Weekend GO trains to Niagara are back for the summer. Ticket packages also include WEGO, a local bus service to help your move around Niagara. Here is how you can get there. GO trains are heading back to Niagara in time for the better weather months. The popular weekend GO Transit train service to Niagara … Continue reading Niagara Weekend GO Trains Return
The Toronto artist behind a unique PRESTO card
PRESTO partnered with Aecon to help provide better access to transit for Indigenous Peoples with a unique PRESTO card design. The specially designed card is very interesting, and so is the local Indigenous artist who created the look. PRESTO cards are fairly iconic. You can quickly spot the design as someone flashes the iconic card … Continue reading The Toronto artist behind a unique PRESTO card
Work on push box for Hurontario LRT continues for Port Credit
We have new images of work underway at Port Credit, as part of construction for the Hurontario light rail transit line. In this case, the star of the show is preparation for a structure that will help form a tunnel underneath the Lakeshore West rail corridor tracks. Let’s dig in. Port Credit is heating up … Continue reading Work on push box for Hurontario LRT continues for Port Credit
Locations for Ontario Line station buildings finalized from Osgoode to Corktown
We’ve been closely following progress on the Ontario Line subway and the impact on transit to and from Toronto’s core. Last week, Metrolinx unveiled the locations for station buildings from Exhibition Station to Queen and Spadina. Today (June 17), we are learning about four more downtown station sites. Two will connect with TTC’s Line 1 … Continue reading Locations for Ontario Line station buildings finalized from Osgoode to Corktown
We explain why Eglinton Crosstown wayfinding is a bit different from other Toronto transit routes
Most travellers look at signs without knowing how much thought goes into them – from speed posting to fire escapes or even a simple bus stop. But there are teams of experts who are constantly creating and improving a journey’s flow through wayfinding. This is especially true when it comes to signage around Toronto’s new … Continue reading We explain why Eglinton Crosstown wayfinding is a bit different from other Toronto transit routes
How a love connection was made on a GO train
You just never know who you might meet on your commute home. Just ask Emily Pickles. She spotted Jordan, her fiancé and soon-to-be husband, on the Kitchener line five years ago. The couple decided a GO station was an ideal location for an engagement photoshoot. For some, a GO station is the beginning of a … Continue reading How a love connection was made on a GO train
PRESTO partners with Aecon to help provide access to transit for Urban Indigenous Peoples
Usually when we write about PRESTO, it’s about using the system to take customers further. But this story is about a unique collaboration that’s helping reduce barriers to access to transit. Metrolinx has partnered with well-known Canadian construction company, Aecon Group Inc., to provide PRESTO cards to two Toronto Urban Indigenous organizations. As an organization … Continue reading PRESTO partners with Aecon to help provide access to transit for Urban Indigenous Peoples
Metrolinx announces official opening date for Bloomington GO Transit Station
An all-new, state-of-the-art station will soon provide customers in York Region with more service options, helping them get to where they need to need to be better, faster, and easier. Here’s a rundown on what customers will be seeing. Metrolinx has announced the official opening date of Bloomington Station. The new star on the Richmond … Continue reading Metrolinx announces official opening date for Bloomington GO Transit Station
Take an overhead drone view of Keelesdale Station
We’ve been pretty diligent about bringing you the latest words and images from the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit project. And drone footage is among the content Metrolinx News readers seem to like the most. So strap in, as we take flight over progress on Keelesdale Station. We’re lifting off again. Located at the intersection … Continue reading Take an overhead drone view of Keelesdale Station
Metrolinx joins Pride Toronto for 40th anniversary celebrations
As Pride marks a major milestone despite COVID-19, Metrolinx is wearing the Pride colours proudly inside, and out. Find out more about the festivities coming up this month and what it means to Metrolinx staff. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Toronto Pride parade and festivities are carrying on despite the lingering pandemic. … Continue reading Metrolinx joins Pride Toronto for 40th anniversary celebrations