GO Transit will revise schedules and introduce a number of changes to its services, beginning Saturday, September 1.
It will: introduce new routes, open a new station, revise services on current routes, re-instate services to colleges and universities, reduce seasonal service, adjust schedules.
The changes affect these routes:
01 Lakeshore West, 09 Lakeshore East, 21 Milton, 29 University of Guelph, 31 Georgetown, 42 Bolton, 43 Wonderland, 46 Highway 407 West, 50 Centennial College / U of T Scarborough, 52 Highway 407 East, 64 Newmarket / York University, 69 Sutton, 81 Port Perry, 93 Durham College / UOIT
Introduce new routes 42 Bolton: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will introduce a new branch to its current 42 Bolton route. Buses will begin to operate between Bolton and Malton GO Station, allowing you to connect with GO buses and trains on the 31 Georgetown route. Monday-to-Friday morning peak periods, three southbound buses on the new branch will operate from Queen Street / Highway 50 and Columbia Way. The buses will proceed southward along Queen Street / Highway 50, westward along Steeles Avenue, south- and eastward along Finch Avenue, southward along Highway 427 and then westward along Derry Road to Malton GO Station. Monday-to-Friday afternoon peak periods, five northbound buses will leave Malton and reverse the routing to Bolton. GO will continue to operate its current service between Bolton and Yorkdale and York Mills Stations.
Map of the Bolton-Malton route, with stops
46 Highway 407 West: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will extend some trips on the route to the University of Guelph. Buses operating on some trips that currently leave from York University to Bramalea and Meadowvale GO Stations will continue express west from Meadowvale along Highway 401 to the University of Guelph. The new service will operate Monday to Friday daytime only. Several trips will also operate in both directions between U of G and York on Sunday or holiday Monday afternoons and evenings to help you return to Guelph after the weekends. GO will also increase the frequency of service on all branches of the route. 29 University of Guelph: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO buses will begin to serve this new route between the University of Guelph and Cooksville GO Station, allowing you to connect with buses and trains on the 21 Milton route. Buses on the new route will operate Mondays through Fridays, and also serve the Aberfoyle Park ‘n’ Ride lot on the south-east corner of Brock and McLean Roads, just north of Highway 401, and the Mississauga City Centre. Several trips will also operate in both directions between U of G and Cooksville on Sunday or holiday Monday afternoons to allow you to return to Guelph after the weekends.Open a new station 21 Milton: GO will open its latest station, Lisgar on Tuesday, September 4. The new station is in the north-west part of Mississauga, at Tenth Line and Argentia Road, in the Highway 401 / Winston Churchill Boulevard area. GO will adjust train schedules to accommodate stops at Lisgar Station.
Revise services on current routes 01 Lakeshore West: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will revise the route so that more trains serve Aldershot GO Station. Two eastbound early-morning Monday-to-Friday trains — operating before the morning peak period — will start their trips at Aldershot. Monday-to-Friday midday and evenings, all trains in both directions will start or end their trips at Aldershot instead of Burlington. Monday-to-Friday peak periods, all trains that currently end or begin their trips at the Hamilton GO Centre will continue to serve Aldershot.
The new service hours to Aldershot station will affect the Monday-to-Friday midday and evening schedules of connecting buses that formerly began or ended their trips at Burlington GO Station and served McMaster University or the Hamilton GO Centre. These trips now begin or end at Aldershot. GO has adjusted the schedules of some of these bus trips because of the shorter travelling time to or from Aldershot. However, in addition, some buses will travel express between McMaster University and Burlington only during Monday-to-Friday peak periods, where you can transfer to and from GO trains.
Burlington Transit buses do not currently serve Plains Road between Aldershot and Burlington GO Stations Monday-to-Friday early mornings and late evenings. GO will temporarily provide service along Plains to replace the service that Burlington Transit provides at other times on its 1 Fairview-Plains route. Eastbound trips to Burlington will leave Aldershot at 5:25 a.m., 9:50 and 10:50 p.m., serving all stops to Burlington GO Station. Westbound trips to Aldershot will leave Burlington at 9:43, 10:43, 11:43 p.m. and 12:43 and 1:43 a.m., serving all stops to Aldershot GO Station. These trips will not connect with the bus trips to and from Hamilton that meet GO trains at Aldershot.
On weekends and holidays, all trains and buses on the 01 Lakeshore West route continue to start or end their trips at Oakville GO Station, except for one early-morning bus trip from Hamilton to Union Station and one late-night bus trip from Union to Hamilton.
69 Sutton: Starting Sunday, September 2, GO will revise its current route to offer a fare integration service with York Region Transit. GO will provide local service to the Town of Georgina and allow you to connect directly to southern YRT / Viva services at the Newmarket GO Terminal. Buses will operate on the route daily and buses on some trips will travel north-eastward as far as Beaverton. YRT fares only apply to Highway 48 and Lakeridge Road in Port Bolster. If you want to travel further on the route into Durham Region towards Beaverton, you will have to pay GO fares.GO operators on this route will accept YRT / Viva fares. If you’re travelling from Newmarket or East Gwillimbury to Georgina you’ll need a two-zone fare. GO Transit operators will accept a valid one- or two-zone tickets, passes and transfers or valid one- or two-zone tickets, passes and pre-purchased zone supplements.
You can only purchase YRT oneRide zone supplements at oneRide or multiRide machines at the Newmarket GO Terminal. If you want to take advantage of YRT’s “50¢ to GO” program, you may purchase a valid YRT/Viva fare integration sticker from GO Transit and attach it to a valid GO Transit monthly pass. If you’re paying cash, the operators will only accept current GO Transit cash fare rates. They will not accept YRT / Viva cash fare rates.
You can board the buses on the 69 Sutton route at any of the GO- and YRT-marked stops along the route. If you’re travelling south- or northbound across the Ravenshoe Road and Holborn Road zone boundaries, operators will require you to pay a two-zone fare. The operator will ask you your destination when you board and the operator will then request you to submit the proper one- or two-zone fare.
Operators will not issue YRT / Viva transfers but instead will issue a GO Transit paper receipt which you can use to transfer to YRT / Viva services in Keswick, East Gwillimbury and Newmarket. If you’re travelling southbound from the Newmarket GO Bus Terminal, you must purchase an additional zone supplement if your trip crosses the southern zone boundary at King Road.
Re-instate services to colleges and universities 50 Centennial College / U of T Scarborough: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will re-instate the route. Three trips will leave Unionville GO Station Monday-to-Friday mornings to Centennial and U of T. Three trips will leave the U of T and Centennial Monday-to-Friday afternoons and evenings to Unionville. 93 Durham College / UOIT: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will re-instate the route, and add more trips to the service. Six express trips will operate Monday-to-Friday mornings from the Scarborough Centre bus terminal along Highway 401 to Durham College / University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Nine express trips will operate Monday-to-Friday afternoons and evenings from Durham College / UOIT to Scarborough. 31 Georgetown: Starting Friday, September 7, GO will resume some trips to the University of Guelph. Buses operating on two trips on Friday evenings (or on Thursday evenings, if Friday is a holiday), will leave the University of Guelph, travel to the downtown Guelph Bus Terminal, then continue on the regular route to Georgetown, Brampton and Toronto. Starting Monday, September 3, one bus that operates on a trip from Toronto, Brampton and Georgetown on Sunday evenings (or Monday evenings if Monday is a holiday) will travel to the downtown Guelph Bus Terminal, then continue to the University of Guelph. 52 Highway 407 East: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will increase the frequency of the number of trips on the route, which serves Durham College / University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), University of Toronto (Scarborough), Centennial College (Progress) and York University. 46 Highway 407 West: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will increase the frequency of the number of trips on the route, which serves McMaster University, Sheridan College (Trafalgar Campus) and York University. It will also begin new service on this route by extending some trips westward from Meadowvale GO Station along Highway 401 to the University of Guelph. 64 Newmarket / York University: Starting Tuesday, September 4, GO will re-instate the route. Mondays to Fridays only, southbound buses operate from the Newmarket GO Terminal southward along Yonge Street through Aurora to Oak Ridges, westward along King Road to King City, and southward along Keele Street through Maple to York University. Northbound buses reverse the routing.
Reduce seasonal service 43 Wonderland: Friday, August 31 will be the last regular weekday trip on the express route between Canada’s Wonderland and Yorkdale and York Mills Stations. Starting, Saturday, September 1, GO will operate buses on this seasonal route on weekends only, including Labour Day, Monday, September 3. Sunday, October 28 is the last day that GO buses will operate on this route in 2007.
Adjust schedules
GO Transit will adjust the schedules of many of its other routes, beginning Saturday, September 1.
09 Lakeshore East: In particular, it will slightly adjust the schedule of this route. Starting Tuesday, September 4, the eastbound train from Union Station that formerly left at 7:31 a.m. will leave three minutes earlier, at 7:28 a.m. Trip times will also change at all stations between Union and Oshawa. The bus to Newcastle that connects with this train at Oshawa will leave seven minutes earlier, at 8:28 a.m. 81 Port Perry: GO will also adjust the schedule of its 81 Port Perry route so that the bus to Beaverton that connects with this train at Whitby GO Station will leave three minutes earlier, at 8:21 a.m.
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