To support Metrolinx’ long-term plans to introduce regional express rail services — frequent, all-day, two-way service along GO Transit lines — it intends to improve the Lakeshore East rail corridor.
It needs to improve the corridor between Guildwood and Pickering GO Stations. That section of the line only has two tracks between Galloway Road in Scarborough and Frenchman’s Bay in Pickering (“Durham Junction”). This bottleneck currently challenges GO to provide a more reliable and flexible service along the line.
Metrolinx is proposing to add a third track in this section of the corridor, and is conducting an environmental assessment under a streamlined process — the “transit project assessment” process — to evaluate expanding and improving the corridor between Scarborough Golf Club Road in the City of Toronto and Pickering GO Station in the Region of Durham.
You can participate in this process by attending one of two public meetings. The team studying the proposal will be available during the events to answer your questions and receive your comments.
Metrolinx has scheduled the events:
Events take place in:
- Pickering; and
- the Scarborough area of Toronto.
Wednesday, March 25
6 until 8 p.m.
Scarborough Village Recreation Centre
3600 Kingston Road
Scarborough
Getting there by public transit:
- GO Transit trains operating along the Lakeshore East line to Guildwood GO Station. Walk to Kingston Road and Celeste Drive to board westbound TTC buses operating along the 86 Scarborough and 198 U of T rocket routes.
- Westbound TTC buses operating along the 86 Scarborough, 116 Morningside and 198 U of T rocket routes to Eglinton Avenue East and Markham Road. Walk south two blocks to the northeast corner of Markham and Kingston Roads. Or transfer to southbound buses operating along the 102 Markham Rd route.
- Eastbound TTC buses operating along the 86 Scarborough, 116 Morningside and 198 U of T rocket routes to Eglinton Avenue East and Markham Road. Cross Markham at the signal to the east side, then walk south two blocks to the northeast corner of Markham and Kingston Roads. Or transfer to southbound buses operating along the 102 Markham Rd route.
- Southbound buses operating along the 102 Markham Rd route to Markham and Kingston Roads. Cross Markham at the signal to the northeast corner.
- Northbound buses operating along the 102 Markham Rd route to Markham Road, just north of Kingston Road, beside the recreation centre.
Thursday, March 26
6 until 8 p.m.
Rosebank Road Public School
591 Rosebank Road
Pickering
Getting there by public transit:
- GO Transit trains operating along the 01 Lakeshore East line or buses operating along the 51 York U / Pickering route to Pickering GO Station. Transfer to Durham Region Transit buses operating along the 107 South Rosebank route.
- DRT buses operating along the 107 South Rosebank route to Rosebank Road south of Toynevale Drive. Cross Rosebank to the school.