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The word on the street is that we can expect GO train service reinstated to Niagara Falls by the long weekend. However, no one at Metrolinx is allowed to say anything right now. Guess it’s in the hand of the big political leaders of this province.

Maybe we’ll see an announcement next week. This week seems to be unlikely. I’m open to take bets!
 
Andy_in_Toronto said:
The word on the street is that we can expect GO train service reinstated to Niagara Falls by the long weekend. However, no one at Metrolinx is allowed to say anything right now. Guess it’s in the hand of the big political leaders of this province.

Maybe we’ll see an announcement next week. This week seems to be unlikely. I’m open to take bets!
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The announcement - should it be loaded with PC MPPs - would have to come before the writ is drawn. So soon. Otherwise, it'd be Metrolinx making the announcement on its own, without any pomp, as all government ministries and agencies have to go into "caretaker mode" until the next government is elected, names its cabinet, and opens the legislature with a Speech from the Throne.

Such "caretaker mode" periods allow for government functions as usual, but no major news or changes to operations should come during this time. Resuming some suspended GO operations really shouldn't be subject to this, but with the hyper-politicizing of minor transit improvements under Murray, Del Duca, and now Mulroney/Ford, I'm not so sure.
 
Now that London is about to get 3,000 ex-Torontonian downtown government workers, maybe GO will actually provide USEABLE a service to London.
 
reaperexpress said:
200 people choosing to take a service scheduled for 2h40h including a transfer to a slow bus, may well correspond to 800 people on a direct train scheduled for 2h10. Remember that ridership is also heavily influenced by the quality of service offered, and casual riders have a strong preference for direct trips and for trains rather than buses. The option to conveniently carry a bike aboard also attracts many riders who wouldn't take the indirect bus.
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Slight off topic but since I can't message you

Using the wayback machine I was able to get more go train schedules up to about 2005 and maybe further back. Would you like these for your schedule archive?
 
Krypto98 said:
Slight off topic but since I can't message you

Using the wayback machine I was able to get more go train schedules up to about 2005 and maybe further back. Would you like these for your schedule archive?
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I'd be interested in reminiscing on the Kitchener (then Georgetown) Line if you have the wayback link.
 
Woodbridge_Heights said:
At $10 weekend funday pass is it really a cash cow for GO Transit?
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The $10 weekend pass is classic price discrimination, and can be more profitable in some cases. People who care about price and wouldn't have taken the service otherwise will buy the pass and use the service. People who don't care about price and would've used the service regardless will tap their Presto card. I see tons of people tapping their Presto cards on weekends even when the weekend pass is more economical. Some will switch from Presto to the weekend pass even though they would have used the service regardless, but depending on how many people do this, it can be more profitable. I'm pretty sure this is why they don't offer the weekend pass on Presto.
 
LNahid2000 said:
The $10 weekend pass is classic price discrimination, and can be more profitable in some cases. People who care about price and wouldn't have taken the service otherwise will buy the pass and use the service. People who don't care about price and would've used the service regardless will tap their Presto card. I see tons of people tapping their Presto cards on weekends even when the weekend pass is more economical. Some will switch from Presto to the weekend pass even though they would have used the service regardless, but depending on how many people do this, it can be more profitable. I'm pretty sure this is why they don't offer the weekend pass on Presto.
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Because that would make too much sense. I wish they would do it especially as there isn’t any co fare with GO and local transit agencies anymore. I don’t know if you could show your weekend pass locally but if you can then its pretty much the entire GTHA is in your hands to travel for only $10 or $15 for the whole weekend. That fact alone would drive up ridership massively if it was introduced on presto so maybe they’ll probably wait until there is more weekend service to introduce it.
 
From the budget (PDF here). One page for GO service expansion. No new news.

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Well it looks not only like GO London is permanent but also the province wants to both speed the service and expand it. That's great news because as it stands right now, the service is basically useless. What would be ideal would be if GO starts doing trips INTO London in the am with trains leaving in pm. This would mean that the service would actually be useful for London commuters as opposed to just another way to get to Toronto.
 
ssiguy2 said:
What would be ideal would be if GO starts doing trips INTO London in the am with trains leaving in pm. This would mean that the service would actually be useful for London commuters as opposed to just another way to get to Toronto.
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If the point was to serve London to Toronto commuters, then it would go through Brantford - which doesn't need much in the way of upgrades. VIA Rail already serves this market well.
 
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