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The cost of expanding Toronto’s aging transit system has skyrocketed in recent decades, according to a new report, with the price per kilometre of new subway and light rail track ballooning. A new report from the Toronto Region Board of Trade found the current cost of new transit in the …
Read More »What GO Train commuters need to know about the rail dispute
Metrolinx says it will keep customers updated ahead of next week, as developments unfold in a labour dispute at two of Canada’s largest railways. Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City locked out more than nine-thousand workers on Thursday morning, bringing freight traffic and commuter rail service to a …
Read More »Ontario commuters to face disruptions if unprecedented rail work stoppage goes ahead
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 21, 2024 10:52 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Thousands of Ontario commuters are looking at possible travel disruption as the clock ticks down on a work stoppage at one of Canada’s largest railways. Metrolinx says GO train service …
Read More »Original Ontario Line price didn’t include all costs: Metrolinx CEO
The initial price tag of Premier Doug Ford’s signature Ontario Line project left out key expenses, according to the head of the province’s transit planning agency, that would eventually double the cost of constructing and operating the transit line. The 15-kilometre transit line, announced by the Progressive Conservative government in …
Read More »Metrolinx not renaming Eglinton LRT science centre stop ‘at this time’ despite recommendation
The agency responsible for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT says it has no plans “at this time” to rename the Ontario Science Centre transit stop, despite a concession by the Ford government that the station will need a provincial rebrand. The station, intended to serve as a destination point on the …
Read More »‘Dream come true’: 7-year-old Ontario boy announces a transit stop
A seven-year-old Ontario boy who loves all things transit had his dream come true over the weekend when a staff member on a GO Train noticed his interest and allowed him to make a transit announcement. “Attention all passengers in Coach 257: Coach 257 will not open at Maple,” Nicco …
Read More »Metrolinx preparing ‘contingencies’ if TTC strike goes ahead
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s provincial transit agency says it has “contingencies” in place if transit drivers in Toronto go ahead with a potential strike on Friday. Metrolinx, which runs GO trains, buses and the UP Express in and around Toronto, said it was preparing for …
Read More »Family says 81-year-old woman is being ‘bullied’ in Ontario Line expropriation case
The family of an 81-year-old Toronto woman whose home is being expropriated for construction of the Ontario Line says she is being “bullied” to sell the house she has owned for 53 years for an amount that “doesn’t make sense.” The Ontario Line is a project of the provincial transit …
Read More »Metrolinx refuses to share progress and problems with Eglinton LRT – Toronto
The government agency responsible for handling Ontario’s massive transit expansion is refusing to disclose a list of the issues that persist with Toronto’s years-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT, as questions about when the line will carry passengers continue. Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency leading the project, said last year there were …
Read More »Eglinton West Extension LRT moves forward with new contract – Toronto
The Ford government has awarded a contract to build a portion of its Eglinton Crosstown West Extension as the wait for an opening date for the original line continues. On Friday, the province announced it had settled on a company to build an elevated section of the extension, which will …
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