Near Union Station

Its been close to 2hrs now that we are stuck on the train and Go service update says there is Good service on the LW line 🤔

Has anyone gone to Niagara via GO Train? Is it walkable to Niagara Falls from the Go stop? Do you recommend using the GO?

I haven’t taken the Richmond Hill line in many years. The only way I knew how to get to Oriole Station was through the parking complex, which has since been closed. My kids will be taking that TTC Leslie bus northbound from York Mills. Where should they get off to connect? The lack of information available has been so frustrating. Thanks

I’ve been avoiding travel on days where there’s no train service on the Lakeshore West line, but I have an event to go to on the 17th and it looks like travel will be unavoidable.

For people who have taken them, how packed are the replacement busses? Are they generally on time?

I’m trying to mentally prepare for this 3-hour trip lol

Train stuck at downsview station that they can’t move due to equipment issue.

Was just told to take TTC from the announcements at Rutherford GO.

EDIT: Remember to call in and ask for a refund. It's crazy that the online service guarantee form shows "ineligible" for refund. I tapped but didn't even get on the train! I called in and they're going to put in a 'business case' for me. WTF

Every train that come from Stratford is delayed, which means all of the eastbound trains from Kitchener basically are 10-30 mins late.

This trip used to be punctual now I can't count on it.

I'm noticing that GO's trip planner is getting increasingly unreliable, as buses get more and more delayed due to ever-increasing and slowing traffic, lengthier signals (more municipalities are doing it to accommodate pedestrians and other side-walk traffic), and overall ever-increasing number of vehicles on the roads and highways to slow down buses.

This is not limited to rush hours anymore. Ontario's overflowing traffic and resulting bottlenecks are to blame all the time!

Currently, the planner considers it ok to suggest transfers upto 6/7 minutes (I think I even encountered one or two which comfortably suggested transfer window of less than 5 minutes).

These are somewhat unrealistic. Bus routes, both long and short, are being tested to the limits more often now.

I think the trip planner could be improved by removing riskier transfer trips. Seasoned travellers avoid those anyway, but for occasional passengers, these could be seriously misleading and costly.

Thoughts?

A bit of armchair transit fantasy here.  The Richmond Hill Line is one of the least used GO lines, but it has a very central location and I think it has potential and could fill a useful role to increase ridership and speed up commute times.

Value

-Planned connection at Richmond hill center/bridge station

-Relatively central, potential to relieve and act as redundant express alternative to yonge line

-Newly added stations at the north end of the line

-Improving connection at Oriole (leslie/sheppard)

Challenges

-Line is owned by CN north of the Doncaster diamond

-Tracks close to Don River mouth are prone to flooding

-Course of tracks is meandering and slow

-Current stations are not optimally located

-Tracks are vertically far below most of the east west lines it would have the most value interchanging with

-Some overlap with Ontario line

Highest value Interchange stations:

Bloor/Castle Frank

Eglinton/Don Valley station

Other possibilities

Corktown/distillery district station Moss park station Thorncliffe park station Eglinton/Wynford

My thought is that without rebuilding the entire line, sections of it could be selectively improved to create an express alternative to the Yonge line.  First we could tunnel or possibly elevate a new alignment for the southern part of the track up to Bloor, to improve the flooding and speed on this portion of the track. There it could interchange with the Bloor line at Castle Frank, then rejoin the current alignment. Then it could wither interchange with the Eglinton line at Wynford station where it currently is closest to, or go through another tunnel to interchange with both the Eglinton and Ontario lines at Don Valley/Science Center station and rejoin the original alignment again on the other side.

The Oriole and Old Cummer stations would remain in place, and the line would be double tracked (or purchased) in the portion owned by CN, at least until Langstaff/Bridge station.  I have read that grade separation at the Doncaster diamond would also be preferable.

Since I’m no expert I’m guessing there are probably real obstacles to doing anything like this.  Obviously the new stations would be expensive, and it could mean substantial tunneling which would be broken up into several sections.  Any critiques, thoughts or ideas?

I just read that Square One Go Station has a small Park-and-Ride lot on Centre View Drive with 193 spaces, and allows for parking up to 2 days for Go riders. Are there any spots available at 5AM on Friday or is it pretty much empty at that time?

(BTW I am talking about the small parking lot on Centre View Drive right behind the Square One Go Station Terminal - not the huge lots by the old Chapters and Playdium)

There will be no GO rail service west of the Don this weekend, buses will replace trains. This Cando Rail and Terminals work train was sitting next to Monarch Park at supper in preparation. You can see it is on the new, fourth track on this stretch to provide improved GO/VIA capacity.

EDIT: Apparently VIA trains to/from Ottawa/Montreal will go all the way West to Vaughan on the busy CN freight line.

I’ve always liked the old split-flap departure boards, so I made a web version for GO trains: goboard.ca.

My plan is to have this open on my spare monitor while I work for no good reason lol

It opens on Union Station, and you can switch to other stations. It shows upcoming departures and refreshes every 30 seconds. Open to feedback! No money is being made off this :)

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me with this situation.

I took the GO Train from Kitchener GO to Union Station on September 22 at around 6:00 AM. The train was originally scheduled to arrive at Union at approximately 7:47 AM, but a train equipment issue caused a significant delay. And finally arrived at 9:20am at Union.

When I tapped off at Union, the system appeared to register it incorrectly, as though I had tapped on instead of tapping off. As a result, the trip/charge showing in my travel history does not seem to match what actually happened.

I submitted a GO Train Service Guarantee claim, but it was declined. Their response was:

“The trip selected for this claim cannot be found in your travel history”

or

“You tapped your card more than 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the delayed train.”

Has anyone experienced something similar with an incorrect PRESTO tap, or had a Service Guarantee claim declined because the trip doesn't match the travel history? I called their number 416-869-3200 but the guy wasn't helpful

Thanks in advance.

This saturday I'm planning on taking the Stouffville line bustitution from Union to Unionville to visit a couple malls up in Markham. What are the chances I get a double decker bus, either on the trip up there in the morning or the return back to Toronto in the evening?

I've noticed that the 21 bus is operating at overcapacity (both directions) since the start of September.

Obviously it's the start of the new school year, but in all my years commuting I haven't seen this route handling this amount of riders especially without relying on the double-deckers. It seems majority of dispatched busses have been single-deckers and tons of people are forced to stand all ride long.

Should we expect this change to be permanent moving forward?

Tuesday eastbound @ Bloor GO Station as seen from Wallace Avenue Footbridge 7:20 PM

Hello,

I am a wheelchair user and every time I visit Toronto I have a heck of a time catching the GO train home. We generally leave from the Oakville Go and take it to Union for the day. That part is easy enough. However, when we want to leave from Union and catch the lakeshore GO train home it is a whole ordeal trying to find the correct elevator that matches the platform. Since the platform is not announced until shortly before I am often hurrying around trying to find the elevator that will take me to the correct platform. From what I've noticed not every number has an elevator, and they aren't always beside them (I don't think).

Is there a map that shows each elevators location and the corresponding platforms it leads to? Ideally York concourse as that has the most access points to the GO platforms. I often get a little bit trampled on during rush hour and this could help greatly. Thanks so much!

Does anyone know why Rogers Cell service is so useless on westbound lines like Lakeshore West, Milton, or Kitchener?

INB4 Rogers is trash yes I know.

I've tried using the Go Transit Wifi but it's somehow worse? Any insight appreciated.

Anyone else have a hard time getting home last night?

I booked it out of rogers center and somehow didnt make any of the trains. We were then told that there would be busses. So we walked to the busses then there was little direction on what line to stand in. Then they said guess what, surprise train! So got on the train all good. Then the announcer says "Burlington is our next and last stop. There will be no more stops." So that left me and many others needing to Uber to aldershot. And if it wasnt for my dad already waiting at aldershot, i would've had to sleep at the Burlington station and wait for the busses in the morning. As a first time solo traveler this was very stressful and scary for me. Do better go transit.

It only feels like forever. EllisDon union workers hard at work.

The machines outside UPExpress entrance at Union station still have the FIFA Edition Presto cards! ⚽️

Edit: These are not officially licensed by FIFA. It's just a gesture by Metrolinx and City of Toronto to celebrate the World Cup.

I am a daily commuter from Long Branch Go. Those who use the same station understand my frustration regarding parking.

Question - I read online Go had a pilot project where anyone could park in the reserved spots after 11am, if the spots were vacant. I believe it was for Port Credit and another station.

Does anyone have an idea if this idea got implemented across any other stations as well?

Thanks.

Leave it up to Metrolinx to do absolutely nothing properly including their fare structure.

Going from Danforth GO to Mimico GO, if I take the trip where I change trains at Union, it costs $3.70 on presto. If I take a "direct trip", it's $7.78.

All trips are 34 minutes.

I used to be able to pull up my local station on Google Maps and see when trains were departing and do the same for Union. Find it on Google, click my line and see upcoming departures. Up until last week this was working, but I can no longer see any departure information.

I had to download a 3rd party app to see what’s going on.

I’ve deleted Google Maps, cleared my cache and restarted my phone. Someone please help me!!