Metrolinx is alerting riders who may have been on the same GO bus with a customer who has tested positive for COVID-19. Metrolinx has learned from public health officials that a customer on board a Route 40 GO bus on October 17 travelling from Pearson Airport to Hamilton GO Station has now tested positive for … Continue reading Metrolinx COVID update
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Check out this new track – Toronto’s Finch West LRT installs first rails at critical transit facility
It’s always a big deal when the first stretches of rail are put down along any section of a new transit line. So there’s reason to boast, when crews working on the Finch West Light Rail Transit system recently installed the first tracks at the Maintenance and Storage Facility. Here’s how it looked. Think of … Continue reading Check out this new track – Toronto’s Finch West LRT installs first rails at critical transit facility
On the move – Metrolinx Community Canvassers out in Mississauga and Brampton
As work to build the Hurontario Light Rail Transit (HuLRT) continues, hearing what local residents have to say about the project is important. Recently, Metrolinx began canvassing neighbourhoods and businesses along Hurontario Street between the Brampton Gateway Terminal and Port Credit GO in Mississauga. Their work will stretch into November. With major construction starting later … Continue reading On the move – Metrolinx Community Canvassers out in Mississauga and Brampton
Metrolinx will begin tearing down 21 unsafe buildings in Hamilton starting this November
The provincial transit agency has been in contact with the City Manager, to discuss any proposals the City of Hamilton may bring forward related to the 37 other properties owned by the provincial transit agency along the former LRT route. Metrolinx is going to begin taking down 21 vacant building it owns along King and … Continue reading Metrolinx will begin tearing down 21 unsafe buildings in Hamilton starting this November
Metrolinx COVID-19 update
Throughout the pandemic, the transit agency has constantly updated the public on any new cases of the virus among its employees. Here are the latest results. Metrolinx has learned that a front-line staff member working out of Hamilton GO Station has tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member was last at work on Oct. 18, … Continue reading Metrolinx COVID-19 update
From the ground up – A look at how the Hurontario LRT project is able to reduce all the waste they would normally face
With any large construction effort – think of renovating just your bathroom – there’s stuff that is cast aside. All that expected debris and waste that can accumulate. But when you’re building something as large as the Hurontario LRT route, are there ways to cut down on the waste? The answer is ‘yes’, including software … Continue reading From the ground up – A look at how the Hurontario LRT project is able to reduce all the waste they would normally face
On patrol with Transit Safety’s new Special Response Unit
Metrolinx’s front line officers have a new way to tackle issues across the vast system that serves GO Transit and UP Express. It’s a unique team, and we’re taking you on an early morning patrol down some of the hidden corners they patrol in hopes of saving someone’s life and limb. Or just making sure … Continue reading On patrol with Transit Safety’s new Special Response Unit
Parking to be reduced at Mimico GO as the popular Etobicoke station prepares for big improvements
While 70 parking spaces will no longer be available starting in January 2021, there are a lot of big things coming for Mimico GO Station. Find out more about the future of transit at Mimico GO. Nestled at the south end of Royal York Road, Mimico GO Station has long been a commuter hub for … Continue reading Parking to be reduced at Mimico GO as the popular Etobicoke station prepares for big improvements
Leveled – Street divides continue to be torn away to make way for Hurontario LRT route
Drivers along Hurontario Street, running from Brampton to Mississauga, have been noticing something missing over these past months. Work continues on a massive operation to clear away long-standing medians built to divide traffic. Here’s the difference a clean-slate looks along one of Ontario’s great urban thoroughfares. It’s an extra- large amount of work on medians. … Continue reading Leveled – Street divides continue to be torn away to make way for Hurontario LRT route
Mark’s token of devotion – The touching story of a Toronto man’s love of GO buses and their history of change
Carmen Kiefer reached out to GO Transit to help make her brother’s dream come true. Growing up with a developmental disability, her sibling, Mark, always had a love of buses, but it was one very specific item that meant the most to him. Mark Kiefer is a big fan of buses – including the big … Continue reading Mark’s token of devotion – The touching story of a Toronto man’s love of GO buses and their history of change
