Metrolinx continues working to enhance the 09 Lakeshore East line, as part of the GO Expansion Program.

This weekend, construction crews are upgrading the signals near Guildwood GO Station to support significant service improvements on the line. They can only complete this work when trains are not operating along certain tracks.

To accommodate this signal-upgrade activity, starting late Friday, July 22 until Sunday, July 24, GO Transit is revising the schedules for trains along the line late evenings and mornings. It is also cancelling some trains. Regular weekend service operates during the rest of each day, except for minor changes before the Toronto FC match Saturday, July 23.

Friday, July 22

Westbound service:

• GO is cancelling the train that usually leaves Oshawa at 11:10 p.m. for Union.
• The train that usually leaves Oshawa at 11:40 p.m. leaves, instead, at 11:45 p.m. It drops off or picks up passengers at Whitby, Ajax, Pickering and Rouge Hill GO stations as much as five minutes later than usually. It then serves passengers at Guildwood, Eglinton, Scarborough and Danforth GO stations 12 minutes later than usually.
• GO is also revising one train along the 01 Lakeshore West line. The train that usually leaves Union at 12:45 a.m. for West Harbour GO Station leaves, instead, at 12:50 a.m. to maintain its connection with the late-departing Lakeshore East train from Oshawa. It drops off or picks up passengers as much as ten minutes later at all stations on the line.

Eastbound service:

• The train that usually leaves Union at 11:05 p.m. for Oshawa leaves, instead, at 11:15 p.m. It serves passengers at all stations on the line as much as ten minutes later than usually.
• GO is cancelling the train that usually leaves Union at 11:35 p.m. for Oshawa.
• It’s also replacing the train that usually leaves Union at 12:45 a.m. for Oshawa with buses. The buses operate express — without stopping — between Union and Pickering, then stop in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa. The buses don’t stop in Danforth, Scarborough, Eglinton, Guildwood or Rouge Hill. You can board TTC trains and buses to travel to and from these stations.

Saturday, July 23

Westbound service:

• Trains operate hourly from Oshawa for Union before 10 a.m. Trains leave Oshawa at 6:10, 7:10, 8:10 and 9:10 a.m.

• Each train leaves Guildwood seven minutes later than usually, and, as a result, arrive later in Eglinton, Scarborough, Danforth and Union.

• Regular train service operates from 10:10 a.m. until 10:40 p.m., with trains dropping off or picking up passengers every 30 minutes, except just before the Toronto FC game.

• All trains from 4:10 until 6:40 p.m. leave Oshawa and all other stations five minutes earlier than usually. If you’re travelling to the game, the last train before kick-off arrives in Exhibition GO Station at 7:17 p.m.

• GO is cancelling the train that usually leaves Oshawa at 11:10 p.m. for Union.
• It’s also replacing the train that usually leaves Union at 12:45 a.m. for Oshawa with buses. The buses operate express — without stopping — between Union and Pickering, then stop in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa. The buses don’t stop in Danforth, Scarborough, Eglinton, Guildwood or Rouge Hill. You can board TTC trains and buses to travel to and from these stations.

Eastbound service:

• Trains operate hourly from Union for Oshawa before 9:30 a.m. Trains leave Oshawa at 6:40, 7:40 and 8:45 a.m.
• Regular train service operates from 9:35 a.m. until 11:05 p.m., with trains dropping off or picking up passengers every 30 minutes, except just before the Toronto FC game.

• All trains from 5:35 until 8:05 p.m. leave Union and other stations on the line 15 minutes later than usually.

• GO is cancelling the train that usually leaves Union at 11:35 p.m. for Oshawa.

Sunday, July 24

Westbound service:

• Trains operate hourly from Oshawa for Union before 10 a.m. Trains leave Oshawa at 6:10, 7:10, 8:10 and 9:10 a.m.

• Each train leaves Guildwood seven minutes later than usually, and, as a result, arrive later in Eglinton, Scarborough, Danforth and Union.

• Regular train service operates from 10:10 a.m. until 10:40 p.m., with trains dropping off or picking up passengers every 30 minutes.
• GO is cancelling the train that usually leaves Oshawa at 11:10 p.m. for Union.
• It’s also replacing the train that usually leaves Union at 12:45 a.m. for Oshawa with buses. The buses operate express — without stopping — between Union and Pickering, then stop in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa. The buses don’t stop in Danforth, Scarborough, Eglinton, Guildwood or Rouge Hill. You can board TTC trains and buses to travel to and from these stations.

Eastbound service:

• Trains operate hourly from Union for Oshawa before 9:30 a.m. Trains leave Oshawa at 6:40, 7:40 and 8:45 a.m.
• Regular train service operates from 9:35 a.m. until 11:05 p.m., with trains dropping off or picking up passengers every 30 minutes.
• GO is cancelling the train that usually leaves Union at 11:35 p.m. for Oshawa.

Metrolinx and GO plan to accommodate more passengers and increase service along the Lakeshore East line, as part of their GO Expansion Program (formerly “regional express rail”).