Update — Sunday, December 5, 7:15 a.m.: Lakeshore East trains resumed regular service today, Sunday, December 5.

Metrolinx continues repairing GO Transit’s 09 Lakeshore East line this weekend after a fatal incident on the tracks last weekend.

GO trains continue to operate with a modified schedule Friday, December 3 and then a modified weekend schedule Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5.

Friday, December 3

• Trains continue to operate with the same modified weekday schedule that they’ve followed since since the incident occurred Saturday, November 27. That means GO trains operate between Union Station and Guildwood GO Station and between Pickering and Oshawa GO stations. Buses shuttle passengers between Guildwood and Pickering, dropping off or picking up passengers at Rouge Hill GO Station.
• Trains and buses operate every 30 minutes until about 7 p.m. After 7 p.m., service is hourly.
• All Lakeshore East line stations receive service.

Saturday, December 4
Sunday, December 5

Westbound

• Trains operate on an hourly schedule between Guildwood and Union Station every hour from Guildwood at 35 minutes past the hour.
• For Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering and Guildwood passengers, buses operate from Oshawa GO Station, drop off or pick up passengers in all stations to Pickering, then continue express — without stopping — to Guildwood.
• Buses leave Oshawa every hour or more, starting at 5:15 a.m.
• Buses leave stations 20 - 35 minutes earlier than regular train times.
• Buses don’t operate to and from Rouge Hill.

Eastbound

• Trains operate on an hourly schedule between Union and Guildwood every hour from Union at 15 minutes past the hour.
• For Guildwood, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa passengers, buses operate express from Guildwood every hour to Pickering and then serve passengers in all stations to Oshawa.
• Buses leave Guildwood every hour or more, starting at 7:10 a.m.
• Buses leave stations 8 - 23 minutes earlier than regular train times.
• Buses don’t operate to and from Rouge Hill.

Buses

• GO has hired Coach Canada to help get you where you need to go due to an ongoing shortage of employees. By hiring Coach Canada, GO can make sure that its bus drivers are available to operate GO buses and maintain regular service,
• Coach Canada buses will be available at Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering GO station bus loops to get you to Guildwood.
• GO staff will be on site at each station to help guide you and answer your questions.
• The Where’s My Bus application isn’t operating for the replacement buses.

^ GO passengers may be riding a bus that looks like this one, as Coach Canada is helping fill the gap during construction work. Image, Metrolinx

PRESTO fare cards

• Passengers who have set up default trips on their PRESTO cards need to override their default by pressing the “Override” button on the PRESTO device, then tap your card as you would normally.

Westbound

• Tap on the PRESTO machine at your bus loop and tap off on machines at your destination.

Eastbound

• Tap on the device at your originating station when boarding trains. Tap off at the PRESTO machine at your destination.

Alternate travel options

• Trains and buses don’t operate to and from Rouge Hill this weekend.

• GO has suggested alternate travel options:

• Toward Union Station from Rouge Hill

• Board a westbound TTC bus along the 38 Highland Creek route to Scarborough Centre Station and transfer to a southbound train along Line 3 Scarborough. At Kennedy Station, transfer to a southbound GO train along the 71 Stouffville line to travel to Union Station.
• Board a westbound TTC bus along the 38 Highland Creek route to Scarborough Centre Station and transfer to a southbound train along Line 3 Scarborough. At Kennedy Station, transfer to a westbound Line 2 Bloor - Danforth train to Yonge Station. Then transfer again to a southbound train along Line 1 Yonge - University.
• Board a westbound TTC bus along the 38 Highland Creek route to Kingston Road and Deep Dene Drive. Transfer to a westbound bus along the 86 Scarborough route. At Kennedy Station, transfer to a westbound Line 2 Bloor - Danforth train to Yonge Station. Then transfer again to a southbound train along Line 1 Yonge - University.

• Toward Pickering GO Station from Rouge Hill

• Board a westbound TTC bus along the 85A Sheppard East route to Port Union and Kingston Roads. Transfer to an eastbound Durham Region Transit bus route along the 900 PULSE Highway 2 route to Kingston and Liverpool Roads. Walk southward to Pickering GO Station.

• Toward Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa GO stations from Rouge Hill

• Board a westbound TTC bus along the 38 Highland Creek route to Scarborough Centre Station. Transfer to an eastbound GO bus along the 96 Oshawa / Finch express route. Route 96 buses stop in the bus terminals at all three GO stations.

GO trains along the 71 Stouffville line stop in Danforth and Scarborough GO stations this weekend to provide travel options for passengers travelling to and from those station during this weekend’s Lakeshore East disruptions.

Regular service along the 09 Lakeshore East and 71 Stouffville lines resumes Monday, December 6