As the fall term at local colleges and universities winds down, fewer passengers travel by GO buses to and from the campuses.
GO Transit is decreasing some of its college-and-university services starting tomorrow, Friday, December 5.
GO is decreasing service along these routes: 15 McMaster, 25 Waterloo / Mississauga, 29 Guelph / Mississauga, 45 Mississauga / York U, 46 Oakville / York U, 47 Hamilton / York U, 48 Guelph / York U, 51 Pickering / York U, 52 Oshawa / York U, 54 Markham / York U, 88 Peterborough / Oshawa.
29 Guelph / Mississauga
29A branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates eastbound buses on Friday-only trips along the branch. (Buses operate between Guelph Central GO Station and Square One GO Bus Terminal.)
GO continues to operate buses on trips along the branch Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
29B branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the westbound bus on the single Monday-to-Friday trip along this branch of the route. (The bus usually leaves Square One GO Bus Terminal at 7:10 a.m. Mondays to Fridays and ends its trip in the University Centre Terminal on the University of Guelph campus at 8 a.m.)
Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 15, 2016.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
48 Guelph / York U
48 branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave the University Centre Terminal on the University of Guelph Campus at 1:05, 2, 3, 3:50 and 4:55 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips in at the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele campusat 2:45, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45 and 6:45 p.m.)p.m.)
48A branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound bus that usually leaves Meadowvale GO Station at 7:10 a.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The bus operates express — without stopping — and usually ends its trip at the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele Campus at 7:45 a.m.)
48B branch
GO operates buses on all trips along the branch and adds extra Friday trips along the route so that some buses operate Mondays to Fridays, instead of Mondays to Thursdays.
Starting Friday, December 11, eastbound buses operate on extra Friday trips, leaving Meadowvale GO Station at 1:55, 2:50, 3:50 and 4:40 p.m. Fridays. (The buses end their trips on the York campus at 2:45, 3:45, 4:45 and 5:45 p.m.
Regular Monday-to-Friday service resumes Monday, January 11, 2016. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 15.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
47 Hamilton / York U
47B branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave McMaster University GO Bus Terminal at 1:05, 2:05, 4:15 and 5:15 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually operate express — without stopping — and end their trips in Square One GO Bus Terminal at 1:40, 2:40, 4:55 and 5:55 p.m.)
It’s also the last day that it operates the westbound buses that usually leave Square One at 7:30, 7:38, 8:05 and 8:35 a.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips in “Mac” terminal at 8:10, 8:18, 8:45 and 9:10 a.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave “Mac” at 12:05, 1:25, 2:20, 3:15, 3:45, 4:35, 4:42 and 5:55 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips in Square One terminal at 12:40, 2, 2:55, 2:50, 4:20, 5:15, 5:22 and 6:35 p.m.)
47C branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave “Mac” at 2:20, 2:50, 3:50 and 4:45 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips in Erin Mills Transitway station at 2:55, 3:25, 4:25 and 5:20 p.m.)
It’s also the last day that GO operates the eastbound bus that leaves “Mac” at 7 p.m. Fridays only. (The bus ends its trip in Erin Mills at 7:35 p.m.)
47D branch
Thursday, December 3 is the last day this year that GO operates buses on all Monday-to-Thursday trips along the branch.
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates buses on all Monday-to-Friday trips along the branch.
(Buses usually operate only between Bramalea GO Station and the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele campus.)
47E branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day that GO operates any trips along the branch.
(Buses usually operate between the Highway 407 / Trafalgar Park and Ride carpool lot and McMaster University.)
47F branch
Sunday, November 29 was the last day this year that GO operated any trips along the branch Sundays.
Friday, December 4 is the last day that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave McMaster University GO Bus Terminal at 3:25, 4:25 and 5:35 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually operate express — without stopping — between “Mac” and Bramalea GO Station, then end their trips on York’s Keele Campus at 4:40, 5:40 and 6:40 p.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave “Mac” at 12:35, 1:30, 1:35, 2:05, 2:30, 2:55, 3:25, 3:55, 4:10, 4:35 and 4:50 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips on the York campus at 1:45, 2:40, 2:45, 3:20, 3:45, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:25, 5:50 and 6:05 p.m.)
47H branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates any buses along the branch.
Regular Sunday-only service resumes Sunday, January 3, 2016. Regular Monday-to-Thursday and Monday-to-Friday service resumes Monday, January 4. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
54 Markham / York U
54A branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year GO operates the single eastbound bus that serves the branch.
(The buses operate between Unionville GO Station and the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele Campus.
54B branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day that GO operates any buses along the branch.
(The buses operate between Centennial GO Station and York.)
54C branch
Thursday, December 3 is the last day this year that GO operates buses on all Monday-to-Thursday trips along the branch.
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates buses on all Monday-to-Friday trips along the branch.
(Buses usually operate only between Mount Joy and Markham GO Stations and York.)
Regular Monday-to-Friday and Monday-to-Thursday service resumes Monday, January 4, 2016.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
15 McMaster
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound bus that usually leaves McMaster University GO Bus Terminal at 4:58 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The bus usually ends its trip in Aldershot GO Station bus terminal at 5:11 p.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that it operates the eastbound buses that leave “Mac” at 1:28, 2:37, 3:28, 3:58 and 5:58 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips in Aldershot at 1:41, 2:50, 3:41, 4:11 and 5:41).
It’s also the last day that GO operates the westbound bus that usually leaves Aldershot at 8:11 a.m. Fridays. (The bus usually ends its trip in “Mac” terminal at 8:26 a.m.)
Regular Monday-to-Friday resumes Monday, January 4, 2016. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
45 Mississauga / York U
45A branch
Thursday, December 3 is the last day this year that GO operates buses on Monday-to-Thursday trips along the branch.
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates buses on Friday-only trips along the branch. It’s also the last day this year that it operate buses on most Monday-to-Friday trips along the branch, except the eastbound buses that leave Square One GO Bus Terminal at 7:10 and 7:40 a.m. (The buses usually end their trips on the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele campus at 7:55 and 8:15 a.m.)
(Buses usually operate only between Square One GO Bus Terminal and the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele campus.)
Regular Monday-to-Friday and Monday-to-Thursday service along the branch resumes Monday, January 4, 2016. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
52 Oshawa / York U
52 branch
Thursday, December 3 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound bus that usually leaves York University’s Keele campus at 12:05 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays. 5:10 and 8:20 p.m. Mondays to Thursday. (The bus usually ends its trip in Downtown Oshawa Terminal at 12:52 p.m.)
52A branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day it operates any buses along the branch.
(Buses usually operate only between Unionville GO Station and the North Oshawa campuses of Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology [UOIT]).
52B branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day it operates any buses along the branch.
(Buses usually operate only between York’s Keele campus and the North Oshawa campuses of Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology [UOIT]).
Regular Monday-to-Friday and Monday-to-Thursday service resumes Monday, January 4, 2016. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
88 Peterborough / Oshawa
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the southbound buses that leave Peter Gzowski College on Trent University’s Symons campus at 12:38, 3:16 and 4:43 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips in Oshawa GO Station at 2:13, 4:56 and 6:23 p.m.
It’s also the last day this year that it operates the northbound buses that usually leave Oshawa at 1:19, 3:19 and 7:27 p.m. Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips on the Trent campus at 2:49, 4:49 and 8:57 p.m.)
Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8, 2016.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
51 Pickering / York U
51A branch
Thursday, December 3 is the last day this year that GO operates buses along the branch Mondays to Thursdays only.
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the westbound buses that usually leave Scarborough Centre GO Bus Terminal at 7:05, 7:20, 8:45, 9:35, 10:05, 10:25 and 10:35 a.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips on the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele campus at 7:40, 8, 9:25, 10:10, 10:40, 11 and 11:10 a.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that it operates any eastbound buses along the branch.
51B branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the westbound buses that usually leave Pickering at 7:05, 7:35, 8:50 and 10:50 a.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips on the York campus at 7:55, 8:30, 9:40 and 11:35 a.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave York at 2:40, 3:40, 4:10, 5:10 and 5:40 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips in Pickering at 3:25, 4:25, 5, 6:05 and 6:35 p.m.)
51C branch
Thursday, December 3 is the last day this year that GO operates the westbound bus that usually leaves the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus at 6:10 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays. (The bus usually ends its trip at the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele Campus at 7 p.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that it operates the eastbound bus that usually leaves U of T Scarborough at 9:35 a.m. (It usually ends its trip on the York campus at 10:25 a.m.
51D branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the single eastbound bus that operates along the branch. (The buses operates between Richmond Hill Centre Terminal and U of T Scarborough.)
Regular Monday-to-Friday and Monday-to-Thursday service resumes Monday, January 4, 2016. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)
25 Waterloo / Mississauga
25 branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave the Ring Road beside the William G. Davis Computer Sciences Centre on the University of Waterloo campus at 5:35 and 6:40 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. (The buses usually end their trips in Square One GO Bus Terminal a 7:20 and 8:30 p.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that leave the Davis Centre at 2:40, 3:35 and 4:35 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips in Square One terminal at 4:20, 5:20 and 6:20 p.m.)
25B branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave Ring Road beside the William G. Davis Computer Sciences Centre on the University of Waterloo campus at 12:15, 1:15, 2, 2:55, 3:45, 3:55, 4:45, 4:55, 7, 7:05, and 8:15 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips in Square One GO Bus Terminal at 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15, 5:05, 6:05, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15 and 9:25 p.m.)
25C branch
Sunday, November 29 was the last day this year that GO operated the eastbound buses that usually leave Ring Road beside the William G. Davis Computer Sciences Centre on the University of Waterloo campus at 3:40, 4:40, 5:40 and 6:40 p.m. Sundays only. (The buses usually pick up passengers on University Avenue West across from Hazel Street beside Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo Campus, the operate express - without stopping - to Square One GO Bus Terminal. They usually end their trips in Square One terminal at 4:55, 5:55, 6:55 and 7:55 p.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that GO operates the westbound buses that usually leave Square One at 1:55, 2:55, 3:55 4:55 5:55, 6:55, 7:55 and 8:55 p.m. Sundays. (The buses operate express to Laurier, then end their trips on the University of Waterloo campus at 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:10 and 10:10 p.m.)
25F branch
Friday, December 4 is the last day this year that GO operates the eastbound buses that usually leave the Davis Centre at 1:35, 2:05, 3:05, 4:05, 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. Fridays only. (The buses usually end their trips at the Harry W. Arthurs Common on York University’s Keele campus at 3:15, 3:50, 5, 6, 6:25 and 7:30 p.m.)
It’s also the last day this year that GO operates the westbound buses that usually leave York at 12:55 and 1:55 p.m. Fridays. (The buses end their trips on the Waterloo campus at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.)
Regular Sunday-only service resumes Sunday, January 4, 2016. Regular Thursday-and-Friday service resumes Thursday, January 7. Regular Friday-only service resumes Friday, January 8.
You can view the full schedule here. (.pdf)