GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[innsertnamehere]

As well as a 2nd round trip, which is new.

that would be new for weekday service, but this is weekend service. It represents a reduction over previous service levels, which had IIRC 4 round trips through the winter season.

 

[ARG1]

that would be new for weekday service, but this is weekend service. It represents a reduction over previous service levels, which had IIRC 4 round trips through the winter season.

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

 

[crs1026]

The announcement contains the phrase “365 days a year” which is disingenuous to say the least.

It’s nice to see all-year weekend service, but this isn’t anything to waste a headline over.

- Paul

 

[christine]

that would be new for weekday service, but this is weekend service. It represents a reduction over previous service levels, which had IIRC 4 round trips through the winter season.

So they announced a service cut but made it sound like a positive thing. That's some good spin.

 

[reaperexpress]

Wow how generous of Ford to provide 2 daily weekend trips instead of the 4 we had previously.

I'm surprised that the news release mentioned that the service was already previously year round before being cut under the Ford Government. That's unusually honest of them. Though I guess they make up for it by "forgetting" to mention that it used to be twice as frequent as it will be now.

They also make up for it with this headline:

Apparently fiscal Conservatism isn't really about using market forces to balance supply and demand, it's just about letting the people with the most political power pass their costs onto others...

 

[Allandale25]

And the trains still have to back into and out of West Harbour...

 

[Northern Light]

The announcement contains the phrase “365 days a year” which is disingenuous to say the least.

It’s nice to see all-year weekend service, but this isn’t anything to waste a headline over.

- Paul

As I count 104 weekend days in a typical year, that misrepresentation is one of on the order of 250%!

 

[Allandale25]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1563153072393953282

 

[LNahid2000]

They're making the Niagara weekend service year-round again after making it seasonal for the last few years?

LOL called it, even though I was half joking...two round-trips a day is pathetic though. It was 4 round-trips per day 3 years ago.

 

[innsertnamehere]

As I count 104 weekend days in a typical year, that misrepresentation is one of on the order of 250%!

to be fair weekday service is already a regular all year service, so this does restore 365 day a year service to Niagara Falls. Weekdays may only have 1 train a day, but a train is a train.

 

[rbt]

Here's the announcement:

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

Doug went all the way to Niagara Falls to make that announcement?

 

[ShonTron]

Doug went all the way to Niagara Falls to make that announcement?

Who does he think he is? Steven Del Duca?

 

[anb]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1563153072393953282

So is this also a "reference" that service is barely increasing, and/or nothing new or returning is coming? Guess we should go back to sleep then...

 

[stevensontransit]

So is this also a "reference" that service is barely increasing, and/or nothing new or returning is coming? Guess we should go back to sleep then...

Who knows? Maybe they need extra time to prepare when ridership explodes as more people go to work and students go to school. That could also be a sign when GO would be implementing major increases. The TTC says it will increase subway service on Lines 1 and 2 this September.

 

[WB62]

A transit employee handed this to me at a station: