Metrolinx and its contractors continue upgrading GO Transit’s Barrie line as part of the GO Expansion Program.

Starting Monday, May 4 and continuing until Thursday, May 14, GO Transit is adjusting the schedules for trains along the 65 Barrie line after this weekend’s construction to support the GO Expansion program.

During this time, trains will operate more slowly than usually to help protect the work that contractors completed along the line and make sure that service remains safe and reliable. By temporarily adjusting the schedules, GO says, it can help ensure that [you] arrive as close as possible to your regular arrival times, minimizing the impact to your commute.

^ A six-car GO Train led by cab car #306 heads northbound into Downsview Park station in midday GO Barrie service to Aurora on February 14, 2018. Photo by James Bow.

Monday, May 4

• Southbound trains leave stations as much as 13 minutes earlier than usually and arrive at stations as much as 10 minutes later than usually.
• Northbound trains leave Union Station as much as 8 minutes earlier than usually and arrive at stations as much as 10 minutes later than usually.
• Most trains that usually start or end trips in Aurora GO Station start or end, instead in Maple GO Station.
• The time to connect with buses along the 65 East Gwillimbury / Newmarket / Toronto and 68 Barrie / Newmarket / Aurora routes is as much as 15 to 20 minutes longer than usually.

Southbound trains starting at Maple:

• These trains leave stations as much as 13 minutes earlier than usually. GO buses are available at Aurora for you to travel to King City and then to Maple, where you can connect to GO train service.

• The train that usually starts in Aurora at 10:57 a.m. for Union Station starts, instead, in Maple at 11:11 a.m.. GO buses leave Aurora at 10:57 a.m. for Maple.
• The train that usually starts in Aurora at 11:55 a.m. for Union Station starts, instead, in Maple at 12:10 p.m.. GO buses leave Aurora at 11:55 a.m. for Maple.
• The train that usually starts in Aurora at 12:55 p.m. for Union Station starts, instead, in Maple at 1:13 p.m.. GO buses leave Aurora at 12:55 p.m. for Maple.
• The train that usually starts in Aurora at 3:04 p.m. for Union Station starts, instead, in Maple at 3:20 p.m.. GO buses leave Aurora at 3:04 p.m. for Maple.
• The train that usually starts in Aurora at 7:55 p.m. for Union Station starts, instead, in Maple at 8:07 p.m.. GO buses leave Aurora at 7:55 p.m. for Maple.
• The train that usually starts in Aurora at 8:55 p.m. for Union Station starts, instead, in Maple at 9:09 p.m.. GO buses leave Aurora at 8:55 p.m. for Maple.

Northbound trains ending at Maple GO:

These trains start in Union Station as much as eight minutes later than usually. The trains will end in Maple, with connecting GO bus service to King City and Aurora.

• The 10:54 a.m. train from Union Station starts five minutes earlier than usually.
• The 11:54 a.m. train from Union Station starts one minute earlier than usually.
• The 12:54 p.m. train from Union Station starts two minutes later than usually.
• The 6:54 p.m. train from Union Station starts eight minutes earlier than usually.
• The 7:54 p.m. train from Union Station starts five minutes earlier than usually.
• The 8:54 p.m. train from Union Station starts two minutes earlier than usually.

From Tuesday, May 5 until Thursday, May 14

GO adjusts schedules so that trains leave and arrive at stations about two minutes earlier or later than usually.

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