denfromoakvillemilton
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Allandale25
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Leo_Chan
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That’s nice, GO goes down $2 and TTC goes up $0.10
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ GO under 10km goes down. Apparently it goes up for longer distances.
https://blog.metrolinx.com/2019/04/...s-for-short-distance-go-trips-by-more-than-1/
https://blog.metrolinx.com/2019/04/...s-for-short-distance-go-trips-by-more-than-1/
Leo_Chan
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Yeah. Currently, there are more long distance trips than short distance ones (obviously), so the small increase in fares affect way more people than the loss from lower short distance fares. I wonder if TTC ridership will dip in any way.
Northern Light
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Is there any means to see which stations have a gap of 10km or less between them without checking all the fares manually, once that change is in the system?
I'm curious as to which trips will now be cheaper.
I assume Danforth - Union would be; but would Scarborough-Union be? etc. (to answer my own question using google, the answer is no, the distance would be in the range of 13.5km)
Of note, the Wynne version of this was similar but also stated any trip beginning and ending within the City of Toronto would be $3
I would like to see that promise brought back, even at $3.70
It would just make the price of many trips intuitive.
I'm curious as to which trips will now be cheaper.
I assume Danforth - Union would be; but would Scarborough-Union be? etc. (to answer my own question using google, the answer is no, the distance would be in the range of 13.5km)
Of note, the Wynne version of this was similar but also stated any trip beginning and ending within the City of Toronto would be $3
I would like to see that promise brought back, even at $3.70
It would just make the price of many trips intuitive.
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raptor
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The minimum fare currently is $4.71. So, any trip under 10km will be cheaper.
nfitz
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Only about 4% - which is how much it goes up most years. Sadly the media will make it look like the longer trips are going up to make the shorter trips go down. But in reality, it's just their usual annual increase.
You'd think with all the PR people they keep hiring, that message would get better, not worse!
Northern Light
Superstar
I can used google measurements to draw a line between stations, but that seems rather cumbersome.
Is there a table or map showing distances between stations somewhere?
raptor
Senior Member
I'm sure there are pages for other GO lines, but this one is for the Barrie line:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_line
Distances from Union are displayed next to each station on the route map.
nfitz
Superstar
Wow, this won't change much. Even Danforth to Exhbition over 10 km. So from Union, the only existing stations that are less than 10 km, are Danforth, Bloor, and Exhibition. And Mimico if it's as the crow flies, and you don't include the total platform lengths
.Even Kipling and Kennedy are more than 10 km!
Allandale25
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Northern Light
Superstar
Great resource, didn't know about that!
Thank you.
So Mimico to Union does not qualify, Weston to Union does not qualify, Kennedy to Union does not qualify, Scarborough to Union does not qualify..... LOL
The only to Union trips that do qualify are Bloor, Exhibition and Danforth
Northern Light
Superstar
Wow, this won't change much. Even Danforth to Exhbition over 10 km. So from Union, the only existing stations that are less than 10 km, are Danforth, Bloor, and Exhibition. And Mimico if it's as the crow flies, and you don't include the total platform lengths
Even Kipling and Kennedy are more than 10 km!
Danforth does qualify, 8.4km
raptor
Senior Member
Rutherford-Maple, Rutherford-Downsview Park, Maple-King City, etc.
There are many pairs of stations within 10km of each other