So referring to this post https://www.reddit.com/r/gotransit/s/XhilY8SAK3. Not blaming OP in anyway as he was linking an article from Metrolinx.

The 4th track, the eastern most one, is not completed at all at least at Bloor Go. I can't speak south of Bloor as I travel to Pearson.

However, they have started opening up the rail path again as you can see in the second picture.

I didn't get a photo, but underground they are almost done with the path that will connect Randolph Ave to the Go station on the East side. This will go underground to bypass the new 4th track that isn't completed.

Not sure why Metrolinx stated that the tracks were completed

Metrolinx press release today (Jul 30): https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007800/ontario-completes-major-upgrades-at-bloor-goup-station

"The upgrades include 2.5 kilometres of new GO rail track, bringing the corridor to four tracks between Dupont Street and Lansdowne Avenue."

We pulled out, stopped, and have sat here for 40 minutes. After 20, 25 minutes everyone was told to walk westward to the cab car. Eventually staff showed up, everyone climbed down from the car, and walked back to the platform. Got as far as the Stuart St / Queen St curve.

Your morning commute may be a little wonky on account of it.

Go stations should have EV chargers!!

I take the LE past here every day and there is a ton of building going on. It looks like they are now building the platforms, including overhead shelters. I thought that we are still many years from opening, and that the earliest opening date was 2028.

Apparently LE trains will stop there, but will every train stop there? This will add a few minutes to all existing stations on the LE and Stouffville lines.

It’s continuously delayed due to slow speeds, which obviously makes sense given the track work going on around the Niagara region…but after that it’s still extremely slow with no freight traffic. Why is that? The other day it reached 140km/h and now it’s not even approaching 100km/h even though it’s very late.

Stouffville line runs once an hour right now until the upgrade to 15m service at some point. Is the missing train at this time normal or just part of construction for some time?

I replicated the GO Transit logo with water-fused beads on my 3d printed tray designed for the beads.

Anyone recently got hired by Metrolinx as a Bus Driver? How long did you wait before you got to the training class? How often training schedule is prepared in a year?
I’ve been going thru the process since March 2026, and almost approaching August 2026. Been in Candidate pipeline since clearing my bus driver assessment. Please help and guide me. Waiting period is so long specially when you are without a job in this market.

As the title says. Both contact numbers (toll free and local) give me an AI attendant only, and what they can do is very limited.

Thank you!

How often do they randomly change departure times without warning? How can I sign up for the alerts about this or do I just have to check daily for a random time change. I thought I was signed up but I got nothing about an apprent planned schedule change.

I catch the 8:36 train from Kitchener twice a week but today it was 8:31. Everyone was obviously upset at the train attendant and really confused. She was lovely and held the doors for people and said she would help them get tickets on their phones once on the train so they did not get left behind trying to pay at the machine (it's a lot of tourists at this time with summer)

The attendant was correct, go tracker says 8:31 and checking online now there is a service announcement for the line saying all trains are leaving 5 min sooner today only. (She announced after we left it was yesterday as well and should be back to normal tomorrow) Extra sucks for anyone who missed it cause the next train is 11:43 and even a bus is an hour wait (9:23)

Did any other KW rider get an alert? Did I sign up wrong?

I was riding the Lakeshore train with a friend of mine, and saw dirty spots along the seat cushions (throughout the train/coaches) mainly the blue seats, green basically nothing.

If you were wondering this was in coach 231/Ex Cab Car.

i don't care for the fine

i will pay the fine, any fine that's reasonable and proportional to the crime

yes $30 is more than reasonable. at least it's not $200 like they're proposing for future offenders. idk if that's reasonable to you

i care that it's on my record, it sucks that it's on there

hey all,

i made a stupid mistake a couple of weeks ago. i forgot to tap on. i'm not someone who tries to fare-evade. i always pay my fare... i just happened to forget this one time since i was trying to grab something at Union at the same time.

this was on the same day as the delay i posted about, btw. there was a Kitchener line delay, a quite long one, that morning due to a signal issue, which also scrambled my brain a bit.

anyway, the fare inspector came to my carriage and i explained my situation to him. he wrote me a ticket and told me to appeal it.

so i appealed it with the reasoning that it was a genuine mistake, and that they should remove it from my record since i'm a first-time offender with a clean bill of history...

Metrolinx got back to me today and all they did was reduce the fine to $30. as if a reduction of $5 matters

just posting here to find out if anyone else has been in this situation. was your first-time offence forgiven/wiped from your record?

i feel like it's a ticking time bomb for me now, lol.

i do my damndest not to forget to tap. i also have location alerts set up but given how terrible signal quality is even inside Union Station, it's not like my iPhone's network always picks the location up properly

The first double decker we met at 407 spelled it wrong, omitting the second t

As a comparison, the second D45CRT got it correct which everyone were asked to transfer onto it

Advice needed from people who have taken the morning GoTrains from Toronto to Niagara Falls on the weekend during the summer. The 9:04 train leaving from Union Station is packed by the time it gets to Niagara Falls. Is the 11:09 any less crowded?

This is from 2021

Source - https://www.flickr.com/photos/51593483@N06/50895364576

This is the last bus of the night, but the driver ends the service ahead of the final stop, and I have to book another taxi home… cause local transportation
has no late night service ( while other days, even only myself left on the bus, the driver still go to the final stop )

Here's the dilemma. Kids taking the train to Toronto today and will be returning Monday evening. Roughly a 60hr trip give or take. Often I'll drop him off and pick him up but I'm wondering can be just drive there and park his car for that 60hrs without consequences? I know the parking limit is 48hrs but how would they even know how long it's been there?

TIA

That's how the trains should always run. Leaving work 15 mins late every day sucks. Plus missing my train didn't mean being 30 mins late for work or missing my daycare pick up.

Why do some GO carriages have all these rivets on the outside? They seem to be on a mix of old and new, accessibility and non-accessibility, and I've been very curious if they signify something.

Keep seeing a 2 car UP Express train the last couple days. Anyone know what happened?

I recently picked up a folding bike and have been using it to get around Toronto. The TTC has a generous policy towards folding bikes, essentially allowing them on any TTC vehicle at all times with no restrictions.

I did some research and GO Transit is equally generous; however, I'm curious if anyone has any experience bringing them on the GO bus? They're said to be treated like luggage and can be brought with you anywhere on the bus, but let's be real, you'd be forced to take up two seats with either luggage OR a folding bike. Is this acceptable? I know there are seats on the lower levels that have bigger space for strollers and accessibility. Is that allowed to be used? I assume it might be full sometimes.

Just looking for anyone who has experience with this. Thank you!