Not since the last world war has mankind been so disrupted by a common challenge. COVID-19 has impacted the way we all connect, buy toilet paper and travel. While many have temporarily stopped using GO Transit and UP Express, we wanted to acknowledge the customers who still count on us daily – as well as … Continue reading As the world pauses for COVID-19, you keep going – The faces, and stories, of GO Transit customers who still count on our staff to get them where they need to be
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After years underground, giant tunnel boring machines being pulled from Crosstown depths
The tunnelling work on Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) was completed in 2016 by four tunnel boring machines (TBMs). The city even knew their names - Dennis, Lea, Don, and Humber. Two were already taken out. Now Dennis and Lea are being pulled out as well. Dennis and Lea – or parts of … Continue reading After years underground, giant tunnel boring machines being pulled from Crosstown depths
Now that GO Transit’s Sunday Funday pass program has been extended – Here are 10 places to check out around Toronto on a day of travelling
A program that allows customers to ride on any GO train or bus, to and from wherever you’re going for $10, has been extended into the spring. This Sunday (March 1), it kicks off again. So as a nod to more options across a single Sunday, we’ve gathered up a list of destination to get … Continue reading Now that GO Transit’s Sunday Funday pass program has been extended – Here are 10 places to check out around Toronto on a day of travelling
As winter weather returns to Toronto and surrounding communities – A GO Transit primer for your commute
We know we’re moving toward the end of another Canadian winter, but after a mild spell, and now thrust back into the slush and snow, we’ve come up with tips on travelling across the system today. We were so very close. Almost enough to forget it’s still February in Canada. Lulled in by milder temperatures … Continue reading As winter weather returns to Toronto and surrounding communities – A GO Transit primer for your commute
Signs of our time – New (T)ransit wayfinding identifier hits the streets
A new universal transit symbol is coming to a GO bus stop near you. Deciding on a new icon was no easy task. Over 150 unique symbols were floated, including letters, abstract symbols before landing on the ‘T’. Metrolinx is hoping the new identifier will help stitch the region’s transit systems together. If you take … Continue reading Signs of our time – New (T)ransit wayfinding identifier hits the streets
Rock of ages – How drilling work on four Toronto subway projects are tapping into a subterranean GTA history, centuries in the making
While seemingly just a part of needed exploratory and preparatory work on subway routes, the bore holes speak to ancient movements of the Earth, as well as sleuthing faced by experts. To build a modern subway route, sometimes you have to dig back to the Ice Age. Field work for four major subway projects – … Continue reading Rock of ages – How drilling work on four Toronto subway projects are tapping into a subterranean GTA history, centuries in the making
Dog hops aboard GO train for a ride. Fur’real.
Erik Petersen is used to helping GO customers with directions but a lost dog is definitely a first. Marley is a six-year-old border collie-shepherd mix who hopped on a GO train all by himself when it pulled into Rouge Hill Station on Saturday afternoon. “The dog was just there with no leash or owner in … Continue reading Dog hops aboard GO train for a ride. Fur’real.
