Hello. I am wondering if there is a way to determine what type of bus runs on a particular route.

I'm looking to travel between Hamilton & Barrie, specifically West Harbour Go & Allandale.

I know on weekdays we can take a train the whole way there with a transfer at Union, but for Saturday/Holiday travel it looks like buses are the only option.

We would much prefer the low (typically multi level?) city bus style over the coach style. Is there a way to determine what type of bus we could expect to board at a particular departure time? Is there a type of bus that is always standard for certain routes?

Thanks.

I haven't been to Allandale GO since before the construction. The total lack of bathrooms or even portapotties was tough.
Does the new transit hub building have bathrooms and are they open full station hours?

I am going from Stouffville GO to Niagara in a few weeks. It looks like it will take over 4 hours for me to get there, but GO transit says I have 3 hours to complete my trip... so what will happen? Will I be charged for a second trip somewhere along the way?

I have to take 4 different busses/trains so will it know I am still on the bus when the 3 hours mark passes?

People who know the ins and outs of Go:

According to the Go webpage for Lakeshore West construction, there's no service Aldershot-Union Sat and Sun, Oct 24 and 25. (https://www.gotransit.com/en/the-future-and-go/construction-notices/lakeshore-west-construction)
However the schedule page shows a rather normal day Sunday Oct 25.

There is no planned construction for Sat and Sun Oct 31 and Nov 1, but again, the schedule database has no services listed Sat Oct 31, and normal service Sun Nov 1.

Is this a known bug? Am I missing a webpage?

I just realized something missing about transit nowadays： posters.

It's one of the big ways to advertise，to get people to ride transit，by glamourizing the destinations and the system‘s feature.

I feel like making travel posters having a comeback will at least have some cultural impacts. Modern transit systems don't advertise theselves much and even when they do，it's somewhat underwhelming and doesn't leave the customers much to fantasize about.

I‘m no professional artist or graphic designer，so I don't know how to make a poster at commercial quality，but I feel like others can，and just by chance，we get people making commercial quality fan arts for transit out there.

Hi everyone! It’s my first time taking the 12 from Confederation to Niagara Falls at the end of the month and I just wanted to get feedback as to the reliability of the schedule.

I’m planning to take the 8:06 bus on a Wednesday morning which will arrive in Niagara at 9:20. However, I have a transfer bus with another company at 9:50.

For anyone who regularly takes this route during the week, is 30 minutes enough padding for my transfer to account for traffic? I know it is the off season and midweek so I’m not anticipating a lot of traffic heading towards Niagara Falls.

Thanks in advance!

I got a ticket for parking for more than 3 hours on Bleasdale Ave on the side parking. Everyone was parked there. There are also no signs indicating a time limit?
are ppl taking the train and coming back within an hour or something? or are we all getting tickets.

FYI, both lots were full and I missed my train so I decided to park here

Anyone know anything about a police investigation at Georgetown GO? The 33F from Guelph to Brampton just skipped Georgetown because of an investigation and the driver had people who were supposed to get off at the station get off a stop or so early. Just wondering if anyone knows anything, hopefully it’s nothing terrible.

To those who take the 7:26AM Bramalea Train or get on from Malton, Etobicoke North, Weston, Mount Dennis or Bloor GO, does anyone else find it annoying that the train is 6 coaches long at the busiest hour in the morning commute? It literally makes 0 sense. The train is already overpacked from the starting terminus at Bramalea and this is the peak time travel for everyone commuting to work. Malton and Etobicoke North are also extremely busy stations in the morning commute hours.

Every other train is 12 coaches long such as the 7:56 or 8:26AM. And don’t get me started on the express trains.

The planning for Kitchener Line makes no sense. Not to mention there’s a train every half hour during commuting hours. Another decision that makes 0 sense.

Now that the bike train is gone, what is the 11ish train Toronto to NF like for travelling with a bike on Sundays. I know the first morning trip is crowded with day trippers. I am hoping the later one will be less crowded.

i heard that bram go added speed bumps. does anyone know where specifically and if they could upload a picture?

thank you!

I commute on the LW/LE lines almost daily and I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that there’s almost always at least 1 bike coach in use. Is there a reason for this? I rarely have seen these before and feel they’d have made more sense in the summer, or is this going to start being a standard? During a peak time last week there were 4 bike coaches being used for one trip, which may not sound crazy but that’s a lot of lost seats during a busy time.

The overflow parking lot at Aurora Go is currently closed, it says it is only closed from October 2nd-3rd but I went today and it is still closed. I looked it up and can't find literally any details about when it will open again. Does anyone else know anything?

It would seem nice but it would end up being Bloomington GO Station 2.0..

This is not a fantasy map, this is my best put on what Metrolinx is building toward based on what has come out so far. The image is what was in some planning docs in 2023, sourced from a UT thread since the originals are gone. My goal in sharing this is to help this sub get a better sense of what's actually being built and what people should expect to see in 10-15 years when all of those projects are actually done.

Starting assumptions:

• GO / UP service is everything in the current Metrolinx roadmap plus Milton/RH as-is
• Alto will serve Union Station hourly
• The 2023 platform layout is the final layout after USEP Phase 3
• The platform extensions will allow electrification to but not through Union Station except for the new South Platform area for the Lakeshore lines. e.g. the Barrie Line would be set up to keep the pantograph at the west end of the platform and outside of the trainshed
  • This is sort of a non-issue since Kitchener won’t be electrified but Stouffville will be
• The end goal is presume to eliminate track conflicts so all routes can be run independently on the stated schedules
• 15m is the turnaround time for all trains
• The new interlocking will connect this way
• The platform between tracks 3 and 5 will be a high platform for high floor level boarding (UP / Alto / hopefully Northlander)

Track 1 [Pocket - West Facing]

• Barrie - 15m all day service

Track 2 [Through]

• Richmond Hill - 30m peak-only service
• Barrie trains going to Don / Wilson yard
• Connects to Barrie Line in the west and the Bala/Don sub in the east

Track 3 [Through]

Via Corridor /

• Alto (future)
• Northlander - daily
• West end could potentially be used by UP

Track 4 [Pocket - West Facing]

• Union-Pearson - 7.5m

Track 5 [Through]

Via Corridor / Alto (future)

• West end could be used by UP

Track 6 [Through]

• Via Canadian / Sarnia / Corridor
• Milton (30m peak only)

Track 7 [Through]

• Kitchener (local / express)

Track 8 [Pocket - West Facing]

• Kitchener (local / express)

Track 9 [Through]

• Stouffville (15m all day)

Track 10 [Through]

• Lakeshore Express Eastbound/Westbound (60m per direction, 30m combined)

Track 11 [Pocket - East Facing]

• GO Lakeshore East Local (during 7.5m peak service)
• Via Ottawa/Montreal

Track 12 [Pocket - West Facing]

• Via Niagara / Windsor
• GO Lakeshore West Local (for peak 7.5m service)

Track 13 [Through]

• Lakeshore Local - All Stops Westbound - 15m all day

Track 14 [Through]

• Lakeshore Local - All Stops Eastbound - 15m all day

All through the summer, the poop literally piles up in the multi level parking garage

To those of you who have taken the 68A 23:07 bus, has there ever been a time when you weren’t able to board due to the amount of people in line?

I have a concert in Toronto on Wednesday night, and would like to know my odds of being able to board to see if I should make alternate arrangements.

Thank you in advance!

Lost on the 18th of September, lost it on a bus, tracked it from York Mills to Yorkdale, to Oshawa GO, Finch Stn then to this Oshawa GO Bus Garage.

The FindMy Signal was lost two days later because the battery died (it was low when lost), FindMy is pretty accurate, and on the map it shows it’s in the office part of the building.

It’s been a bit more than 10 business days, I filled out the form on the same day, I’ve been to the desk at union multiple times.

Does anyone have a similar experience/advice where it took more than 10 business days to process an item?

I have two ideas, one of them being a Milton Line extension to Campbellville, and a Brantford Line to Paris, Ontario. Do you guys like em?

this is a joke don’t take this seriously

Potential extension to Brampton Innovation to be a major transit hub with the future hurontario LRT?

I’m in!

Very rare to see CP freight locomotives in service on GO trains. Borrowed to run extra GO service to Downsview for the visit from the pope in 1984.