontario ‘sunshine list’ shows

  Phil Verster, who was first appointed president and CEO of Metrolinx in 2017, made $742,127 in 2020. In 2019, his salary was $507,968.

  Politics

  Mar 20
• UP Express trains now accepting contactless credit card, phone fare payments

  Metrolinx officials said the open payments are part of a pilot project. A statement said Interac debit payments will be added to the pilot, if it's successful, in the spring.

  Traffic

  Mar 11
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• Ford government says tunnel excavations complete for GO Transit’s Kitchener line

  Two-way, all-day GO train service along the Kitchener line is getting closer to reality, according to the Ontario government.

  Canada

  Feb 11
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• Metrolinx says it will not build substation in Guelph’s Margaret Greene Park

  Metrolinx says it has ruled out Margaret Greene Park in Guelph as a potential site for a power substation.

  Canada

  Jan 21
• With ridership down due to COVID-19 pandemic, changes made to Go Transit, UP Express service

  'The latest changes come as COVID-19 cases are rising in Ontario and overall ridership is down by more than 90%,' said Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins.

  Canada

  Jan 15
• MiWay, GO Transit buses moving to new terminal at Etobicoke’s Kipling Station beginning on Jan. 4

  In total, 15 bus routes will be redirected to the Kipling bus terminal from Islington subway station except for one.

  Traffic

  Dec 14, 2020
• GO Transit officially begins operating out of new Union Station Bus Terminal

  GO Transit moved all of its downtown Toronto bus operations to a new large, two-storey bus terminal at the corner of Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West Saturday morning.

  Traffic

  Dec 5, 2020
• Police investigating fatality on GO train line in Burlington

  GO Trainsit says the incident happened around 8 a.m. Friday, east of the Burlington GO station.

  Nov 20, 2020
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• New GO Transit bus terminal at Toronto’s Union Station to open in December

  The new terminal will be accessible through entrances on Bay Street, Lake Shore Boulevard West, and a new above-ground bridge over Bay Street from Union Station.

  Traffic

  Nov 16, 2020
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• Metrolinx studies need for a rapid bus corridor between Toronto and Waterdown

  The province's transportation agency is studying a corridor that would run along Dundas Street.

  Economy

  Oct 19, 2020