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Ontario’s housing minister is telling people who live near transit stations to get used to and embrace an influx of new buildings as the province plans for “massive amounts of density” along transit lines. Paul Calandra said the Ford government is working on plans to speed up building along transit …
Read More »Toronto area fare integration set to boost ridership, halve costs for some commuters
Fare integration across the Greater Toronto Area could be used almost 160,000 times per day and attract thousands of new public transit riders, according to the province’s internal estimates of the impending policy. The Ford government is set to eliminate costly double fares across the GTHA in early 2024 — …
Read More »Go Transit will add extra trains to Kitchener line for reading week
Go Transit will be running additional trains between Kitchener and Toronto over the following two Saturdays to accommodate students leaving and returning to the area for reading week. Metrolinx says that on Saturday, a train will depart from Union Station for Kitchener at 12:38 p.m. and arrive at the station …
Read More »GO train service resumes Wednesday after CN network-wide system failure
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Metrolinx says regular train service is resuming on Wednesday, with some delays, after a CN network-wide system failure affected all GO and UP Express rail corridors Tuesday afternoon. In Metrolinx’s latest statement, it said there could still be some delays and modifications “as we …
Read More »Emergency crews respond to fire near Toronto’s Union Station – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Emergency crews responded to a fire near Toronto’s Union Station on Saturday, with firefighters arriving to find thick black smoke at the scene. Toronto Fire Services Capt. Dan Vieira said the two-alarm incident occurred at 141 Bay St., which is where the …
Read More »‘Almost no notice at all’: GO Transit changes frustrate southern Ontario commuters
TORONTO — It took one GO Transit scheduling change to turn Siddhartha Batra from a regular commuter to a full-time remote worker. A direct bus operated by the regional transit provider used to provide an easy way for the 31-year-old civil engineer to travel from his home in downtown Toronto …
Read More »Ford government promises fare integration between Toronto, surrounding regions by end of 2023
The Ford government has committed to integrating transit services and fares across the Greater Toronto Area by the end of 2023. Ontario’s associate minister of transportation Stan Cho said on Thursday afternoon that fare and service integration is “happening this year and will include Toronto.” He said that the province …
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