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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

Similar to discussion about naming or numbering LRT routes - I don’t think anyone other than transit geeks cares about the corridor naming. Any regular commuter I have ever known had no trouble with “Take the Milton Line to Dixie”even if they didn’t know where Milton is. Occasional travellers and tourists get the idea quickly, especially if they have done the same in their home transit lives.
Plenty of other properties do likewise - the Surf Line, the Hudson Line, the Hiawatha Line, and even the Inland Empire. Let’s not overthink this.
I do think there ought to be electronic signage at each gate in the concourse showing the train that is boarding on that track - pretty common in other places - and that signage should list the stops for that train with a minimum of scrolling.
Be thankful that ML hasn’t done its usual consultant infused branded name generation - better the “Kitchener Line” than say the “Oktoberfest Corridor”.
The line naming is a real issue for occasional users. I have heard numerous accounts of people heading to Kitchener who boarded a Kitchener train only to find that it didn't actually go to Kitchener. Luckily the announcements are fairly clear that you need to get off at Bramalea, but not all train trips have a connecting Route 30 service in Bramalea (despite the fact that there are already enough bus trips to connect to every train).
 

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