Made it to Niagara in record time today with the new schedule, cause I'm crazy enough to make the 2 minute connection to the bus at Burlington GO. Total trip time was 1 hour 40 minutes from Union to Stanley/420. Looks like they're doing another unscheduled 10:45pm post fireworks train...

Never seen them put a random 11pm niagara train into service before:

Yep, 4.5 hours is perfect for a quick shopping trip in NY!

4:05pm

New schedule is up: https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1683903799/Documents/GO/full-schedules/FS20052023/TABLE12.pdf

Very odd that GO released a new Niagara schedule last week and now they're changing it again? I guess we'll see in a few hours. But it looks like it's being reported by the local news as well:

Yes, in Barcelona and it was awesome:

lol yep, literally every time I go, I head directly to New York State since I have a mailbox there. But I usually end up staying a while to do some shopping as well.

The express bus + train combo is takes the same time as the train anyway, with the new train schedule increasing travel times to around 2 hours, 20 minutes. The train is much easier when you have a bike though. Hopefully they improve the schedule in June. I usually end up taking the train...

Your wish has been granted. A station at Downsview Park TTC was added today. I'm also seeing a station at Keele/Downsview Park on the feed but it's not on the map yet.

Looks like a third roundtrip isn't being added. The May 20 schedule shows two roundtrips, an increase in travel time from 2 hours 6 minutes to 2 hours 21 minutes, and still no stop in St. Catharines. Seems like Niagara service just keeps getting worse every year. Looks like more rush hour...

At least 3 busloads for the 5:52 express bus from Niagara to Burlington today even though there's a train 2 hours later. More trains are sorely needed. EDIT: Glad I caught the first one! There was so much traffic that the others didn't even make the train connection.

Bike Share Toronto finally has a sponsor: https://bikesharetoronto.com/tangerine/

Your character? All I'm saying is that you can't rely on anecdotes to determine how busy an existing line is off peak since GO actually collects data on this stuff. There was even a table posted a few pages back...

You're still not understanding that the plural of anecdote isn't data.

Service started again shortly after 4pm, so I guess they made it for the afternoon rush.

All 4 are showing on the app but not on the website, so it looks like they're usable. Finally I don't have to take my own bike to Costco lol

I want to go to a store near Confederation GO on Sunday and it's so difficult because of all this nonsense. First I thought I'd take the 12 both ways but then I saw this: Then I thought, ok I'll just take the 12 westbound and then the bike to the 16 on the way back since the bus is usually...

Even though schedules go until June 23, there will be a service change on May 20, when more Niagara service should be added at the minimum.

Well...I guess I won't be using the e-bikes anymore.