GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[crs1026]

Excellent news; but the longevity of the email may not be pertinent in this circumstance.

Considering we’ve been waiting and asking for close to an eternity, it fits

- Paul

 

[SaugeenJunction]

I’m glad to hear from other posters we might get good Kitchener news. Don’t forget though, the Barrie and Stouffville weekend temporary cuts are also real.

 

[Richard White]

I wonder what the Niagara Service will look like this year.

 

[11th]

A Hamilton-K/W via Guelph (highway 6 + 7) bus route would be nice, but that's probably along the line of a fantasy.

 

[Fritter]

I’m glad to hear from other posters we might get good Kitchener news. Don’t forget though, the Barrie and Stouffville weekend temporary cuts are also real.

Hopefully very short term pain for long term gains!

 

[ShonTron]

A Hamilton-K/W via Guelph (highway 6 + 7) bus route would be nice, but that's probably along the line of a fantasy.

The Kitchener-Guelph route is very likely given what we’ve seen, but extending that down to McMaster, Aldershot and/or Downtown Hamilton would be amazing.

 

[Metroscapes]

The Kitchener-Guelph route is very likely given what we’ve seen, but extending that down to McMaster, Aldershot and/or Downtown Hamilton would be amazing.

Whole-heartedly agree. that would connect Wellington/Waterloo to that area plus Niagara. But that would be an extremely big improvement, are GO bus service changes really going to become extremely big improvements? Forgive my pessimism.

 

[Allandale25]

 

[anb]

Service changes for April 8-10 are here and ITS A LOT I STILL CANT PROCESS IT

https://www.gotransit.com/en/trip-planning/go-service-updates/train-schedule-changes

Bus Schedule Changes | Service Updates | GO Transit

Click here to see upcoming GO Bus schedule changes and stay in the know!

www.gotransit.com

 

[Northern Light]

Service changes for April 8-10 are here and ITS A LOT I STILL CANT PROCESS IT

https://www.gotransit.com/en/trip-planning/go-service-updates/train-schedule-changes

Bus Schedule Changes | Service Updates | GO Transit

Click here to see upcoming GO Bus schedule changes and stay in the know!

www.gotransit.com

I will post all the changes here, one at a time, editing my post as required:

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Here's the thing we've been waiting for:

The Barrie Cuts:

Modest Service Enhancement for Milton:

Stouffville Cuts:

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The number of Bus Changes are too large for this post; and it will also take me a bit to work through them!

 

[innsertnamehere]

biggest changes:

no more weekday off peak service on Barrie and Stouffville
New Kitchener-Guelph-Hamilton bus
New all day service on Kitchener corridor
a few trips added on Kitchener and Milton lines in peak periods
A few trips deleted on LSW and LSE in the early morning and late evening.

 

[Sunnyside]

I’ll admit… it was hard to keep quiet about this. I have been advocating for it for a long time. I’m so glad the changes are out in the open now. And even more glad to ride the KW-Hammer bus

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

I'm not sure the Milton stuff will go over well, otherwise major changes.

 

[Northern Light]

I am not reposting all the bus service changes, but will highlight some of the larger ones:

 

[ShonTron]

Route 17 is a huge deal, because it's the first GO bus route that completely goes against the 55-year old model of running a Toronto-centric network. I'm really impressed it's going all the way from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton GO Centre via Guelph and McMaster. So that's a big win.

Weekend Kitchener train service is also a huge deal, and proof that GO had the capacity the whole time through Brampton's CN trackage. The weekend Route 30 service makes it a reasonable service between Toronto and Kitchener/Waterloo, and a lot faster than the old Route 21/25 transfer at Square One.

The permanent Route 21 redirection to the Lakeshore Line is unfortunate, and I think it shows that more than ever, there needs to be major expansion on the Milton corridor, at least to Erindale, if not all the way. What it does do at least is times the train connections properly, takes the guesswork out of travel, and eliminates the traffic congestion issue on summer weekends that had the ad hoc diversions on Route 21 and 31 that no one liked. Another thing to come out of it is a revived Milton-Oakville bus connection, and a much more simplified Route 21 service pattern.