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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

The other problem is getting the message to customers when there’s a major cellular service disruption.

The bus reroutings to Port Credit or Highway 407 are a problem. The Kitchener Line buses must backtrack a significant distance to Port Credit, and with only 30 minute service on the Lakeshore Line, it’s not a convenient connection. It can add 45 minutes to an hour to a trip. At Highway 407, the connecting service is better, but it’s slower.
 
ShonTron said:
The other problem is getting the message to customers when there’s a major cellular service disruption.

The bus reroutings to Port Credit or Highway 407 are a problem. The Kitchener Line buses must backtrack a significant distance to Port Credit, and with only 30 minute service on the Lakeshore Line, it’s not a convenient connection. It can add 45 minutes to an hour to a trip. At Highway 407, the connecting service is better, but it’s slower.
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I fully agree with this. The Kitchener line buses (more like Guelph/Georgetown/Bramalea), going to Port Credit shows that GO should really put their pride aside and allow their buses to service a station within Toronto proper in situations like these. I'm sure the trip would be a much better experience if we dropped passengers off at Kipling, Weston or even Long Branch as they're all along the same direction heading towards downtown and have alternative options just in case if there’s a long wait time to get a train.
 
anb said:
I fully agree with this. The Kitchener line buses (more like Guelph/Georgetown/Bramalea), going to Port Credit shows that GO should really put their pride aside and allow their buses to service a station within Toronto proper in situations like these. I'm sure the trip would be a much better experience if we dropped passengers off at Kipling, Weston or even Long Branch as they're all along the same direction heading towards downtown and have alternative options just in case if there’s a long wait time to get a train.
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GO Transit really has an aversion to serving their Toronto stations with buses. Even during disruptions they just assume everyone can take the TTC and go straight to the 905. This is also frustrating during late night Train-Bus service.
 
anb said:
I fully agree with this. The Kitchener line buses (more like Guelph/Georgetown/Bramalea), going to Port Credit shows that GO should really put their pride aside and allow their buses to service a station within Toronto proper in situations like these. I'm sure the trip would be a much better experience if we dropped passengers off at Kipling, Weston or even Long Branch as they're all along the same direction heading towards downtown and have alternative options just in case if there’s a long wait time to get a train.
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One problem is that none of the GO rail stations within Toronto - with the possible exception of Rouge Hill - have useful bus loops. This is a symptom of GO and TTC never integrating with each other (service or fare wise).

There’s Kipling, Finch, and Yorkdale, but only Kipling is anywhere near a rail bus service.
 
ShonTron said:
One problem is that none of the GO rail stations within Toronto - with the possible exception of Rouge Hill - have useful bus loops. This is a symptom of GO and TTC never integrating with each other (service or fare wise).

There’s Kipling, Finch, and Yorkdale, but only Kipling is anywhere near a rail bus service.
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Yep. I'd love to see someone drive a bus into Danforth GO. I'll record it for Youtube.

Exhibition GO might be able to emergency bus connections but that would be a pain in the ass. It wouod involve using the TTC loop.
 
Really glad I transferred from the Niagara train to the express bus today. We beat the train by a full hour!
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That long of a delay wasn't cause of heavy customer volume. We were only 10 minutes late at Burlington due to heavy customer volume and then it jumped to over an hour after that. I guess maybe that 10 minute delay had ripple effects.
 
Garuda said:
^all the more reason CN/GO should get serious about a tunnel or higher bridge over the canal.
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I think that is a bit extreme. How about just ensuring that the bridge is in good condition? They should have given people the choice to get off at Burlington and wait for a bus that has capacity to get to Niagara falls.

Running trains to Oriole GO and having busses meet there could be a solution. Let people off on the street and they can walk to the station. Trains can be run every 30 min and they own that corridor so it wouldn't be an issue.

How about Etobicoke North? Could you terminate GO buses there? Or run trains express from Bramelea?
 
Bordercollie said:
I think that is a bit extreme. How about just ensuring that the bridge is in good condition? They should have given people the choice to get off at Burlington and wait for a bus that has capacity to get to Niagara falls.
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Mx literally just indicated they don't have sufficient buses/operators to deal with a 1,500 person train being replaced. That would require more than 30 buses.

Bordercollie said:
Running trains to Oriole GO and having busses meet there could be a solution. Let people off on the street and they can walk to the station. Trains can be run every 30 min and they own that corridor so it wouldn't be an issue.
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What does a station on the Richmond Hill Line at Sheppard have to do w/this?
 
Bordercollie said:
I think that is a bit extreme. How about just ensuring that the bridge is in good condition? They should have given people the choice to get off at Burlington and wait for a bus that has capacity to get to Niagara falls.
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There’s no way there’d be a bus with enough capacity between Burlington and Niagara Falls for the number of people that ride that train.

St. Catharines to Niagara Falls would be easier, especially if GO wrangled up some spare local transit buses. St. Catharines has a few artics for the busy university runs.

I think the message that “you’re on your own” is pretty shitty though.
 
Northern Light said:
Mx literally just indicated they don't have sufficient buses/operators to deal with a 1,500 person train being replaced. That would require more than 30 buses.



What does a station on the Richmond Hill Line at Sheppard have to do w/this?
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For buses that can't make it downtown. You can short turn them and have shuttle trains to union.
 
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